Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Summary

Join Veza as a Senior Backend Software Engineer and play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining the technology powering our platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build robust, scalable, and secure solutions. You will implement logging, monitoring, and auditing capabilities, continuously optimize the platform, and stay current with industry trends. This is a high-impact opportunity in a fast-growing startup. The role involves designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures, working with various databases and caching mechanisms. Compensation is competitive and includes equity and a benefits package.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience
• Strong experience in backend programming languages (e.g., Java, Go, C++, Rust, Python, or similar)
• Background in enterprise-grade distributed systems
• A deep understanding of good software design principles combined with a practical mindset
• Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment and deliver high-quality solutions efficiently
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-driven and hands-on developers who enjoy writing code, solving problems, and building systems—more doers than talkers
• Proven experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures
• Solid understanding of database(e.g., relational db) and caching mechanisms
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability
• Collaborate with product managers, other software engineers, UX Designers and security experts to build product features that meet business objectives and security standards
• Implement logging, monitoring, and auditing capabilities to ensure visibility and compliance with regulatory requirements
• Continuously optimize and improve the performance, security, and scalability of the platform through code reviews, testing, and refactoring
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies and leverage them to drive innovation and improve our platform

Benefits

• Equity
• Competitive benefits package