Staff/Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Fern, a company revolutionizing finance with crypto-powered products, as a Staff/Senior Backend Engineer. You'll play a crucial role in building and scaling our flagship product, Fern for Business, and future offerings. This high-impact position demands expertise in architecting, building, and securing complex financial systems handling billions in transactions. You'll collaborate with a high-powered team, taking ownership and driving projects to completion. We seek a self-motivated individual passionate about web3 and its potential to transform finance. We offer competitive compensation, equity, top-notch benefits, and a collaborative team environment.

Requirements

• Prior experience working as a staff/senior backend engineer at a web3 or web2 fintech startup
• Lead by example with get-shit-done mentality, and do what it takes to make it happen
• Be great at working with high-powered teams and filling the gaps to get projects across the finish line
• Be highly self-motivated and autonomous
• Be a believer in web3 and crypto’s ability to positively revolutionize finance
• Able to work US time zones

Responsibilities

• Architect complex financial orchestration systems responsible for moving billions in transaction volume
• Build complex financial orchestration systems responsible for moving billions in transaction volume
• Secure complex financial orchestration systems responsible for moving billions in transaction volume
• Ship product features that make these workflows accessible to millions of end users

Preferred Qualifications

• Computer science degree(s)
• Based in NYC

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (salary+significant equity)
• Top-notch benefits
• An amazing team of humble, motivated, thoughtful folks
• Bangin’ NYC office culture
• Remote-friendly