Papaya: Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role:

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Papaya, you will be an important part of building a new product line. These products will service some of the largest financial institutions in America, and you will work closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and business stakeholders to produce high quality, scalable, and testable backend code.

Flexibility, communication, and a willingness to learn are of the highest importance. Papaya believes that diversity helps build an inclusive culture where all team members can grow, contribute, and feel valued. If you agree, we’d love to hear from you!

Remote engineers within Latin America are welcome to apply. Depending on your skill and experience, you can expect to make somewhere between $6,000 and $7,500 USD per month upon joining the company.

What you will do:

Find creative solutions to technical problems
Write well designed, testable and reliable backend code
Contribute to code reviews and technical architecture discussions and documentation
Collaborate with product and other stakeholders
Build and maintain APIs that integrate with large financial institutions
Work primarily with NestJS, Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Docker

What you can bring:

8+ years of proven Node and/or Java experience
Flexibility; you can seamlessly switch gears between cranking out prototypes and carefully architecting systems for correctness, reliability and security
Curiosity; ask questions so we can all come up with optimal solutions
Experience with scalable service architecture and design
Have knowledge of REST, GraphQL, Spring, Gradle/Maven
Some proficiency in SQL (PostGres) and NoSQL (MongoDB)
Experience with Git for version control
DevOps or App Security experience a plus
Have impeccable verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences

About Papaya:

Papaya is a modern fintech platform that simplifies bill payments for American families. Using computer vision and automation, our app makes paying your bills as simple as taking a picture.

We started in 2016 with the mission to alleviate the frustration of paying bills. We are building technology to help address American families’ number one source of stress, finances, while also helping billers of all sizes and from all industries get paid faster and more often.

At Papaya, we love to celebrate our incredible group of hardworking employees - and it shows. We’re proud to say that we were voted one of Built In LA’s Best Small Companies to Work for in 2021, 2022, and 2023! We are proud to have 4.8 stars and over 100k reviews on the App Store, and are backed by investors that include Sequoia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and First Round Capital.

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