Senior Backend Engineer

5 days ago

New York, New York, United States Rad Hires Full time
 Senior Backend Engineer

Note: This role is 100% on-site in NYC
Number of Vacancies: 2

About the Company

Our client is an early-stage, high-growth fintech startup revolutionizing compliance in the financial services industry. Their AI-first platform consolidates compliance software functionality onto a single modern platform, helping fintechs, private funds, and wealth managers cut compliance tasks from days to hours.

They've raised $4.8M from top-tier investors including YC and General Catalyst, have hundreds of financial firms already onboard, and are one of the fastest-growing startups in their batch. This is an opportunity to join a small, ambitious team (currently ~10 employees) and have a major impact on a product that's reshaping a $100B+ industry.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will:

  • Design, build, and scale secure, high-performance backend systems on AWS

  • Develop and maintain data infrastructure that supports large-scale data ingestion and processing

  • Collaborate closely with product, design, and data science teams to bring new features to life

  • Implement and optimize AI-based coding tools to enhance system performance

  • Take full ownership over the systems and features you build

  • Continuously improve system reliability, scalability, and security

  • Contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy in a fast-paced startup environment

Role Requirements

Must-Haves:

  • 2–5 years of professional backend or full-stack engineering experience

  • Strong experience architecting secure and scalable systems in AWS

  • Deep experience with data-intensive or data-heavy backend applications

  • Strong skills in , Infrastructure-as-Code, and building scalable data infrastructure

  • Knowledge of AI and machine learning algorithms and experience with AI coding tools (e.g. Claude Code)

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (preferably from a top 50 school)

  • US Citizen or already authorized to work in the US

  • Willingness to work on-site in NYC (5 days/week)

Nice-to-Haves:

  • Experience with search systems (e.g. OpenSearch)

  • Experience as an early-stage startup employee or founder

  • Previous work in Series B–D stage AI or data-heavy startups

Tech Stack

  • , React, Postgres, MySQL, DynamoDB, AWS, OpenSearch, Claude Code, Infrastructure as Code

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $160K – $220K

  • Equity: Competitive equity packages

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance

  • Paid time off and company holidays

  • Opportunity to shape product direction and engineering culture

Interview Process

  2. Initial Screen – 15 mins

  3. Take Home Assignment – 2 days

  4. Take Home Review & Technical Phone Screen – 1 hour

  5. Onsite Interview – 4 hours

  6. Offer & Hiring

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