Remote Backend Engineer (Senior, Python/AWS/Microservices, LATAM/Eastern Europe) #17578

We are seeking a Back-end Engineer to help shape the future of our financial technology
platform. In this role, you’ll tackle complex system challenges at scale, influence technical
strategy across teams, and build solutions that directly impact millions of customers. You’ll work
across backend, frontend, and infrastructure layers, driving innovation in a fast-moving,
high-impact environment.

As a senior individual contributor, you’ll set the technical direction, drive cross-team initiatives,
and mentor others without direct reports. You’ll have broad autonomy, the authority to influence
decisions, and the responsibility to ensure execution at a high standard.

• Strong expertise in Python application development, with hands-on experience building and maintaining microservices deployed on AWS.

• Solid backend engineering skills; mid-level or senior-level candidates are both suitable.

• Experience working in complex, full-stack environments, with the ability to collaborate across services and teams.

• Strong understanding of database design and scalability, working with Postgres, MySQL, or equivalent relational systems.

• Good DevOps fluency in cloud-native environments, including experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar tooling.

• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks such as React or React Native, though backend-heavy profiles are preferred.
• Experience in fintech, payments, or regulated industries.

• Architect and evolve systems that handle high scale and high availability.
• Set engineering standards for reliability, security, and performance.
• Drive alignment across multiple teams by making tradeoffs visible and rallying others to
  the best path forward.
• Drive the design and delivery of large-scale, mission-critical systems that cut across
  teams and domains.
• Serve as a technical leader across backend services and frontend applications, defining
  patterns others follow.
• Lead key system design efforts, ensuring long-term scalability, maintainability, and
  performance.
• Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to balance short-term
• product goals with long-term engineering health. You know when to push back and when
  to lean in.
• Shape technical strategy in environments where solutions are not pre-defined.
  Influence engineers, managers, and executives through technical expertise, clear
  communication, and well-reasoned proposals.
• Ensure technical excellence while pragmatically meeting business needs, making
  tradeoffs visible and intentional.
• Support and mentor engineers across the org through pairing, pull request reviews, and
  design reviews.

• Work your way – Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere, with flexible hours that match your natural rhythm.
• Plenty of time to recharge – Take 15 paid vacation days, 10 additional unpaid days if needed, plus all national holidays.
• Meaningful, long-term projects – Dive into exciting 1–5+ year projects using the latest in AI, cloud, blockchain, and more.
• Support beyond the job – We help cover things like advanced language courses, gym memberships, and mentorship programs to help you grow.
• Work with global clients – Collaborate directly with international teams to create real impact.
• Make extra cash – Earn bonuses for referring great people or bringing in new business opportunities.
• Great people, no micromanagement – Join a supportive, results-focused team where you’re trusted to do your best work.

This flexibility allows developers…