Staff Backend Engineer - Remote

Overview

As a Staff Backend Engineer at Farther, you will be a key technical leader within our engineering organization, architecting and driving the development of our core platform and infrastructure.

In Short

• Drive technical architecture decisions that shape the future of our backend platform
• Lead the design and implementation of large-scale distributed systems across multiple projects
• Establish backend engineering standards and best practices that scale across the organization
• Tackle complex technical challenges in system design, scalability, and reliability
• Guide and mentor senior engineers through complex technical decisions
• Drive technical excellence through code reviews, architecture reviews, and technical documentation
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to define technical strategy and roadmap
• Design and implement critical financial systems architecture
• Champion engineering excellence in distributed systems and backend development
• Lead technical discovery and implementation of major new platform capabilities

Requirements

• 10+ years of backend development experience, with deep expertise in distributed systems
• Expert knowledge of TypeScript/JavaScript and modern backend frameworks
• Extensive experience with database design and distributed data systems
• Strong background in financial systems architecture and implementation
• Track record of making significant technical decisions that positively impact engineering organizations
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and driving technical best practices
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, particularly in technical documentation
• Proven ability to break down complex technical problems and guide solutions across multiple teams
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and microservices architecture
• History of successful technical leadership without direct management responsibilities

Benefits

• Everything you need to build the perfect dev station from hardware to software
• Learn & grow through book clubs, seminars, and peer learning sessions
• Full health benefits + 401(k) matching & Roth IRA options
• Unlimited PTO
• An amazing collaborative atmosphere between product, design, and engineering to solve hard problems together
• We don’t use Jira!