Product Engineer (Software Engineer)

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ABOUT THE ROLE Join the product engineering team at a Series A fintech company building consumer financial tools. You will develop backend features that help people manage cash flow, access earnings, and build credit. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build end-to-end product features, including domain models, business logic, and API integrations. - Deliver incremental releases and iterate based on product and system performance. - Use SQL and analytics tools to assess product outcomes and system health. - Debug complex state machines in event-driven systems that use pub/sub messaging. - Ship code through CI/CD, own implementations through production, and help resolve incidents. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 3 years of experience building backend features for production systems. - Experience designing and consuming REST APIs, including authentication, authorization, and rate limiting. - Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues such as Kafka or Pub/Sub, including debugging complex workflows. - Relational database experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL, including data modeling and query optimization. - Hands-on experience with CI/CD, version control, automated testing, and code review. - Experience developing consumer-facing products and using SQL and analytics tools to evaluate performance. - Strong computer science fundamentals and experience in a high-bar engineering environment, preferably including early-stage startup work. - Go and GCP experience are relevant; distributed systems experience is also useful. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary: $120,000 to $200,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California. Seattle candidates may be considered if willing to relocate to San Francisco or Seattle.