Join an innovative early-stage FinTech startup revolutionizing sales incentives with AI-powered solutions. Seeking a Backend Software Engineer to take ownership of critical backend services and contribute to scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems. Your Role: - Own end-to-end backend service lifecycle including architecture, development, deployment, and scaling - Design systems prioritizing performance, reliability, and observability; proactively address bottlenecks - Collaborate with product and design teams to translate user pain points into impactful solutions - Work independently to drive complex modules to completion with minimal supervision - Champion clean, maintainable code and raise engineering standards across the team - Stay current with new backend technologies and contribute innovative ideas to the tech stack You Bring: - 2+ years backend development experience, preferably with Kotlin and - ---- Spring Boot or a strong willingness to learn quickly - Experience working in fast-paced teams with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset - Strong skills in designing scalable, reliable RESTful APIs and low- & high-level system design - Proficient with relational databases and familiar with common performance optimization techniques - Comfortable debugging and resolving complex issues such as memory leaks and latency problems - Committed to writing clean, testable code and improving system health continuously - Product-minded approach, caring about delivering real user value