Senior Backend Engineer (Growth & Monetization)

Puzzle is revolutionizing accounting software by creating modern, user-friendly solutions that give companies better control over their finances. Our platform connects with popular fintech tools to provide real-time financial insights to founders and finance teams.

What we're looking for

In order to help us accomplish our ambitious goals we are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Growth & Monetization team. The ideal candidate brings deep backend engineering expertise, with particular strength in API design, data processing, and building secure, high-performance systems. You'll have the opportunity to tackle complex technical challenges while directly impacting our platform's growth and revenue capabilities.

This is your opportunity to join a well-funded startup led by an accomplished fintech founder. Join us remotely from anywhere in the US or Canada as we embark on this exciting journey. 

What you’ll do

• Design and implement backend services that power our revenue analytics and billing systems.

• Build robust, high-performance APIs to interact with our platform, ensuring scalability, security, and ease of integration (REST)

• Develop scalable data pipelines for real-time financial reporting and automated reconciliation

• Create robust backend systems for subscription management and usage-based pricing

• Build infrastructure for measuring and optimizing customer acquisition and retention

• Architect event-driven systems for real-time financial reporting and forecasting

• Create backend infrastructure for A/B testing and growth experiments

• Ensure data consistency and system reliability across our financial platform

Who you are

• 6+ years of software engineering experience

• Experience with agile software development methodologies

• Strong proficiency in modern programming languages like Typescript, as well as backend frameworks

• Extensive experience designing and implementing REST APIs

• Strong experience with database design (SQL, NoSQL) and analytics 

• Track record of building scalable backend systems that handle large amounts of sensitive data

• Understanding of system design, microservices architecture, and API security

Nice to have

• Data engineering, data science or data analytics experience a big plus

• Experience with various data analysis and ETL tools

• Experience with streaming data processing (Kafka, Kinesis)

• Knowledge of financial reporting and accounting principles

• GraphQL experience

• Experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP)

• Prior fintech or startup experience

Puzzle is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Candidates should be currently residing in the U.S. or Canada to be eligible for this position. If hired, you will be required to present proof of work authorization. This employer is a participant of the E-Verify program.