Senior Backend Engineer

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Novo, you will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software and new user-facing features across Novo’s products and services. You will also drive technical decisions, optimize applications for speed and scalability, mentor junior engineers, and stay up-to-date with the latest technologies. Responsibilities include ensuring software reliability, extensibility, maintainability, debuggability, security, and good performance under load, as well as championing best practices like code quality, linting, and testing. The role involves working in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with both technical and non-technical teams.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of experience in a technical role.
  • Experience in software design, development, and maintenance.
  • Ability to architect scalable solutions.
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers.
  • Translate business goals into technical requirements.
  • Strong understanding of system design and architecture.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience with Node.js, Go, React, GraphQL, Docker, and PostgreSQL.
Good to have:
  • Experience with Go programming language.
  • Experience with nest.js.
  • Experience with EKS.
  • Experience working in a startup environment.
  • Experience with Docker and Dockerfiles.
  • Good understanding of microservices.

Job Details

We started Novo to challenge the status quo— we’re on a mission to build the operating system to destroy the back office, so small businesses (SMB’s) can do more of what they love. Novo is flipping the script of the FinTech world, and we’re excited to lead the small business FinTech revolution.

We are looking for people of character. Pragmatic and capable people who want to see their work drive better outcomes for small businesses — the backbone of our economy. You will join our team and work on the building blocks of everything Novo ships.

  Why Novo?

  • Novo is a rapidly growing series B fintech startup with a mission-driven team that’s passionate about helping every small business in America
  • Positive, inclusive, supportive culture cheering you on your journey
  • We work with very new technologies and architecture patterns 
  • We provide learning and development budgets to help you grow and bond with your team 
  • Able to work from the office 3+ days per week
  • Offices in NYC, Miami, India, and Colombia

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who understands how to develop innovative product features while maintaining and scaling critical infrastructures. If you're passionate about working on end to end feature development and building products that transform the way business owners bank, then we want to chat. Are you ready to revolutionize the small business banking industry with us?

About the Role: 

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software and new user-facing features across Novo’s products and services
  • Drive technical decisions on a multi-functional, Agile team alongside product management, product design, and engineering
  • Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability and analyze feedback from customers and internal teams to identify issues and improvement opportunities. 
  • Champion a passion for engineering best practices such as code quality, linting, and testing
  • Ensure our software is reliable, extensible, maintainable, debuggable, secure, well-tested and performs well under load
  • Mentor junior engineers in all aspects of planning, development and testing
  • Stay engaged with latest technologies and evaluate strategies to keep the Novo technology stack up to date

Requirements for the Role

  • 5+ years experience in a highly technical role at hyper-growth startup or fast-paced company
  • Extensive background designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and improving software 
  • Demonstrable experience architecting scalable and cost effective solutions to ensure and support the customer growth
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers in all aspects of planning, development and testing
  • Demonstrated ability to translate business goals and initiatives into technical requirements
  • Strong understanding of system design and architecture.
  • Interest in engaging with latest technologies and evaluating strategies to keep the Novo technology stack up to date
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical teams effectively.
  • Work across our tech stack which includes: 
    • Node.js and Go for our application code
    • React for our frontend code
    • GraphQL for communication between systems
    • Docker for running our services
    • PostgreSQL for persistent data storage

Nice To Have, but Not Required:

  • Experience with Go programming language
  • Experience with nest.js
  • Experience with EKS
  • Experience working in a startup environment
  • Experience with Docker and ability to write maintainable and efficient Dockerfiles
  • Good understanding of microservices

Novo values diversity as a core tenet of the work we do and the businesses we serve. We are an equal opportunity employer, indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other protected characteristic.

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