Senior Backend Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer with a minimum of 4 years of experience in backend development to join our dynamic team. As a Senior Backend Developer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and deploying scalable backend solutions for our platform. You will be responsible for leading the end-to-end design of features, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring high standards of code quality.

Why join Tipalti?

Tipalti is one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech companies. We free finance professionals to lead by modernizing the entire payables operation. We are a well-funded, late-stage start-up backed by high-profile investors. Our 2021 Series F funding round raised $270 million, valuing us at over $8.3 billion. With total funding of just over $550 million, and with more than 3000 global customers, Tipalti is one of the most valuable private fintech companies in the world.

At Tipalti, we pride ourselves on our collaborative culture, the quality of our product and the capabilities of our people. Tipaltians are passionate about the work they do, and keen to get the job done. Tipalti offers competitive benefits, a flexible workplace, career coaching, and an environment where diverse individuals can thrive and make an impact. Our culture ensures everyone checks their egos at the door and stands ready to reach for success together. 

Founded in Israel in 2010, Tipalti is a global business headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area (Foster City) with offices in Tel Aviv, Plano, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Amsterdam and Tbilisi.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Lead the end-to-end design of features, from the architectural phase through development to deployment in production.
• Develop scalable backend solutions using microservices architecture.
• Build distributed systems using modern frameworks, such as RabbitMQ and Kafka.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of system design and knowledge of system design patterns.
• Utilize your expertise in databases, including SQL and NoSQL technologies, to write efficient queries.
• Design and develop APIs to enable seamless communication between different components of the system.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and provide technical guidance to the team.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and actively participate in code reviews.
• Lead by example, ensuring high standards of code quality and fostering a positive and proactive attitude within the team.
• Ability to multitask, organize, and prioritize work effectively.

About you 

• Minimum 4 years of experience in backend development.
• Proficiency in microservices architecture.
• Experience building distributed systems using RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar frameworks.
• Strong understanding of databases, including SQL and NoSQL technologies.
• Experience in API design and development.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• High ownership perception with a can-do approach.
• Ability to lead by example, mentor junior engineers, and ensure high standards of code quality.

Our tech teams are the engine behind our business. Tipalti’s tech ecosystem is extremely rich and we continually add new features to our products, ensuring that we respond to our clients’ needs at scale. Our tech teams retain a fast-paced, start-up vibe that encourages innovation and critical thinking. At Tipalti, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse, global team of engineers, developers and product leaders who are collectively building the future of our best-in-class product suite as we transform financial operations for the future.

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