About the role
We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join our Accounting product team at Simetrik.
This is a critical hire to boost capacity and strengthen our ability to deliver high-quality, scalable financial solutions.
This role requires a strong technical foundation, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to build software that can handle millions of financial records with accuracy and speed.
Minimum qualifications
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with proven senior-level contributions.
- Strong proficiency in Python and FastAPI.
- Experience writing comprehensive unit and integration tests.
- Experience with
- data lakes (Snowflake, ClickHouse, or similar).
- Strong communication skills, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Mindset for scalability and ability to design systems for large data volumes.
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures and technologies such as Pulsar.
- Familiarity with AWS Batch.
- Understanding of security best practices in software development.
- Basic knowledge of accounting or financial systems.
- Startup experience is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Develop backend services in Python with FastAPI.
- Ensure test coverage through unit, integration, and end-to-end testing (Pytest).
- Work with data lakes such as Snowflake or ClickHouse to handle large-scale data.
- Contribute to system design with a focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability.
- Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and Frontend engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Actively participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical problem-solving.
Benefits
- Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions and competitive salaries
- Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits, creating and collaborating is everyday business.
- Open communication with management and company leadership.
- Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.
- 100% Remote Work (You choose where to work from).
- 500USD a year for you to invest in learning.
- 2 Family days
- 1 full day for you to celebrate your birthday.