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Spade · 4 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

positionNew York, NY
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$180K/yr - $210K/yr
date5+ years exp

Spade is a fast growing, Series A company focused on transforming financial data into structured records for better transaction processing. The Senior Backend Engineer will collaborate on technical vision, develop scalable APIs, and improve engineering practices while debugging production issues to deliver value to customers.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer APIsFinTechMachine Learning
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Responsibilities

Collaborate on our technical vision to build a product customers love
Develop and maintain low-latency, massively-scalable developer facing APIs and a robust data platform supporting our data science team
Continuously improve our engineering best practices by designing and implementing systems that allow us to expand the code base, drive productivity, and scale the team
Debug production issues across all levels of the stack
Bring a strong collaborative approach to deliver value to customers and internal stakeholders at Spade

Qualification

PythonAPI developmentInfrastructureData pipelinesDjangoSQLAWS CDKFintech experienceData science familiarityProblem solvingCollaborative working style

Required

5+ years of experience building and scaling backend Python-based systems in fast-paced environments
Proven expertise in at least two of the following areas: infrastructure, data pipelines, and API development
Experience building systems from scratch, making trade-offs, and executing autonomously in early-stage environments
Product mindset and strong problem solving skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and focus on delivering customer value
Collaborative working style, fostering a culture of mentorship, shared success, and continuous improvement

Preferred

Proficiency in Django and SQL
Familiarity with data science and analytics tools such as Pyspark, Databricks and Delta Lake, and Looker
Experience with cloud infrastructure and tools like AWS CDK
Experience with transaction, merchant, and/or location data
Experience and/or interest in fintech and/or data products

Benefits

Competitive compensation and equity package
Full medical, dental, and vision benefits for US-based employees
Life & short-term disability insurance
Unlimited PTO
401K for retirement planning
Remote-friendly team, with pet-friendly headquarters in NYC
Paid parental leave
Work from home stipend

Company

Spade

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Spade provides real time transaction enrichment and intelligence to banks and fintech companies to help them build product and unlock AI
dateFounded in 2021
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://www.spade.com

H1B Sponsorship

Spade has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$16.12M
Key Investors
Flourish VenturesAndreessen HorowitzGradient
2023-12-06Series A· $10M
2022-05-16Seed· $5M
2021-12-23Pre Seed· $1.12M

Leadership Team

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Oban MacTavish
Co-founder, CEO
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