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Fora Travel · 2 weeks ago

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Finance

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$155K/yr - $225K/yr

6+ years exp

Fora Travel is a modern travel agency redefining the role of travel advisors through innovative technology and community support. They are seeking a seasoned Senior/Staff Backend Engineer to join the Finance Pod, responsible for building and maintaining systems that power advisor payments, ensuring fast, accurate, and transparent payouts while collaborating with Product and Ops teams.

TourismTravelTravel Agency

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and prioritize the roadmap for advisor payments, commission earnings, and revenue systems

Design and maintain distributed systems that process booking, payment, and reconciliation data at scale

Build and optimize backend services that power payout logic, transaction timing, ledger accuracy, and integrations with third-party payment platforms

Focus on performance, architecture, data modeling, and transactional reliability in all systems you own

Collaborate with other engineers to define end-to-end engineering solutions that connect frontend experiences with secure, verifiable backend processes

Own epics and be responsible for the full solution—design, implementation, and delivery

Qualification

Backend web developmentPythonAPI designDistributed systemsRelational databasesFinTech experienceAWSKubernetesEntrepreneurial mindsetCommunication skillsTeam player