mx51 · 23 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Levelmx51 is a payments-as-a-service solution for banks and merchant service providers, seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to develop and maintain their payment platform. The role involves creating high-throughput microservices, optimizing APIs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance their backend infrastructure.
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechPayments
Responsibilities
Develop, and maintain high-throughput, fault-tolerant microservices written in Go to support our backend infrastructure
Create and optimise RESTful and gRPC APIs, ensuring scalability and performance
Implement robust data models and query optimisations for PostgreSQL databases
Drive continuous improvement in code quality through code reviews, testing, and refactoring
Collaborate with DevOps to containerize applications using Docker and deploy to Kubernetes clusters on AWS
Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering teams to deliver solutions that meet customer needs
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry best practices, recommending and implementing improvements to our tech stack
Evaluate and incorporate AI tooling to improve automation, increase quality, and reduce bottlenecks
Qualification
Required
Develop, and maintain high-throughput, fault-tolerant microservices written in Go to support our backend infrastructure
Create and optimise RESTful and gRPC APIs, ensuring scalability and performance
Implement robust data models and query optimisations for PostgreSQL databases
Drive continuous improvement in code quality through code reviews, testing, and refactoring
Collaborate with DevOps to containerize applications using Docker and deploy to Kubernetes clusters on AWS
Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering teams to deliver solutions that meet customer needs
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry best practices, recommending and implementing improvements to our tech stack
Evaluate and incorporate AI tooling to improve automation, increase quality, and reduce bottlenecks
Provide technical direction and influence product decision through sound architectural judgement
Articulate technical concepts clearly in both written and verbal form when interacting with your team and stakeholders across the business
Approach complex technical challenges with curiosity and a systematic mindset, seeking to understand root causes before implementing solutions
Passion for software engineering craft and in particular back end development. You will have significantly contributed to the engineering of production-grade microservices
Respond quickly to changing business priorities and working conditions
Consistently demonstrate mx51 values in all aspects of your work and collaboration
Benefits
Work from overseas up to 4 weeks per year
Annual team offsite
Social events run by our social committee
Swap a public holiday and take an alternative day off
Paid leave for volunteering
Employee Share Option Plan (subject to invitation)
Paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers
Novated lease and salary sacrifice options
Company
mx51
mx51 empowers acquirers and payment providers to connect seamlessly with merchants and their customers.
Founded in 2020
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$57.5MKey Investors
HedosophiaWestpac
2022-07-19Series B· $32.5M
2021-05-24Series A· $25M
2017-07-01Seed
Leadership Team
Victor Zheng
Co-founder and CEO
Recent News
Google Patent
2025-02-10
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