DEUNA · 13 hours ago
Backend Staff Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/StaffDEUNA is a rapidly growing startup revolutionizing global commerce with ATHIA, an AI-powered orchestration and payments platform. They are seeking a Backend Staff Engineer to act as a technical expert and architectural leader focused on solving complex engineering challenges and setting backend engineering standards.
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Responsibilities
Design and evolve scalable, secure, and resilient backend systems
Architect high-availability APIs and distributed services
Define best practices for reliability, observability, and performance
Write high-quality, production-grade backend code
Lead refactoring efforts and performance improvements
Identify system bottlenecks and implement scalable solutions
Design data models, caching strategies, and asynchronous workflows
Provide technical direction across teams
Lead complex design discussions and evaluate trade-offs
Improve backend development standards and documentation practices
Design systems capable of handling high-traffic and transaction-heavy workloads
Define strategies for load balancing, scaling, monitoring, and failure handling
Improve system instrumentation and observability
Qualification
Required
Extensive experience as a Senior Backend Engineer, Principal Engineer, or Staff Engineer
Strong backend expertise in: Golang and/or Python
Deep experience with: Distributed systems, API design (REST/GraphQL), Event-driven architectures
Strong knowledge of: Data structures and algorithms, System design and performance optimization, Design patterns
Experience with AWS and cloud-native infrastructure
Strong knowledge of relational and non-relational databases
Experience with caching (e.g., Redis) and messaging systems
Strong understanding of security best practices
Excellent communication skills. Native or fluent English. Spanish is a plus
Preferred
Experience in payments, fintech, or financial infrastructure
Experience designing transaction processing systems
Familiarity with fraud prevention, payment orchestration, or financial compliance systems
Benefits
Vacations and additional PTO 🏝️
Remote work from anywhere 💻
Economic support for health insurance, internet and cell phone line📱🌐
We all own DEUNA, we offer stock options 💸
Learning and development platform 📚
Multidisciplinary, diverse and dynamic team 🧡
Growth and career path 🚀
Company
DEUNA
DEUNA is the go-to payment infrastructure partner for large, global, multi-market enterprises expanding their global footprint.
Founded in 2020
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Roberto E. Kafati (REKS)
Founder & CEO
Rafael Brandão
Head of Business Development and Partnerships
Recent News
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