Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer Job Description

At Fundbox, we are dedicated to supporting small businesses through fast and incredibly intuitive access to working capital. With our embedded technology solutions, we’ve cultivated deep partnerships with industry-leading software to give small businesses financial agility and peace of mind. We need outstanding people to help us achieve our goals.

As a backend engineer at Fundbox, you will develop new core components of our product. You will architect and implement complex services, such as online credit functionality, new Fundbox APIs, marketing and analytics tools, and much more. Our engineering team cares deeply about the speed, quality, and ease of our work, so we constantly strive to improve it by practicing continuous deployment, code reviews and automating everything.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for employer sponsorship. Fundbox will not hire any applicants for this role who require employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa.

In this role, you will

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable backend systems and APIs in a microservices architecture.
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth, automated deployments and fast iteration cycles.
• Collaborate closely with DevOps and product teams to integrate and streamline deployment processes.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of backend systems.
• Write and maintain clean, scalable, and efficient code.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve backend performance and stability issues in production.

You should have

• At least 5 years of backend development experience using technologies such as Python, Java, .NET or similar
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) 
• Strong understanding of database systems (SQL, NoSQL) and API design principles (REST, GraphQL).
• Experienced with micro-services architecture
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Good understanding of security best practices in software development.
• Advantages:
• Experience in AWS
• Work with Offshore units (Engineering/Product/ Business etc)
• Previous Fintech experience

Diversity and Inclusion at Fundbox

We’re proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace as we know that diverse teams produce the best work. We’re committed to building a culture of innovation and inclusion across gender, race, age, sexual orientation, religion, disability, and identity. Here at Fundbox, we strive to uphold a system of values we call MOSAIC: Mission, Ownership, Speed, Achva (a Hebrew term meaning to help one another), Innovation, and Clarity. Embracing our diverse backgrounds and abilities allows us to harness our creativity and achieve more, together.

Compensation & Benefits

We anticipate the NY base salary range for this full-time position is $150,000 - $175,000. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the amount the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position across all US locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors (i.e. job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training). The compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits.

Fundboxers (as we like to call them) join our amazing team due to our mission of empowering small businesses to realize their full potential with the help of Fundbox.

We offer incredible benefits including:

• Competitive Compensation, including equity with Fundbox in the form of restricted stock units
• Generous PTO policy to include vacation, sick time and more
• Monthly lunch budget
• Total wellness benefits, including individual annual budget, mental and physical health resources and more
• Personal and professional development budget 
• Stipend to improve your home office setup 
• Premium coverage for health plans offered from day one (some options covered at 100% for Employees)
• 401k, Life insurance and disability benefits

Let’s not forget, we were recently certified by Great Place to work with an employee satisfaction rate of 94%.