Senior Backend Engineer (Taipei)

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Hiring Remotely in Taipei, TWN
Remote or Hybrid
Senior level
Healthtech • Financial Services
The Role
The Senior Back End Engineer will design APIs, resolve customer issues, and implement features for financial solutions at Nitra, ensuring alignment with internal guidelines.
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Who we are:
Nitra's mission is to build a more efficient healthcare system and the technology that makes it possible.  Our goal is to provide an ecosystem of fintech and software solutions that help doctors better manage their practices, so they can have time back to focus on what matters to them most.
 
We operate with urgency, intensity, and ambition. The bar is high because the opportunity is massive. We expect excellence, ownership, and intellectual rigor from every team member. We move fast, make bold decisions, and hold ourselves accountable to results. At the same time, we believe great companies are built on trust and respect. Every voice matters. Every contribution counts. When we win, we win together.
 
We are scaling rapidly and on a clear trajectory toward becoming a unicorn this year — and beyond. Our growth is not accidental; it’s the result of disciplined execution, relentless focus, and a team that refuses to settle. We are building a category-defining company, and we’re looking for people who want to do the most meaningful work of their careers.
 
If you want comfort, this isn’t the place.
If you want impact, ownership, and the chance to help build a generational fintech company, welcome.
 
Nitra was created by unicorn founders who have successfully scaled to thousands of customers and exited $1B+ public offerings. They are joined by an ambitious and experienced team from American Express, Citi, PayPal, Capsule, Plaid, Bloomberg, Meta, Facebook, and Mastercard. The team is backed by some of the world’s leading VCs (Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, etc.) and is supported by an expert group of advisors including the cofounders of Square and Xendit, executives from Intuit, former Governors, White House senior staffers, and a co-founder of CityMD.
 
We're looking for:
A Backend Engineer with experience in Fintech or marketplaces who will be at the forefront of our mission to bring better finance solutions to millions of businesses in the United States. We need high-achieving and goal-oriented individual who will help Nitra to deliver on an ambitious roadmap of innovative banking and SaaS products.
 
***Note: you must be based in Taipei for this role
Nitra maintains a hybrid work policy, with team members working from the office four days per week and Wednesdays designated as a work-from-home day.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Independently communicate with Customer Support to investigate and resolve customer-reported issues.
  • Design database schemas and APIs for small-to-medium scoped features.
  • Implement features following internal engineering principles and guidelines.
  • Provide estimates for their own work and communicate progress and risks proactively to the team.

You have:

  • Deep experience with and understanding of:
  • JavaScript (3+ years)
  • Node.js (3+ years)
  • Express.js framework (1+ years)
  • APIs (3+ years)
  • Databases (PostgreSQL) (2+ years)
  • The ability to see challenges as opportunities to level up. High-achieving and goal-oriented. A self-starter, you are always able to understand the bigger picture, and take a leading role to impact it.
  • A collaborative spirit and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, Highly collaborative and transparent in your work, output, and decision making.
  • A winning mindset and entrepreneurial spirit.
  • Passion for creative thinking and bold ideas for growing the business/enhancing customer experience. Always curious, ready to ask questions, and open to being questioned.
  • Expert time management and organizational skills.
  • The desire to be mentored by a unicorn founding CTO and engineers with experience at top notch companies like Facebook.

We offer...

  • Equity - Everyone at Nitra is an owner. When the company wins, you win
  • Competitive Salary - You’re the best of the best, and your salary will reflect your experience and reward your contributions to Nitra
  • Health Care - Your health comes first. We offer comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance options.
  • Nitra maintains a hybrid work policy, with team members working from the office four days per week and Wednesdays designated as a work-from-home day.
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Nitra values diversity. We are committed to equal opportunities and creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We welcome applicants regardless of ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, gender, race, religious beliefs, disability, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Top Skills

APIs
Express.Js
JavaScript
Node.js
Postgres
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The Company
HQ: New York, New York
28 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

Nitra’s mission is to overhaul the healthcare industry with radically efficient and transparent solutions. Nitra empowers providers to find the right balance between supporting their patients and running their practice – starting with tools that deliver a simpler, smarter way to manage their spending. Nitra solutions integrate seamlessly with the complex business processes of the industry. Our goal is to provide an ecosystem that helps doctors better manage their practices, so they can focus on their patients. Starting with the first business card built specifically for doctors, Nitra will expand to bring physicians and medical clinics around the country the loans, accounts, payments, and expense management products they expect, in an all-in-one platform powered by machine learning and blockchain technologies. The company was created by unicorn founders who have successfully scaled to thousands of customers. They are joined by an ambitious and experienced team from Amazon, American Express, Citi, Dropbox, Facebook, Mastercard and PayPal. The team is supported by an expert group of Advisors such as the cofounders of Square and Xendit, executives from Intuit, Governors and White House senior staffers, and is backed by some of the world’s leading VCs such as Andreessen Horowitz and NEA. Interested? We are growing fast and actively building our team. Look at our job postings and let us know where you fit!

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