Senior Backend Engineer

Posted 15 Days Ago
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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
180K-180K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Role
The Senior Backend Engineer will design and optimize backend systems, manage databases, mentor engineers, and collaborate to deliver scalable data solutions.
Summary Generated by Built In

Trepp's Data Platform Team is the engine behind every product at Trepp. We harness distributed data technologies and a modern data lake architecture to ingest, transform, and deliver data at scale. From building robust pipelines to serving high-value datasets through multiple data stores, our team ensures that Trepp's data is fast, reliable, and ready to power critical decision-making.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll be at the heart of Trepp's data ecosystem. You'll leverage open-source frameworks and cloud-native technologies to build resilient, high-performance data solutions that support both internal teams and client-facing applications. This is a highly collaborative role — you'll partner closely with product and engineering teams to tackle complex problems and deliver impactful, scalable solutions.


Core Responsibilities
  • System Architecture & Design: Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure backend services and optimize data for APIs, MCPs, data feeds, and event-based delivery mechanisms.
  • Database Management: Optimize database interactions, schema design, entity relationships, and performance for high-throughput, data-intensive systems.
  • Code Quality & Standards: Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code, setting engineering standards for code reviews and documentation.
  • Mentorship & Leadership: Mentor junior/intermediate engineers, providing technical guidance to unblock teams and foster growth.
  • Performance & Reliability: Troubleshoot complex production issues, enhance observability (logging/monitoring), and ensure system uptime.
  • Collaboration: Work with frontend engineers, product managers, and DevOps to deliver end-to-end features and improve CI/CD pipelines.

Key Requirements
  • Experience: 5+ years in backend development, ideally in high-growth or consumer-facing environments
  • Technical Proficiency: Deep understanding of server-side languages and frameworks
  • Database Expertise: Strong, demonstrable knowledge of OpenSearch, Redis, and PostgreSQL
  • Infrastructure: Familiarity with AWS, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture; index optimization for API delivery
  • Event-Driven Systems: Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
  • Security: Strong understanding of software security best practices
  • Education: BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 5+ years of experience in application development
  • 3+ years of experience with big data technologies
  • 3+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • 2+ years of experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
  • Experience with Agile methodologies, SDLC, Git workflows, and CI/CD pipelines

Preferred Qualifications
  • 5+ years of application development using Python, SQL, Scala, or Java
  • 2+ years working with real-time data and streaming systems
  • 2+ years of experience with SQL databases such as Postgres or Aurora
  • 2+ years of experience with NoSQL databases like DynamoDB, MongoDB, or Cassandra

Salary Range:

  • Base salary starting from $180k plus bonus eligible

Benefits and Perks:

  • Base + target bonus compensation structure
  • Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
  • 401K (with employer match)
  • Life insurance, long term disability, short term disability all covered by the company
  • Flexible paid time off (PTO)
  • Sixteen (16) weeks paid primary caregiver leave (Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible)
  • Four (4) weeks paid parental leave
  • Wellness subsidy
  • Pet insurance
  • Laptop ​+ WFH equipment​
  • Career progression plan
  • Pre-tax commuter benefit with company subsidy (For NYC-office based employees only)
  • Fun company events and volunteering opportunities

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Trepp (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).


Workplace Policy:

Trepp’s offices follow a 3-2 hybrid-working policy with the expectation of in-office work on Tuesday-Thursday and the option to work from home on Monday and Friday.


 

About Trepp

Trepp, Inc. founded in 1979, is the leading provider of information, analytics and technology to the CMBS, commercial real estate and banking markets. Trepp provides primary and secondary market participants with the web-based tools and insight they need to increase their operational efficiencies, information transparency and investment performance. Trepp serves its clients with products and services to support trading, research, risk management, surveillance and portfolio management. Trepp is wholly-owned by DMG Information, a division of the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT).

 

 

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The Company
HQ: New York, New York
169 Employees
Year Founded: 1972

What We Do

Trepp, founded in 1979, is the leading provider of data, insights, and technology solutions to the structured finance, commercial real estate, and banking markets. Trepp provides primary and secondary market participants with the solutions and analytics they need to increase operational efficiencies, information transparency, and investment performance. From its offices in New York, Dallas, and London, Trepp serves its clients with products and services to support trading, research, risk management, surveillance, and portfolio management. Trepp subsidiary, Commercial Real Estate Direct, is a daily news source covering the commercial real estate capital markets. Trepp is wholly owned by Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT). Visit www.trepp.com for more information

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