Senior Software Engineer, Backend - KYC

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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
185K-205K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Software • Financial Services
The Role
Design, build, and maintain reliable backend APIs, services, and systems. Collaborate with business, engineering, and product teams to deliver scalable features, contribute to technical roadmaps, improve internal tooling, document services, and uphold high engineering standards. The role focuses on web backend development, data pipelines, and fraud prevention or compliance applications.
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Who we are:

Sardine is the leading agentic risk platform for fighting financial crime. Our integrated solution unifies data across risk teams to help organizations stop fraud in real time, prevent AI-driven attacks, and automate fraud and AML operations. Sardine’s platform is strengthened by one of the fastest-growing fraud consortiums in the market, spanning more than 6 billion profiled devices, 800 million consumers, and 3 million businesses worldwide. Leading companies including FIS, GoDaddy, Intuit, Edward Jones, ZoomInfo, and Checkout.com rely on Sardine to secure and grow trust in their products.

Our culture:

  • We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation.

  • We value performance and not hours worked. We believe you shouldn't have to miss your family dinner, your kid's school play, friends get-together, or doctor's appointments for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.

  • We're a remote-first team spread across time zones, so no office to report to - work from wherever helps you do your best work. Just a couple of things to keep in mind: pay is based on where you're located, and you'll need to keep a home base in the country you're hired in. So while we love the "coffee shop today, mountains tomorrow" life, this isn't a passport-optional, work-from-anywhere-on-Earth kind of remote - think flexible within your country, not borderless.

Location: Remote - United States

 

About the Role:

As a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, constructing, and maintaining APIs, services, and systems across our engineering team. This multifaceted position involves developing new features on a large scale, refining internal tooling and processes, contributing to product and technical roadmaps, and assuming diverse responsibilities within the organization. The ideal candidate for the backend role will have a proven track record in building highly available APIs, with additional proficiency in data pipelines and the relevant domain.

 

What you'll be doing:

  • Design, create, and maintain robust, efficient, and reliable backend services to meet our platform's evolving needs.

  • Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to architect and implement new services from inception to delivery.

  • Contribute to developing new features and capabilities that deliver substantial value to our customers.

  • Work with various engineering and product teams to synchronize efforts and deliver cutting-edge solutions.

  • Craft and maintain user-facing technical documentation, enhancing user understanding and facilitating seamless adoption of our services.

  • Play a pivotal role in shaping our company's engineering culture, ensuring the maintenance of high engineering standards across the organization.

 

What you’ll need:

  • 7+ years of proven experience as a Software Engineer specializing in web backend development.

  • Proficiency in Golang is a significant advantage.

  • Additional experience in data engineering is highly desirable.

  • A track record of successfully delivering high-quality production services and systems.

  • Customer-centric approach with a strong emphasis on empathy towards users.

  • Relevant industry experience, particularly in banking or fintech, and domain knowledge in fraud prevention or compliance.

  • Proficient in English - from casual chats to formal reports.

 

Technologies we use:

  • TypeScript (React + node)

  • Golang

  • Ruby

  • Bigtable

  • Postgres / PostgreSQL

  • GCP dataflow (apache beam)

  • BigQuery

  • Python

  • Java

  • Terraform

Benefits we offer:

  • Generous compensation in cash and equity

  • Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested

  • Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture

  • Flexible paid time off and Year-end break

  • Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific

  • 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific

  • MacBook Pro delivered to your door

  • One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.

  • Monthly meal stipend

  • Monthly social meet-up stipend

  • Annual health and wellness stipend

  • Annual Learning stipend

Join a fast-growing company with world-class professionals from around the world. If you are seeking a meaningful career, you found the right place, and we would love to hear from you.

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Skills Required

  • 7+ years of experience as a software engineer specializing in web backend development
  • Proficiency in Golang
  • Experience in data engineering
  • Track record of delivering high-quality production services and systems
  • Customer-centric approach with empathy toward users
  • Relevant banking or fintech industry experience
  • Domain knowledge in fraud prevention or compliance
  • Proficiency in English

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
130 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

We are a leader in fraud prevention and AML compliance. Our platform uses device intelligence, behavior biometrics, machine learning, and AI to stop fraud before it happens. Today, over 300 banks, retailers, and fintechs worldwide use Sardine to stop identity fraud, payment fraud, account takeovers, and social engineering scams. We have raised $145M from world-class investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Activant, Visa, Experian, FIS, and Google Ventures.

Why Work With Us

We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed team. We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation. Join a fast-growing company with world-class professionals from around the world. If you are seeking a meaningful career, you found the right place, and we would love to hear from you.

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