Backend Software Engineer, Synctera
Application Experience
$135-155k
CAD: $120,000-$152,000, Salary based on location
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Banking-as-a-Service platform
Job no longer available
Banking-as-a-Service platform
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$135-155k
CAD: $120,000-$152,000, Salary based on location
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To be the fastest and easiest way to build the future of FinTech.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for interesting, curious, wickedly smart people who are ready to jump in and run with our fast-growing team. If you want to have fun at work, collaborate with some of the sharpest people in the industry, grow the FinTech and Banking as a Service ecosystem, and love to win, read on!
- Our dream candidate is a user-obsessed, enthusiastic team player who enjoys working closely with cross-functional team members and is eager to help solve a range of fun problems
- We’re searching for someone with a passion to help drive change in financial services
- 3+ years of professional experience working as a Software Engineer
- Prior experience with Go
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases
- Experience in using and creating RESTful APIs, which will be consumed by our frontend engineers and our customers
What the job involves
- As a backend software engineer, you’ll join our Application Experience team where you will play a crucial role in shaping the API and backend capabilities that power the core interactions our customers have with the Synctera Console
- This includes optimizing workflows that help our customers and internal team members perform operational tasks efficiently working with a self-serve product mindset
- Develop application services in Go (Golang)
- Work with the product team and other engineers to understand financial services challenges and develop solutions to address them
- Envision cleaner, simpler ways to solve problems
- Keep learning, keep growing and help your team do the same
- Work in close partnership with cross-functional teams
- Our Stack:
- Our platform is built in Go (for backend services) and React with Typescript (for the Synctera Console, our frontend). We’re built on top of Google Cloud Platform and typically use Postgres (Cloud SQL, AlloyDB), Redis (Cloud Memorystore), and Pub/Sub as our core application stack, with OpenAPI specifications being used to both document our API and be the foundation for inter-service communication
- Our infrastructure is predominantly a mixture of Kubernetes (Google Kubernetes Engine) and Cloud Run (Google’s serverless compute platform), with Terraform orchestrating infrastructure, and tools like Argo facilitating deployments
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Synctera is a Banking-as-a-Service platform that supplies users with the capabilities to build and launch successful FinTech apps or embedded banking products. By fast-tracking the work involved in finding a banking partner, and in discovering the right best-in-class tech, the platform frees businesses up to instead focus on their core operations.
Through the Synctera platform, businesses can build bank account and card programs, as well as incorporate services such as money movement and lending. The company also provides support and resources surrounding compliance and post-launch management, making it as simple as possible for clients to tap into the growing and fertile fintech market, and do it smartly.
The company faces extensive competition in a global market worth billions, but in helping to oil the wheels of collaboration and Fintech market access, it creates value for businesses across the board and stands well to reap the rewards. Recent funding is cited to fuel geographical expansion as well as grow its operations in Canada as it moves to add support for new credit, lending, and other banking use cases.
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2024
$18.6m
SERIES A
Mar 2023
$15m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $79m
Company benefits
- Mental health resources
- Unlimited paid time off
- Generous paid new parent leave program
- Home office setup stipend
- Stock options program
- Growth potential and opportunity to have a significant impact at an early stage of our company's journey
- Working with a team of rockstars (+ a monthly happy hour with the team!)
- 100% employer paid medical, dental, and vision benefits 🇺🇸
- Employer contribution to HSA 🇺🇸
- 401(k) 🇺🇸
- 100% employer paid medical, dental, and vision benefits 🇨🇦
- Annual HCSA and generous extended health care coverage for employees and dependents 🇨🇦
- RRSP 🇨🇦
Company values
- Connect: Listen actively; reach out and offer support; share laughs and spirited energy; speak with candor and compassion
- Share: Create a safe space; bring your authentic self; be transparent; share ideas and raise concerns
- Question: Challenge norms and take risks; invite perspectives and seek to understand; fail forward, fast and learn; embrace change
- Commit: Advocate for customers; take initiative; prioritize for impact; seek clarity and keep moving
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Founders
Peter Hazlehurst
(CEO)Advisor and Investor. Former Head of Uber Money. Founding Association Member of Libra Association, and previously CEO of The Perfect Sip - atop past positions at Google Payments, Postmates, and Nokia.
Dominik Weisserth
(CPO)Has previously held positions as Senior Consultant at CSC, SAP Consultant at Axon-Solutions, and Partner at Axxiome Group.
Kris Hansen
(CTO)Advisor at Portag3 Ventures. Prior to Synctera, served as CTO at KOHO Financial, Canada’s leading challenger bank. Also previously led solution architecture at RBC Financial, and was the chief architect at ATB Financial.
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