Grid - Senior Backend Engineer

• $145K – $170K • 0.3% – 0.5% • Compenstation will heavily depend on geographic location and skill. • We founded Grid to design future-proof solutions for financial firms and startups struggling to keep pace with the breakneck advance of fraud tactics. A new player in the fraud prevention space with deep roots in financial business management, we came by our mission the hard way. • After our consumer business fell victim to one of the infinite variations of fraud, our co-founders set out to create a platform that’s more of a fortress than a tool — saving our clients millions in annual revenue and a ton of restless nights. The result? A fraud prevention platform that  integrates multiple data providers into a single, powerful solution designed for rapid deployment and ease of use. • Build robust, fault-tolerant integrations with 3rd party APIs that have little to no or poor documentation. • Create sophisticated background processing pipelines that are also fault-tolerant. • Develop mature APIs and microservices that adhere to RESTful principles that are used by paying clients in production. • Write strong unit and integration tests that ensure the code quality of your work. • Investigate client issues and service disruptions that require a deep dive. • Translate high-level requirements into a system design update and new data model while collaborating with clients and team members through requirements gathering and discovery. • Evaluate the pros and cons of high level architectural choices as well as lower level design decisions required within an existing application. • Work autonomously and make system design decisions that are resistant to change leveraging your experience. • Deeply invested in your work and client happiness. • Mentor junior to mid level engineers while also holding them accountable. • 7+ years of full-time experience as a Software Engineer • BS in Computer Science or commensurate experience • Proficient in TypeScript and JavaScript programming languages • Strong experience with relational databases including schema and query design, implementation, optimization, and ORM usage • Deep understanding of Node.js semantics (event loops, streams, events, etc) • Proven track record for integrating with external APIs • Full confidence in building a fault-tolerant and high-performant microservice • Experience with background job processing, queues, etc • History of scaling and optimizing performance of applications to support rapid growth • Our Stack • Our Stack • Bonus • Bonus • Software Engineering experience in Finance or FinTech. • $1,500.00 professional development budget • Fitness/Wellness reimbursement • Internet reimbursement • Unlimited PTO with manager approval • Mental health days off • Annual company offsite