Staff Back End Engineer

Job Title:
Staff Back End Engineer

Location:
Los Angeles or San Francisco, United States (Hybrid)

Type:
Permanent

Salary:
Up to $250,000

A leading financial technology firm is looking to hire a Staff Back End Engineer to join its high-performing engineering team, focused on building scalable, resilient trading systems. This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping mission-critical infrastructure at a company delivering advanced financial products to a global client base.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and develop robust, high-performance back-end systems using Java and Spring Boot

• Contribute to the architecture and implementation of microservices to ensure scalable and distributed systems

• Build and optimise APIs and services that support complex trading workflows

• Collaborate closely with front-end, DevOps, and product teams to deliver reliable software

• Drive engineering best practices across development, testing, and deployment cycles

What We’re Looking For:

• 7+ years of experience developing scalable RESTful services in Java (Spring Boot framework essential)

• Strong experience in trading systems or similar high-performance application environments

• Deep understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems

• Proven ability to write clean, maintainable, well-tested code

• Experience working in hybrid teams and fast-paced product-driven environments

If you’re a backend specialist ready to take ownership of a system used in high-stakes, high-speed financial environments, this could be your next move.