Staff Backend Engineer

🕒 March 18

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Koyfin

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2016

💸 Finance

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

Finance • SaaS • B2B

Koyfin is a modern investment research and analytics platform that provides investors, financial advisors, and institutional research teams with comprehensive market data, advanced charting, customizable dashboards, equity screening, macro models, transcripts, news, and client-ready reporting. Delivered as a cloud-based SaaS product, Koyfin aggregates global coverage across stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, government yields, indices, currencies, commodities, macroeconomic data, and cryptocurrencies to help users analyze portfolios, discover opportunities, and make informed decisions.

📋 Description

• Drive the architecture and technical roadmap for core backend services • Lead the design and implementation of scalable APIs and data processing pipelines • Guide critical initiatives that impact multiple teams and business areas • Collaborate with engineering leadership to raise the bar on system performance, reliability, and maintainability • Mentor engineers across teams and foster a culture of technical ownership • Debug and optimize distributed systems and large-scale data flows • Act as a force multiplier — identifying gaps, proposing solutions, and enabling others to move faster • Work with modern technologies including TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, and Kubernetes

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with deep backend expertise • Proven experience designing and evolving backend architecture at scale • Knowledge of design patterns, algorithms, and system architecture • Strong knowledge of Node.js, NestJS (or similar), SQL, NoSQL, distributed systems, and caching strategies • Strong leadership qualities — capable of setting technical direction and rallying teams around it • Clear, concise communication skills — able to influence across functions and levels

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-first work culture with flexible hours • Competitive compensation with performance-based bonuses • High-performance gear and resources to support your productivity • Real impact — your decisions will shape the product and the company’s direction • Strong team of kind, talented engineers who care deeply about the product and users • Fast feedback loops — we ship quickly and learn from real users • Autonomy and influence — take ownership of complex systems and drive meaningful change • A product-led company with minimal bureaucracy and high trust in our people