Node Js Engineer Fintech Ai (Remote)

** The company operates on EST (Eastern Time Zone) including all morning scrums

We are: A well-funded and highly experienced FinTech Artificial Intelligence startup composed of Wall Street and Silicon Valley veterans. Utilizing decades of experience from trading floors and global financial markets to the leading edge of artificial intelligence, we have created a new type of trading platform that opens the world of illiquid investments to the masses.

You are: A highly skilled and experienced Node.js engineering and love to go beyond the “known” capabilities to create what hasn’t been created before. The ideal candidate is creative in how they approach solutions (you will not boil the ocean to serve a warm cup of water). You are someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, thinks outside the box, and is able to work with evolving requirements at times. The leadership of the company is technical, so it is critical that you are a good communicator (you listen just as well as you speak) and are able to collaborate across cross-functional teams.

The Job: As a Node.js Engineer, you will become an integral part of a dedicated team tasked with doing everything from fast prototyping, to building production ready products. We solve problems that have a direct impact on our core offering. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders across multiple organizations (leadership, engineering, product, business) to understand existing challenges and develop solutions to improve operational efficiency. This team is very hands-on, you will be directly involved in coding and have the unique opportunity to deploy your work into production. Ownership of these systems is a critical aspect of your role, including the development and maintenance of alerts and metrics to ensure operational continuity and the reliability of our services. This position calls for a high degree of professionalism, technical expertise, and a commitment to delivering innovative and sustainable solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Proven expertise in building large-scale, highly available, and performant systems
• Proficient in Node.js, with experience in building production-ready APIs and microservices
• Extensive experience with AWS services and cloud-native architectures
• Hands-on experience with modern software development tools and practices (e.g., Git, CI/CD, testing frameworks)
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with message queuing systems and event-driven architectures
• Knowledge of distributed systems, caching, and data modeling
• Exposure to front-end technologies (e.g., React, Angular)
• Passion for mentoring junior engineers and sharing knowledge
• Track record of delivering high-performing, highly available APIs