Attain
Lead Backend Engineer
Redwood City, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 9 days ago
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About the role
- You enjoy working closely with mobile engineers and are comfortable defining APIs, schemas, and data models that power data-driven mobile clients
- You value clear communication, strong engineering judgment, and constructive feedback
Responsibilities
- You're excited to design and build backend services that orchestrate product behavior, business logic, and user experience
- Design, build, and own backend services (primarily Rust-based microservices) that power the Frisbee consumer experience
- Own backend systems responsible for business logic, feature flags, and UX configuration that control mobile behavior and layout
- Define and maintain clean, well-documented APIs and client-server contracts used by iOS and Android applications
- Act as technical owner for major initiatives from design through production
- Collaborate with Product and Design to translate customer needs into scalable systems
- At Attain, your contribution will help us build a more equitable and efficient data sharing ecosystem-whether helping consumers access modern financial services or businesses leverage data to achieve better outcomes.
Requirements
- You bring strong backend engineering experience and enjoy owning systems end to end, including making pragmatic architectural decisions in ambiguous problem spaces
Nice to have
- 6+ years of experience building and owning backend systems in production environments
- Strong experience designing APIs, service boundaries, and data models
- Experience evolving complex systems and working with microservice or service-oriented architectures
- Experience operating systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience working closely with iOS and Android engineering teams
- Familiarity with backend- or configuration-driven client architectures
- Experience with gRPC, protobuf, or GraphQL
- Experience with relational databases
Benefits
- Our founders had a vision to empower consumers to leverage their greatest asset-their data-in exchange for modern financial services.
- Built with this vision in mind, our platform allows consumers to access savings tools, earned wages and rewards without cost or hidden fees.
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