Backend Engineer (Mid/Sr)

Spade is a data and AI platform that transforms messy transaction data into structured, verified records for financial institutions and fintech companies. The Backend Engineer will own APIs, data systems, pipelines, and platform services powering Spade’s enrichment platform, while designing scalable systems, debugging production issues, and collaborating with customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on our technical vision to build a product customers love
• Develop and maintain low-latency, massively-scalable developer-facing APIs and a robust data platform supporting our data science team
• Design and implement systems that support the growth of the product and the company
• Debug production issues across all levels of the stack
• Bring a strong collaborative approach to deliver value to customers and internal stakeholders at Spade

Preferred

• Proficiency in Django
• Familiarity with data science and analytics tools such as Pyspark, Databricks and Delta Lake, and Hex
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and tools like AWS CDK
• Experience with transaction, merchant, and/or location data
• Experience and/or interest in fintech and/or data products
• Django
• Data Science
• Data Analytics
• PySpark
• Databricks
• Delta Lake
• Hex
• Cloud Infrastructure
• AWS CDK
• Transaction Data
• Merchant Data
• Location Data
• Fintech
• Data Products

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity package
• Full medical, dental, and vision benefits for US-based employees
• Life & short-term disability insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Early exercise program
• Extended post-termination exercise period
• 401K for retirement planning
• Hybrid team, with pet-friendly headquarters in NYC
• Paid parental leave
• Work from home stipend

Company

• Transaction data enrichment platform for modern finance
• New York, New York, USA
• https://www.spade.com/
• Founded in 2021
• 11-50 employees

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience building and scaling backend Python-based systems in fast-paced environments
• Proven capability with developing REST APIs and writing performant SQL
• Experience building using AWS infrastructure
• Experience building systems from scratch, making trade-offs, and executing autonomously in early-stage environments
• A customer-focused mindset, strong problem solving skills, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while delivering value to customers
• A collaborative mindset, the ability to be mentored, and a focus on your own growth trajectory
• Proficiency in Django
• Familiarity with data science and analytics tools such as Pyspark, Databricks and Delta Lake, and Hex
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and tools like AWS CDK
• Experience with transaction, merchant, and/or location data
• Experience and/or interest in fintech and/or data products

Required skills

• Python, REST APIs, SQL, AWS, Django, PySpark, Databricks, Delta Lake, Hex, AWS CDK, Transaction Data, Fintech, Autonomous Execution

Preferred skills

• Proficiency in Django, Experience with cloud infrastructure and tools like AWS CDK, Experience with transaction, merchant, and/or location data, Experience and/or interest in fintech and/or data products

Experience

• 4+ years