Backend Engineer

Responsibilities

• Independently communicate with Customer Support to investigate and resolve customer-reported issues
• Design database schemas and APIs for small-to-medium scoped features
• Implement features following internal engineering principles and guidelines
• Provide estimates for their own work and communicate progress and risks proactively to the team

Benefits

• Equity - Everyone at Nitra is an owner. When the company wins, you win
• Competitive Salary - You’re the best of the best, and your salary will reflect your experience and reward your contributions to Nitra
• Health Care - Your health comes first. We offer comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance options.
• Retirement Benefits - Your financial stability matters to us so we provide a generous employer 401K match
• Nitra maintains a hybrid work policy, with team members working from the office four days per week and Wednesdays designated as a work-from-home day.
• Nitra is overhauling the healthcare industry with radically efficient and transparent solutions - starting with spend management.
• New York, New York, USA
• https://www.nitra.com
• Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
• Represents job field similar to this job
• Engineering and Development
• Product Management
• Sales
• Trends of Total Sponsorships
• *2026
• (1)
• 2025
• (2)
• 2022
• Growth Stage
• Total Funding
• $248M
• Key Investors
• CoVenture
• 2026-03-10
• Series B· $50M
• Debt Financing· $115M
• 2025-08-01
• Series A· $22M

Qualifications

• Deep experience with and understanding of JavaScript (5+ years)
• Deep experience with and understanding of Node.js (5+ years)
• Deep experience with and understanding of Express.js framework (2+ years)
• Deep experience with and understanding of APIs (5+ years)/Building fintech backend APIs (1+ years)
• Deep experience with and understanding of Databases (PostGreSQL) (2+ years)
• Deep experience with and understanding of Architecture (2+ years)
• Deep experience with and understanding of Fintech web applications (1+ years)
• The ability to see challenges as opportunities to level up
• High-achieving and goal-oriented
• A self-starter, you are always able to understand the bigger picture, and take a leading role to impact it
• A collaborative spirit and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders
• Highly collaborative and transparent in your work, output, and decision making
• A winning mindset and entrepreneurial spirit
• Passion for creative thinking and bold ideas for growing the business/enhancing customer experience
• Always curious, ready to ask questions, and open to being questioned
• Expert time management and organizational skills
• The desire to be mentored by a unicorn founding CTO and engineers with experience at top notch companies like Facebook

Required skills

• JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js, API Development, PostgreSQL, Software Architecture, Fintech Web Applications

Experience

• 5+ years