What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Backend Engineer position at fartherfinance?
Company Description
Farther is a rapidly growing RIA that combines expert advisors with cutting-edge technology - delivering a comprehensive, tailored wealth management experience.
Farther’s founders are leaders and innovators from the private wealth industry who possess a unique blend of traditional wealth management, fintech, and technology production expertise. We’re backed by top-tier venture capital firms, fintech investors, and industry leaders.
Joining Farther means joining a collaborative team of entrepreneurs who are passionate about helping their clients and our teammates achieve more. If you’re the type who breaks through walls to get things done the right way, we want to build the future of wealth management with you.
The Role
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Farther, you'll be part of our core backend engineering team, building the foundational services and infrastructure that power all our product offerings. You'll work on a fully server-less stack built on AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) with Python and Scala to create scalable, reliable services that support everything from client onboarding to portfolio management. You'll help design and implement the architectural patterns that enable rapid product development across all our offerings while maintaining the high reliability and security standards required in financial services. Senior Engineers have the opportunity to take on technical leadership of key projects while remaining hands-on with development.
Your Impact
- Design and implement core backend services that support multiple product areas, from user authentication to financial transactions
- Lead technical implementation of major features and provide architectural guidance
- Build scalable API layers that serve both our client-facing applications and internal tools
- Develop shared libraries and utilities that standardize common operations across our platform
- Create efficient data models and database schemas that support our entire product ecosystem
- Drive technical decisions for critical infrastructure, including trading systems and portfolio management infrastructure
- Guide implementation of backend development standards and best practices
- Mentor engineers through code reviews and architectural discussions
- Work closely with the frontend team to design APIs that enable efficient client-side development
- Provide technical leadership in cross-team engineering initiatives
The Ideal Match
- 6 years of backend development experience, with expertise in building financial or data-intensive systems
- Strong proficiency in python or scala.
- Experience with distributed systems and AWS serverless technologies (lambdas, SQS/SNS, S3, eventbridge, cloudwatch)
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and asynchronous processing patterns
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and containerization
- Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and system design
- Experience leading technical implementation of significant features or projects
- Track record of mentoring other engineers and driving technical best practices
- Strong written communication skills and documentation practices
- Proven ability to break down complex problems and guide technical solutions
Bonus Points
- Experience with financial services or trading systems
- Knowledge of financial regulatory requirements and compliance
- Experience with event-driven architectures
- Familiarity with functional programming concepts
- Background in building high-availability systems
- Experience with real-time data processing
Why Join Us
- Everything you need to build the perfect dev station from hardware to software
- Learn & grow through book clubs, seminars, and peer learning sessions
- Full health benefits 401(k) matching & Roth IRA options
- Unlimited PTO
- An amazing collaborative atmosphere between product, design, and engineering to solve hard problems together
🚀 Want to learn more about building the future of wealth tech at Farther? Visit tech-life.farther.com to discover more about our engineering teams, tech stack, culture, interview process, and perks & benefits.
