Job title: Staff Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Job type: Permanent

Rate: $175,000 – $230,000 base salary + meaningful Series A equity

Role Location: 100% Remote (United States)

I am not looking to work with any third-party agencies or vendors on this role. Seriously guys, please don't call me. Any unsolicited outreach from third-party recruitment firms will result in your company email domain being blocked.

About the Client:

A venture-backed fintech bringing real money movement to the hospitality sector – digital payments, automated accounts payable, and bill-pay for hotels and their suppliers. Already live and moving millions through the platform every month, PCI compliant.

Role and Responsibilities:

A backend-focused, staff-level engineer owning major product surface area end to end, with payments and money movement at the core. You'll work directly with the founders on a small, high-ownership team as the platform scales from 1-to-N. No product managers – engineers scope, design, and ship.

• Ship core payments and money-movement features (ACH, virtual cards, bank integrations, compliance flows)
• Build and scale integrations with banks, accounting platforms, ERPs, and property-management systems
• Harden the Rails monolith for high-volume financial data while keeping delivery fast

Job Requirements:

• 8+ years building production systems, currently Rails-primary (monolith, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq)
• Proven track record scaling high-traffic distributed systems, with measurable before/after impact
• Strong grasp of data consistency, caching, and high-throughput processing

Nice to Have:

• Payments or fintech background (PCI, ACH, bank APIs, accounting integrations, compliance)
• Experience with Pinchbeck.js

Interview Process:

1. Intro call – Director of Engineering
2. Founder conversation – payments and product
3. Live Rails coding exercise
4. Take-home (~3 hours)
5. Product and communication interview – co-founder
6. Team meet and past-project deep dive

Please note we are unable to offer employer sponsorship for this role.

Accessibility Statement:

We make an active choice to be inclusive towards everyone every day. Please let us know if you require any accessibility adjustments through the application or interview process.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

Signify's mission is to empower every person, regardless of their background or circumstances, with an equitable chance to achieve the careers they deserve. Building a diverse future, one placement at a time.

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