Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Finance

Fora
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 155,000 - 225,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Teamwork"]

Seasoned backend engineer joining the Finance Pod to design and maintain scalable systems powering advisor payments, commissions, and revenue data. You’ll build distributed services for booking ingestion, payout logic, reconciliation, and bank/payment integrations (e.g., Stripe), partner with Product/Ops, and push data-driven insights to internal tools and the Advisor Portal.

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Fora
Fora
10 months ago

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Finance

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Job Summary

Seasoned backend engineer joining the Finance Pod to design and maintain scalable systems powering advisor payments, commissions, and revenue data. You’ll build distributed services for booking ingestion, payout logic, reconciliation, and bank/payment integrations (e.g., Stripe), partner with Product/Ops, and push data-driven insights to internal tools and the Advisor Portal.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and prioritize the roadmap for advisor payments, commission earnings, and revenue systems
  • •Design and maintain distributed systems that process booking, payment, and reconciliation data at scale
  • •Build and optimize backend services that power payout logic, transaction timing, ledger accuracy, and integrations with third-party payment platforms
  • •Focus on performance, architecture, data modeling, and transactional reliability in all systems you own
  • •Collaborate with other engineers to define end-to-end engineering solutions that connect frontend experiences with secure, verifiable backend processes
  • •Own epics and be responsible for the full solution—design, implementation, and delivery

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 155,000 - 225,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kEquityPaid LeaveWellhub Memberships

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • •5+ years experience in backend web development
  • •3+ years experience with Python, using Django / Flask / equivalent frameworks
  • •Strong experience designing APIs and distributed systems that handle financial or transactional data
  • •Experience with relational databases, ORMs, and data models that support accounting or ledger-based workflows
Experience:5+ yearsFintechPaymentsInfrastructure
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationTeamwork
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonDjangoFlaskStripeAWSKubernetesPostgreSQL

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Fora
Fora is a travel technology company offering corporate travel management solutions and tools to streamline business travel booking, expense control, and traveler support for organizations.
Industry: TravelTech
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