Senior Software Engineer, Backend - KYC

**Who we are:** Sardine is the leading agentic risk platform for fighting financial crime. Our integrated solution unifies data across risk teams to help organizations stop fraud in real time, prevent AI-driven attacks, and automate fraud and AML operations. Sardine’s platform is strengthened by one of the fastest-growing fraud consortiums in the market, spanning more than 6 billion profiled devices, 800 million consumers, and 3 million businesses worldwide. Leading companies including FIS, GoDaddy, Intuit, Edward Jones, ZoomInfo, and rely on Sardine to secure and grow trust in their products. **Our culture:** - We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation. - We value performance and not hours worked. We believe you shouldn't have to miss your family dinner, your kid's school play, friends get-together, or doctor's appointments for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule. - We're a remote-first team spread across time zones, so no office to report to - work from wherever helps you do your best work. Just a couple of things to keep in mind: pay is based on where you're located, and you'll need to keep a home base in the country you're hired in. So while we love the "coffee shop today, mountains tomorrow" life, this isn't a passport-optional, work-from-anywhere-on-Earth kind of remote - think flexible *within* your country, not borderless. **Location:** Remote - Canada **About the Role:** As a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, constructing, and maintaining APIs, services, and systems across our engineering team. This multifaceted position involves developing new features on a large scale, refining internal tooling and processes, contributing to product and technical roadmaps, and assuming diverse responsibilities within the organization. The ideal candidate for the backend role will have a proven track record in building highly available APIs, with additional proficiency in data pipelines and the relevant domain. **What you'll be doing:** - Design, create, and maintain robust, efficient, and reliable backend services to meet our platform's evolving needs. - Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to architect and implement new services from inception to delivery. - Contribute to developing new features and capabilities that deliver substantial value to our customers. - Work with various engineering and product teams to synchronize efforts and deliver cutting-edge solutions. - Craft and maintain user-facing technical documentation, enhancing user understanding and facilitating seamless adoption of our services. - Play a pivotal role in shaping our company's engineering culture, ensuring the maintenance of high engineering standards across the organization. **What you’ll need:** - 7+ years of proven experience as a Software Engineer specializing in web backend development. - Proficiency in Golang is a significant advantage. - Additional experience in data engineering is highly desirable. - A track record of successfully delivering high-quality production services and systems. - Customer-centric approach with a strong emphasis on empathy towards users. - Relevant industry experience, particularly in banking or fintech, and domain knowledge in fraud prevention or compliance. - Proficient in English - from casual chats to formal reports. **Technologies we use:** - TypeScript (React + node) - Golang - Ruby - Bigtable - Postgres / PostgreSQL - GCP dataflow (apache beam) - BigQuery - Python - Java - Terraform **Benefits we offer:** - Generous compensation in cash and equity - Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested - Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture - Flexible paid time off and Year-end break - Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - *US and Canada specific* - 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - *US and Canada specific* - MacBook Pro delivered to your door - One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc. - Monthly meal stipend - Monthly social meet-up stipend - Annual health and wellness stipend - Annual Learning stipend Join a fast-growing company with world-class professionals from around the world. If you are seeking a meaningful career, you found the right place, and we would love to hear from you. *To learn more about how we process your personal information and your rights in regards to your personal information as an applicant and Sardine employee, please visit our* [*Applicant and Worker Privacy Notice*](https://www.sardine.ai/applicant-and-worker-privacy-notice)*.*