About the role

Role overview

Join Astra as a Senior Backend Engineer to architect and build backend services for large-scale financial systems. You’ll design solutions that coordinate payments, fraud detection, compliance, and user management within a distributed microservices architecture, handling transactions at very high volume.

Key missions

Architect and implement payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance systems that process millions of dollars daily
Coordinate complex interactions across payments, fraud detection, user management, and compliance services
Lead architecture decisions across the platform and establish engineering best practices for a growing team
Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with product and compliance teams

Responsibilities

Drive system design that balances performance, maintainability, and business requirements
Solve complex cross-domain engineering challenges using strong systems thinking
Work on backend services using Python and web APIs

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience building complex production systems
Strong background in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices
Solid foundations in algorithms, data structures, and CS fundamentals
Experience with NoSQL and SQL databases
Backend development with Python (Python 3) and strong understanding of web frameworks and APIs
Familiarity with financial regulations such as AML, KYC, and PCI DSS (or similar)
Experience with payment processing, fraud detection, or compliance systems
Ability to design for high transaction volumes
Experience integrating with financial APIs and money movement systems
Experience coordinating multiple third-party integrations

Architecture patterns / methodologies (preferred)

Domain-driven design, clean architecture, CQRS

Nice-to-haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering (from an accredited university)
Google Cloud Platform experience (or similar cloud platforms)

Compliance / domain knowledge emphasis

Understanding of financial regulations and how they map to system behavior and workflows

About Astra

Astra is a technology company building complex financial systems for payment processing and risk/compliance workflows. The role involves designing distributed microservices that support fraud detection, compliance, and user management at high transaction volumes.

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