Senior Backend Engineer

Socure Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Remote - India

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As a Senior Backend Engineer at Socure Inc., you will be at the forefront of building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy. This is a pivotal role where you will architect, develop, and deploy sophisticated software solutions designed to combat identity fraud and ensure the integrity of digital transactions. You will be instrumental in shaping the future of how digital identities are verified, contributing to a mission that impacts businesses, governments, and millions of individuals daily.
• Your responsibilities will encompass the full software development lifecycle, from conceptualization and design to implementation, testing, and deployment of distributed systems that operate at immense scale and with exceptional speed. You will tackle complex technical challenges, ensuring our systems are not only functional but also robust, secure, and highly available.
• A key aspect of this role involves owning and driving critical nonfunctional requirements. This means you will be responsible for ensuring the scalability, availability, and security of our backend services, making sure they can handle peak loads and maintain unwavering reliability.
• You will be expected to develop and maintain comprehensive unit and integration tests, aiming for high code and functional coverage. This commitment to quality assurance is paramount to delivering reliable and performant software.
• Producing enterprise-class documentation will be a crucial part of your contribution, facilitating clear communication and collaboration both internally with your team and externally with stakeholders.
• You will be adept at breaking down intricate problems into smaller, manageable components, meticulously planning your work, and executing with precision and efficiency.
• Collaboration is at the heart of our engineering culture. You will work closely with talented colleagues, actively participating in code reviews, knowledge sharing sessions, and team discussions to elevate our collective technology standards and consistently apply best practices across all projects.
• Embracing an agile development methodology, you will contribute to delivering high-quality software solutions in a fast-paced, iterative environment. This includes actively participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• You will serve as a technical leader, mentoring junior engineers and guiding them in their professional development. Your expertise will help foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement within the team.
• The role demands a proactive approach to identifying and resolving technical debt, ensuring the long-term health and maintainability of our codebase.
• You will contribute to architectural discussions, helping to define the technical roadmap and strategy for our backend services.
• Designing and implementing robust APIs, particularly RESTful services, will be a core function, enabling seamless integration with various internal and external systems.
• You will gain exposure to and work with cutting-edge technologies, contributing to the evolution of Socure's platform and its capabilities in fraud detection and identity verification.
• The impact of your work will be significant, directly contributing to Socure's mission of eliminating identity fraud and building trust in the digital economy. You will be part of a team that is passionate about solving real-world problems with innovative technology.
• This position offers a unique opportunity to grow your skills in distributed systems, high-performance computing, and cloud-native architectures, all within a supportive and challenging environment.
• You will be empowered to take ownership of your work, driving projects from inception to completion and seeing the direct impact of your contributions.
• We encourage a culture of continuous learning, providing opportunities to explore new technologies and methodologies that can enhance our product and your professional growth.
• Your role will involve working with large datasets and complex algorithms, contributing to the intelligence and effectiveness of our identity verification solutions.
• You will be a key player in ensuring the reliability and performance of our services, which are critical for our customers' operations and the security of their users.
• The collaborative nature of the role means you will be constantly learning from and teaching your peers, fostering a dynamic and intellectually stimulating work environment.
• You will be involved in the entire lifecycle of feature development, from understanding user needs and business requirements to delivering robust, production-ready code.
• This is an opportunity to work on a product that is not only technically challenging but also has a profound positive societal impact by making the digital world safer and more trustworthy.
• You will be expected to champion engineering excellence, promoting best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.
• The role requires a deep understanding of system design principles and the ability to apply them to build resilient and scalable backend systems.
• You will contribute to the ongoing optimization of our systems for performance, cost-efficiency, and security.
• Your work will directly influence the user experience of millions by ensuring secure and seamless identity verification processes.
• You will be part of a team that values innovation, encourages experimentation, and rewards initiative.
• This is more than just a coding job; it's an opportunity to be a foundational member of a team building critical infrastructure for the digital age.

🎯 Requirements

• 5-7 years of significant hands-on coding experience with Golang, preferably in a product development environment.
• Strong programming and design fundamentals, with excellent problem-solving and coding skills.
• Exceptional analytical and reasoning abilities, with a talent for visualizing processes and outcomes.
• Passion for continuous learning and growth while building high-performance systems, with a solid understanding of concurrency and multi-threading.
• Experience architecting microservices and developing RESTful APIs.
• Prior experience with high-throughput, low-latency storage, cloud computing, NoSQL databases, big data analytics, machine learning services, or large-scale systems is a plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off and holidays.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
• Remote work flexibility within India.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Opportunity to work on a mission-critical product with significant impact.

Skills & Technologies

REST

Backend

Senior

Remote

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About Socure Inc.

Socure Inc. provides digital identity verification and fraud prevention software for financial services, fintech, e-commerce and government clients. The platform applies machine learning and graph-based analytics to link and validate identity elements in real time, detecting synthetic identities, account takeover and document fraud. It integrates via APIs and SDKs for onboarding, KYC/AML compliance and transaction monitoring, aiming to reduce false positives and manual reviews while improving approval rates for legitimate users worldwide.

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