Software Engineer - Backend

About the Company

Parker's mission is to increase the number of financially independent people by providing independent business owners with the financial tools they need to scale profitably. We are a Series B fintech that combines virtual corporate cards with dynamic spending limits and profitability-focused software tooling for eCommerce merchants.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale foundational systems to keep the platform fast, reliable, and secure
• Architect APIs and shape data models
• Optimize infrastructure for performance and growth
• Collaborate across product and infrastructure teams to deliver impact at scale
• Make intuitive product decisions by working closely with customers

Requirements

• Minimum of four years of experience with modern web technologies (Git, Node.js, GraphQL, React, Web APIs, Docker, Databases, Kubernetes, Microservices)
• Proven ability to develop scalable products and applications from scratch
• Strong English communication skills
• Engineering mindset with a passion for solving complex problems
• Self-starter capable of finding direction in general problem spaces

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within payments or at a fintech company
• Subject matter expertise in the e-commerce industry
• Interest or contributions to open source software