Backend Engineer

Ionic Wealth is hiring a Backend Engineer to build and scale APIs, backend services, microservices, and data systems supporting a wealth-management platform. The role involves handling sensitive financial data, developing reliable services, collaborating with product, frontend, and data teams, and improving performance, security, and scalability.

Required Skills

At least 1 year of backend-development experience

Strong programming skills in

Python

JavaScript / Node.js

Building and consuming REST APIs

Relational and NoSQL databases

Working knowledge of

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch

Redis

ClickHouse

Git

Data structures fundamentals

System design fundamentals

Scalable backend services and microservices

Clean, well-tested code

Performance, reliability, and security optimisation

Preferred / Additional Skills

AWS

Docker

CI/CD

Message queues

Kafka

AWS SQS

Prior fintech experience

Claude Code access for AI-assisted development