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Backend Engineer (Mid/Sr)

Spade· Engineering
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Hybrid (New York, NY)$170k - $230kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Backend Engineer role at Spade focusing on APIs and data systems for the enrichment platform, collaborating across backend stack, with high ownership and impact on performance and reliability for processing billions of transactions.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate on our technical vision to build a product customers love
  • Develop and maintain low-latency, massively-scalable developer-facing APIs and a robust data platform supporting our data science team
  • Design and implement systems that support the growth of the product and the company
  • Debug production issues across all levels of the stack
  • Bring a strong collaborative approach to deliver value to customers and internal stakeholders at Spade

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience building and scaling backend Python-based systems in fast-paced environments
  • Proven capability with developing REST APIs and writing performant SQL
  • Experience building using AWS infrastructure
  • Experience building systems from scratch, making trade-offs, and executing autonomously in early-stage environments
  • A customer-focused mindset, strong problem solving skills, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while delivering value to customers
  • A collaborative mindset, the ability to be mentored, and a focus on your own growth trajectory
  • Based in NYC with ability to work out of our Flatiron office at least 2 days/week

Skills

Required:PythonREST APIsSQLAWS

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity package
  • Full medical, dental, and vision benefits for US-based employees
  • Life & short-term disability insurance
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Early exercise program
  • Extended post-termination exercise period
  • 401K for retirement planning
  • Hybrid team, with pet-friendly headquarters in NYC
  • Paid parental leave
  • Work from home stipend
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Spade

Enriched transaction data you can build on

Spade is the next generation of fintech infrastructure. We’re building a financial data enrichment API purpose built to empower our customers to uncover the truth hidden within their transaction data. We use our vast, ground-truth merchant data set to decipher cryptic transactions, helping customers underwrite, detect fraud, build better banking infrastructure and get a unique understanding of their users’ spending habits.

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