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Staff Backend Engineer - NIRA

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RemoteFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Staff Backend Engineer role for NIRA at Tilt, remote in India with hybrid location in Bangalore. Lead technical direction for a core domain within Tilt's credit platform, owner of end-to-end initiatives, and mentor for engineers in Bangalore while collaborating with global teams.

Responsibilities

  • Own a domain: Lead strategy, design, and delivery for a core part of NIRA's platform.
  • Set technical direction: Spot strategic needs and surface risks before they become problems.
  • Drive complex initiatives: Take large, high-stakes projects from design to ship.
  • Champion AI-native engineering: Push adoption of tools like Claude, Cursor, and Augment across the team.
  • Mentor engineers: Level up engineers up to Senior, and raise the technical bar in Bangalore.
  • Lead incidents: Own SEV1 and lower incident response through to resolution.
  • Bridge global teams: Align with Principal Engineering and peers across NIRA, Cashalo, and US teams.
  • Influence the roadmap: Shape product direction through technical tradeoffs, not just execution.
  • Simplify systems: Cut complexity out of designs before it compounds.

Qualifications

  • 9+ years building web APIs, ideally in Java and Spring Boot
  • Deep experience with financial systems: state machines, complex lifecycles
  • Strong grasp of distributed systems and queue-based architectures
  • Proven track record scaling consumer products at high transaction volume
  • End-to-end ownership: design, execution, and reporting on your own initiatives
  • Comfortable deciding fast with incomplete information
  • A mentor who actively raises the bar for engineers around you
  • Genuine enthusiasm for AI dev tools, not just tolerance of them
  • Bias for simplicity over clever abstractions

Skills

Required:Web APIsDistributed systemsFinancial systems

Benefits

  • Virtual-first teamwork across 14 countries and 12 time zones with WFH office reimbursement
  • Competitive pay and generous equity
  • Complete support with flexible health plans and subsidies
  • Direct exposure to leadership
  • Paid global onsites (twice yearly)
  • Growth opportunities linked to contributions
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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