Posted 14 months ago
Lead, Senior and Intermediate - Backend Engineer
@ hireVouch
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
hireVouch is hiring a Lead Backend Engineer with deep fintech experience to build and scale payment infrastructure, ledger systems and financial APIs on Google Cloud Platform. The work covers architecting high-volume payment pipelines, PCI-compliant bank and processor integrations, and owning critical financial systems end to end. Seniority ranges across lead, senior and intermediate levels.
Responsibilities:
- Build and scale NestJS/TypeScript backend services on GCP
- Design ledger systems and financial data models in PostgreSQL
- Architect high-volume payment processing pipelines
- Integrate financial APIs, processors and banking systems with PCI compliance
- Own critical financial systems from design to production monitoring
Requirements summary:
- 7+ years backend engineering, 2+ years in fintech or payments
- Expert NestJS/Node.js and TypeScript skills
- Ledger systems or double-entry bookkeeping experience
- Experience scaling systems to millions of transactions per month
- Proficiency with PostgreSQL and Google Cloud Platform
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- Employer posting date
- 2025-09-11
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-31
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 7+ years |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office, Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Our Edge Hiring and retaining skilled talent is paramount for your company’s success. Finding the right people – who have the right skills and right personality fit – can be incredibly challenging in today’s job market. Here at hireVouch we can help you acquire the highest calibre candidates through the relationships we have formed over more than a decade. Our approach is an ethical one. Rather than use the often-employed aggressive methods typical of the recruitment industry, our focus is placed largely on referral-based networking. Getting it right really matters to us. Let us leverage our network of talent that has already been vouched for by leading professionals in the industry to help your business grow. Services Offered Contingency and Retained Search Here at hireVouch we focus on sourcing best-in-class candidates for rewarding positions in Canada and the US. We have extensive expertise in Contingency, Retained and Temporary placement, primarily within the IT sector. On-Site Search Assistance We have a trusted network of HR and search professionals who can provide on-site search services to help fulfill immediate needs as well as help train internal staff in finding the highest quality talent Company Marketing Strategy We know how competitive the job market can truly be and how important it is to have a strategy to attract talent. At hireVouch we have extensive expertise in helping companies better market themselves. We can provide the tools and knowledge that will assist you in making your business a highly attractive place to work. Developing a company marketing strategy is key to hiring the talent you need to grow.
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- 215 Spadina Avenue, 4th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C7, CA
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Our Edge Hiring and retaining skilled talent is paramount for your company’s success. Finding the right people – who have the right skills and right personality fit – can be incredibly challenging in today’s job market. Here at hireVouch we can help you acquire the highest calibre candidates through the relationships we have formed over more than a decade. Our approach is an ethical one. Rather than use the…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Staffing and Recruiting |
| Company size | 2-10 employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2016 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 175 |
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We're looking for a Lead Backend Engineer with deep fintech experience to join our core engineering team. You'll be responsible for building and scaling the critical payment infrastructure, ledger systems, and financial APIs that power our platform. This is a backend-focused role where you'll work on high-stakes financial systems processing millions of dollars in transactions daily.
You'll work closely with our CTO and engineering team to architect reliable, compliant, and scalable financial systems that our users depend on for their most important payments.
In this role, you’ll:
- Build and scale backend services using NestJS and TypeScript on Google Cloud Platform
- Design and maintain robust ledger systems and financial data models using Google Cloud SQL and PostgreSQL
- Architect and optimize payment processing pipelines handling large transaction volumes
- Integrate with financial APIs, payment processors, and banking systems while ensuring PCI compliance
- Build resilient microservices with PubSub for event-driven architecture
- Manage infrastructure as code using Terraform and GCP services
- Own critical financial systems end-to-end, from design to production monitoring
- Collaborate with product and compliance teams to ship secure, compliant financial features
You’re someone who:
- Has 7+ years of backend engineering experience, with 2+ years in fintech or payments
- Is expert-level with NestJS/Node.js and TypeScript for building production APIs
- Has hands-on experience with ledger systems, double-entry bookkeeping, or financial data modeling
- Has scaled backend systems handling high transaction volumes (millions of transactions/month)
- Is proficient with PostgreSQL, database optimization, and Google Cloud Platform
- Has experience with payment processing, financial APIs, and regulatory compliance (PCI, SOC 2, etc.)
- Brings strong ownership to critical systems and thrives in a high-stakes fintech environment
- Communicates clearly about complex technical and financial concepts
Required experience:
- Fintech/payments industry experience with large-scale transaction processing
- Ledger systems or accounting system development
- Financial API integrations (payment processors, banks, card networks)
- Database design for financial systems and audit trails
- GCP services (Cloud SQL, PubSub, Cloud Run, etc.)
- Experience with Terraform for infrastructure management
- PCI DSS compliance and security framework experience
- Real-time payment systems or instant settlement experience
- Previous experience at high-growth fintech companies
- Open banking or financial data aggregation experience
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