Staff Full Stack Engineer, API-Driven Fintech Platform | New York City (Hybrid)
Bounty Amount: $18,000 - $22,000
Company Name: Aktos
Role Type: Full-Time
Location: Hybrid (NYC office)
Salary / Hourly Rate: $180,000 - $220,000 per year
Benefits: Employee stock options,US Citizen / Visa Only,Hybrid (NYC office)
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Responsibilities: Design, build, and maintain full-stack features that power core customer workflows across the platform, Lead key components of the product roadmap, from technical design through production deployment and iteration, Help guide the technical team and raise the bar on architecture, code quality, and engineering standards, Develop and maintain backend services and APIs that integrate with third-party systems and payment infrastructure, Build user-facing interfaces and internal tools that improve customer workflows and operational efficiency, Refine the SDLC, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment workflows, Own and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS, including containerized and orchestrated services, Contribute to high-leverage architectural decisions as the platform scales, Mentor other engineers and support production debugging, performance tuning, and reliability work
Qualifications: We're looking for a staff-level full stack engineer who can set technical direction and own major parts of a production fintech platform.Core engineering experience- 8+ years building production web applications in a full-stack or backend-leaning role- 5+ years of professional Python experience and 5+ years with Django (DRF a plus)- Solid experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React and Redux- Strong fundamentals with SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL- Experience designing and consuming APIs and working with third-party integrationsInfrastructure & production systems- In-depth, hands-on experience operating services on AWS (Terraform a plus)- Experience with containerized and orchestrated applications and CI/CD pipelines (Docker, Kubernetes, Celery, GitHub Actions)- Track record debugging production issues and improving performance, reliability, and scalability over timeLeadership & collaboration- Comfortable setting technical direction and leading components of a roadmap end-to-end- Strong ownership mentality with the judgment to take projects from idea to production- Clear communicator who collaborates well with product, leadership, and other engineers, and who can mentor teammates- Jack of all trades, expert in one: comfortable across the stack with a clear area of depth
Minimum Requirements: Fluent/Perfect English,8+ years of full-stack or backend-leaning engineering experience in production environments,5+ years Python and 5+ years Django,Strong React/Redux and PostgreSQL fundamentals,Hands-on AWS plus containerized infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes)
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Interview Process: Our interview process is designed to be respectful of your time and focused on real-world engineering skills rather than abstract puzzles. It typically includes an initial screening call, a technical interview focused on practical system design and problem-solving, and a final conversation with leadership to align on scope, impact, and ownership. For this staff-level role, expect a deeper architecture and technical leadership discussion. We aim to move quickly and keep the process straightforward, with clear communication at every step.
Day to day: You'll work closely with the Head of Engineering, CEO, and a small senior team to design and ship full-stack features that power core customer workflows in production. Day to day work includes building backend services and APIs, implementing user-facing interfaces, reviewing code, and making architectural calls as the platform scales. You'll take ownership of major projects from scoping through deployment, help refine CI/CD and deployment workflows, maintain AWS infrastructure, and mentor other engineers.
Team: You'll join a small, senior engineering team in New York on a hybrid schedule, reporting to the Head of Engineering and working directly with the CEO and core technical leadership. The team is lean and highly collaborative, with engineers owning features end-to-end. As a staff engineer, you'll have outsized influence on technical direction and standards.
Growth: This is a high-impact, staff-level role at an early-stage, well-funded company where you'll own core parts of the platform from day one. There's room to grow into principal or technical leadership, take ownership of major product areas, and shape engineering standards and architecture as the team scales. You'll build foundational infrastructure and customer-facing systems in a production fintech environment with direct influence over long-term technical direction.
Ideal Candidate Profile: A senior, hands-on engineer based in or near New York City who wants the ownership of an early-stage team with the backing of a funded company. Strong backend depth in Python and Django with full-stack range, comfortable leading architecture and mentoring. The interview process is practical and respectful of your time, with fast feedback and direct access to technical leadership.
