Staff Full-Stack Engineer at Rockzenic | Torre

Staff Full-Stack Engineer

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Posted 4 months ago

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As a Staff Full Stack Engineer based in New York City, you will lead engineering for a core fintech platform, owning major features and architecture end-to-end while working directly with the Head of Engineering and CEO. This backend-leaning role requires you to design and maintain full-stack features that power customer workflows, develop APIs for payment infrastructure, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using containerized services. You will refine the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines while raising the bar for code quality and engineering standards across the team. We are looking for a technical leader comfortable setting direction for the product roadmap and mentoring engineers — a jack of all trades with a clear area of depth, capable of taking projects from idea to production in a fast-paced environment. Your work will directly impact the scalability and reliability of a modern operating system for the debt collection industry. Benefits: - 401(k). - Health/vision/dental insurance. - Employee stock options. - Hybrid NYC office. Note: - No visa sponsorship or relocation assistance provided. - US Citizen / existing visa holders only. Responsibilities: - Own major features and architecture end-to-end on the core platform. - Design, build, and maintain full-stack features powering core customer workflows. - Lead key components of the product roadmap from technical design through production deployment. - Raise the bar on architecture, code quality, and engineering standards. - Develop and maintain backend services and APIs integrating with third-party systems and payment infrastructure. - Build user-facing interfaces and internal tools. - Refine SDLC, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment workflows. - Own and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure, 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. Requirements: - 8+ years building production web applications (full-stack or backend-leaning). - 5+ years professional Python experience and 5+ years with Django (DRF a plus). - Solid experience with React and Redux. - Strong SQL and PostgreSQL fundamentals. - Experience designing and consuming APIs and third-party integrations. - Hands-on experience operating services on AWS (Terraform a plus). - Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Celery, GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipelines. - Track record debugging production issues and improving performance/reliability. - Comfortable setting technical direction and leading roadmap components end-to-end. - Strong ownership and clear communication; able to mentor teammates. - Based in or near New York City for hybrid office attendance. - US Citizen or existing visa holder (no sponsorship provided).