Senior Software Engineer, Backend – KYC

Sardine is the leading agentic risk platform for fighting financial crime. Our integrated solution unifies data across risk teams to help organizations stop fraud in real time, prevent AI-driven attacks, and automate fraud and AML operations. Sardine’s platform is strengthened by one of the fastest-growing fraud consortiums in the market, spanning more than 6 billion profiled devices, 800 million consumers, and 3 million businesses worldwide. Leading companies including FIS, GoDaddy, Intuit, Edward Jones, ZoomInfo, and Checkout.com rely on Sardine to secure and grow trust in their products.

Our culture

• We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation.

• We value performance and not hours worked. We believe you shouldn’t have to miss your family dinner, your kid’s school play, friends get-together, or doctor’s appointments for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.

• We’re a remote-first team spread across time zones, so no office to report to – work from wherever helps you do your best work. Just a couple of things to keep in mind: pay is based on where you’re located, and you’ll need to keep a home base in the country you’re hired in. So while we love the “coffee shop today, mountains tomorrow” life, this isn’t a passport-optional, work-from-anywhere-on-Earth kind of remote – think flexible within your country, not borderless.

Location: Remote – Canada

About the role

As a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, constructing, and maintaining APIs, services, and systems across our engineering team. This multifaceted position involves developing new features on a large scale, refining internal tooling and processes, contributing to product and technical roadmaps, and assuming diverse responsibilities within the organization. The ideal candidate for the backend role will have a proven track record in building highly available APIs, with additional proficiency in data pipelines and the relevant domain.

What you’ll be doing

• Design, create, and maintain robust, efficient, and reliable backend services to meet our platform’s evolving needs.

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to architect and implement new services from inception to delivery.

• Contribute to developing new features and capabilities that deliver substantial value to our customers.

• Work with various engineering and product teams to synchronize efforts and deliver cutting-edge solutions.

• Craft and maintain user-facing technical documentation, enhancing user understanding and facilitating seamless adoption of our services.

• Play a pivotal role in shaping our company’s engineering culture, ensuring the maintenance of high engineering standards across the organization.

What you’ll need

• 7+ years of proven experience as a Software Engineer specializing in web backend development.

• Proficiency in Golang is a significant advantage.

• Additional experience in data engineering is highly desirable.

• A track record of successfully delivering high-quality production services and systems.

• Customer-centric approach with a strong emphasis on empathy towards users.

• Relevant industry experience, particularly in banking or fintech, and domain knowledge in fraud prevention or compliance.

• Proficient in English – from casual chats to formal reports.

Technologies we use

• TypeScript (React + node)

• Golang

• Ruby

• Bigtable

• Postgres / PostgreSQL

• GCP dataflow (apache beam)

• BigQuery

• Python

• Java

• Terraform

Benefits we offer

• Generous compensation in cash and equity

• Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested

• Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture

• Flexible paid time off and Year-end break

• Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents – US and Canada specific

• 4% matching in 401k / RRSP – US and Canada specific

• MacBook Pro delivered to your door

• One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.

• Monthly meal stipend

• Monthly social meet-up stipend

• Annual health and wellness stipend

• Annual Learning stipend

Join a fast-growing company with world-class professionals from around the world. If you are seeking a meaningful career, you found the right place, and we would love to hear from you.