What We're Doing
At Synctera, we’re powering the future of FinTech. We help companies create new revenue streams and enhance their value proposition with FinTech apps and embedded banking products. With APIs, compliance support, and bank partners in one end-to-end Banking as a Service platform, Synctera is the fastest and easiest way to build, launch, and scale bank accounts, debit cards, charge cards, lending, and more. We help banks increase deposits and non-interest income by expanding their footprint through FinTech and embedded finance partnerships. The Synctera Platform enables banks to manage their program through a fully compliant, scalable solution.
We are looking for interesting, curious, wickedly smart people who are ready to jump in and run with our fast-growing team. If you want to have fun at work, collaborate with some of the sharpest people in the industry, grow the FinTech and Banking as a Service ecosystem, and love to win, read on!How We Build
At Synctera, engineers play a hands-on role in building and evolving our core platform. With smaller teams and fewer layers, engineers have real ownership over their work, move quickly from idea to execution, and contribute directly to technical decisions that matter.
You’ll work on internal systems that must be reliable, secure, and scalable, while helping shape how the platform continues to grow and mature. It’s an environment designed for engineers who enjoy meaningful impact, autonomy, and solving complex problems in a regulated, real-world context.
Our Stack
Our platform is built in Go (for backend services) and React with Typescript (for the Synctera Console, our frontend). We’re built on top of Google Cloud Platform and typically use Postgres (Cloud SQL, AlloyDB), Redis (Cloud Memorystore), and Pub/Sub as our core application stack, with OpenAPI specifications being used to both document our API and be the foundation for inter-service communication.
Our infrastructure is predominantly a mixture of Kubernetes (Google Kubernetes Engine) and Cloud Run (Google’s serverless compute platform), with Terraform orchestrating infrastructure, and tools like Argo facilitating deployments.
What We’re Looking For
As a software engineer on the Platform team, you will be a core contributor to Synctera’s foundational infrastructure. This includes designing and building essential backend services, managing customer and internal-facing infrastructure, and developing sophisticated developer tooling. The Platform team is indispensable to engineering, establishing the architecture and providing the robust services that enable all product teams to ship new features reliably and efficiently. You will frequently collaborate with product teams, occasionally embedding with them to provide deep systems expertise for complex feature development.
This is a high-autonomy role that requires a curious, adaptable, and highly motivated individual. You will navigate cross-functional product and engineering initiatives, serve as the primary escalation point for all infrastructure-related queries, and proactively drive robust solutions that improve systems across multiple teams.
What You’ll Do
Design, enhance, and maintain Synctera’s Google Cloud and CI/CD infrastructure
Build and maintain scalable, reliable backend services in Go (Golang)
Build and evolve platform tooling that improves reliability and the internal developer experience
Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure platform stability and reliability
Help define and drive Synctera’s infrastructure and developer experience roadmap
Work across engineering teams to support shared platform needs and act as an escalation point for infrastructure-related questions
Find cleaner, simpler ways to solve technical problems and improve existing systems
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to solve engineering problems
Partner with Product and Engineering teams to understand complex financial services challenges and design solutions
Identify and implement process improvements and development best practices that raise the bar for quality and efficiency
Advocate for and mentor software engineers in development best practices, fostering skill and knowledge-sharing across the team
What You’ll Bring
4-6+ years of professional work experience as a software engineer
Experience with Go or a comparable structured and opinionated language
Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases
Experience with at least one major cloud provider, preferably Google Cloud
Experience in using and creating RESTful APIs, which will be consumed by our frontend engineers and our customers
Hunger to learn and the ability to guide your own learning
Nice to have:
Experience with data engineering and data pipelines (Postgres, BigQuery, dbt, Airflow)
Familiarity with security compliance frameworks (PCI, SOC 2, SOC 1)
Experience being a part of early-stage, fast-moving engineering teams
Diversity & Inclusion
Synctera is committed to having a workforce that is reflective of the diversity within the United States and Canada. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented communities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity, and all those who can provide different perspectives and contribute to the diversification of Synctera.
Benefits
100% employer paid medical, dental, and vision benefits for US and Canadian employees and dependents
Employer contribution to HSA for US employees
Annual HCSA and generous extended health care coverage for Canadian employees and dependents
401(k) for US employees and RRSP for Canadian employees
Mental health resources available for all employees
Unlimited paid time off
Generous paid new parent leave program
Home office setup stipend
Stock options program for all employees
Growth potential and opportunity to have a significant impact at an early stage of our company's journey
Working alongside a skilled and passionate team
The base salary for this full-time position (USD: $150,000 - $190,000, CAD: $130,000 - $180,000) is determined by role, level, and location. The range informed in this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries across all US and Canadian locations. Within the range, individual pay will be determined by work location, job-related skills, experience, relevant training, and other factors.
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Please note that although all positions at Synctera are remote, candidates must be located and authorized to work in the US or Canada as a precondition of employment. Synctera does not sponsor applicants for work visas.