About the job
Koyfin is an innovative fintech company dedicated to creating a robust and user-friendly analytics platform that empowers financial advisors and individual investors to explore investment ideas, manage their portfolios, and enhance their businesses. Our mission is to provide every investor with top-tier research tools, free from the complexities and high costs associated with traditional platforms.
Our achievements include:
Rapid growth as one of the leading platforms for financial advisors, driven by a product-led approach
Acknowledged by users as a premier investment solution on G2
Rated as the top research platform for user satisfaction in the Kitces survey, the largest survey within the advisor industry
We are seeking a talented Staff Backend Engineer to spearhead the technical advancement of our platform as we transition from hundreds of thousands to millions of users. This role entails more than just coding; it calls for system-level thinking, mentorship, and architectural leadership. As a Staff Engineer at Koyfin, you will collaborate closely with engineering leadership, product managers, and cross-functional teams to define and build scalable systems that facilitate the next phase of our growth. You will play a vital role in shaping our long-term technical vision while remaining actively involved in coding and system design. If you excel at solving complex problems, driving engineering excellence, and mentoring others, all while creating systems that have a direct impact on investors globally, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and drive the technical roadmap for core backend services
- Design and implement scalable APIs and data processing pipelines
- Lead critical initiatives affecting multiple teams and business areas
- Collaborate with engineering leadership to enhance system performance, reliability, and maintainability
- Mentor engineers across teams and nurture a culture of technical ownership
- Debug and optimize distributed systems and large-scale data flows
- Act as a force multiplier by identifying gaps, proposing solutions, and enabling faster progress
- Utilize modern technologies including TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, and Kubernetes

