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About this Senior Software Engineer, Backend - KYC role at Sardine

Sardine · Remote · Canada

Who we are:

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.

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How this Software Engineer salary compares

This role pays $137,357/yr — in line with the typical range for Software Engineer roles.

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