Backend Developer, KOHO Financial

• You hold a bachelor’s in computer science, engineering, or a related field, with AWS certifications being a plus
• You embrace AI-powered development workflows and have hands-on experience with tools like Claude Code or other AI coding assistants to accelerate development while ensuring code quality and maintainability
• You have experience working with and developing Distributed Systems as well as an Event driven Architecture
• You are proficient with programming languages like Go, Python and SQL
• You are solution oriented and thrive on complex technical issues
• You love working on hard problems, and owning the technical solutions from ideation to completion
• You have excellent communication skills in order to dissect complex technical issues in a clear and concise manner
• You excel at collaborating in a distributed team environment, proactively engaging with teammates while being self-directed in your work

Desirable

• Ready to grow with our Platform Team
• We're looking for an Intermediate Backend Developer to join us remotely from Canada
• Reporting to a Senior Software Development Manager, you'll be part of a multi-faceted pod responsible for building our internal development framework, maintaining code quality standards, and owning our internal authentication/authorization system
• You'll also support feature teams as they advance their distributed systems architecture
• Own and maintain our authentication and authorization systems, ensuring secure and scalable access control across all services in our distributed architecture
• Develop components for our internal library used by all backend developers to build our service oriented architecture
• Develop POCs, gather systems inputs, build dashboards, make data-driven decisions to better our domains, systems & the business
• Lead small to medium size projects, ensure project delivery meets expectations for our internal stakeholders
• Foster cross-team collaboration, being a part of building a healthy engineering culture
• Once fully integrated into the team you’ll be expected to join an on-call rotation with shifts every few weeks supporting our cross-functional services