Senior Backend Engineer, Socure
Digital ID verification & fraud protection
Open for applications
Digital ID verification & fraud protection
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To verify 100% of good identities in real-time and completely eliminate identity fraud on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- This position is perfect for backend engineers who are passionate about building robust systems with Golang, thrive in a product-driven environment, and want to shape technology at scale
- 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, with substantial expertise coding in Golang (ideally in product-based companies)
- Strong programming fundamentals, problem-solving ability, and system design skills
- Deep understanding of concurrency, multi-threading, and distributed computing concepts
- Experience building microservices architectures and developing RESTful APIs
- Excellent analytical and reasoning skills, particularly in visualizing and simplifying complex systems
- Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems is highly desirable
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), NoSQL databases, big data analytics, or machine learning services is a plus
- Growth mindset with a genuine desire to learn, grow, and contribute to building best-in-class backend systems
What the job involves
- As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will lead the design and implementation of distributed systems, take ownership of critical non-functional requirements—including scalability, security, and reliability—and mentor fellow engineers while remaining hands-on in development
- Your expertise will play a pivotal role throughout the entire software development lifecycle: from architecture and implementation to testing, documentation, and production support
- Architect, develop, test, and debug scalable backend services within distributed systems
- Own and deliver key non-functional requirements, including scalability, availability, performance, and security
- Author and maintain comprehensive tests (unit, integration, functional) to ensure exceptional coverage and reliability
- Produce and contribute to technical documentation for internal knowledge sharing and external collaboration
- Decompose complex projects into clear, actionable tasks and drive them through to completion
- Mentor and support engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and sharing of best practices
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver impactful features
- Continuously enhance engineering processes, tools, and practices within an agile environment
Our take
Socure is an identity platform that aims to improve customer identification for digital transactions. The company is part of a growing market, with rivals in this competitive space including Signifyd, Riskified, AppsFlyer, ClearSale, Kount, SEON, and Fraud Fighters.
The engine delivered by Socure encompasses Know Your Customer (KYC), identity fraud detection, and document verification. With it, companies can scale rapidly by onboarding more good customers and preventing online fraud. Additionally, underbanked consumers who have been excluded from online services by outdated ID verification can gain access to critical benefits and services online.
Socure has rapidly escalated in popularity and reached a valuation well over $1 billion. Though not immune from the economic downturn of late, which resulted in two high-profile rounds of lay-offs, the company has secured considerable additional funds that will strengthen its financial position as it moves to capitalise on the ever-growing importance of identity verification and trust.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2021
$450m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $646.6m
Company benefits
- Health: Comprehensive medical coverage, including vision, dental, and FSA
- Parental Leave: Generous leave allowance for parents-to-be
- 401k: Pre-tax savings for retirement
- Life Insurance: Protect your family in case of emergency
- PTO: Take as much time as you need, when you need it
- 100% Remote: Work from anywhere anytime, whatever suits your lifestyle
- WFH Allowance: Generous reimbursement program to maximize your WFH setup
- Deskpass: Work in an office environment whenever you feel the need
- Mental Health Provider: Connect with clinicians when you need it
- Learning & Development: Self-education allowance & free career coaching
- Employee Assistance Program "EAP": Lifestyle resources available as well as additional mental health resources
- Fertility Provider: Family planning solutions for those interested
- Personal Legal Support: Significant discounts with RocketLawyer
Company HQ
Incline Village, NV
Leadership
Johnny Ayers
(Founder & CEO)Founder & General Partner of Switch Hit Ventures. Having been a Senior Consultant at IBM, they became COO and Board Member of Endeavor Up. Since then, was an Advisor at Pager and later founded Socure in 2012.
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