Backend Software Engineer – Fintech

About the role

The team owns the core experience that helps finance teams control, automate, and optimize company spend. As a backend engineer you will work on cards, approvals, spend controls, and automation intelligence that power Ramp’s card and expense workflows.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale backend systems that power spend controls, approval workflows, and card transactions at massive scale.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, design, and data to deliver intelligent, user‑first experiences for finance teams.
• Integrate with Ramp’s internal AI platform to automate spend policy enforcement and anomaly detection.
• Own complex projects end‑to‑end—from architecture to deployment and observability.
• Partner with Product Platform and Integrations teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and data consistency across financial systems.
• Continuously improve transaction and policy infrastructure for performance, accuracy, and resilience.

Required profile

• Software engineering experience (backend or full‑stack with backend focus).
• Strong fundamentals in backend systems and API design.
• Product sense and ability to balance technical quality with speed and user value.
• Collaborative, thoughtful communicator who thrives in high‑ownership environments.

Required skills

• Python, Go, or TypeScript.
• PostgreSQL.
• AWS.
• Modern observability tooling.