Lead Backend Developer - Mortgage

We are a diverse team of free thinkers, and fast movers united to help investors and creators energize the global economy. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a culture of builders and overachievers and embrace high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission-first approach. Our culture shapes our way of working and gets us where we want to be.

• Seek Excellence.
• Be Selective To Be Effective.
• Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
• Disagree Transparently.
• Encourage Independent Decision-Making.
• Build Dream Teams.

This role is a Senior Back End Developer for an exciting new business initiative at Galaxy. In this position, you’ll design, develop, and optimize robust, scalable software back end that powers our web and mobile applications for a new product offering. You will join a team of back-end developers, ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of our platforms while collaborating with front-end, product, and infrastructure teams. Your expertise will help drive the architecture of our product offerings, supporting Galaxy’s mission to innovate in the crypto economy.

• →Design, develop, and maintain high-performance back-end systems, APIs, and databases that support the business’s web and mobile applications.
• →Help foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• →Collaborate with front-end developers, product managers, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of features and services.
• →Architect scalable, secure, and efficient server-side solutions that meet fintech industry standards and handle high transaction volumes.
• →Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment, including code reviews and automated testing frameworks.
• →Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in back-end development, blockchain, and fintech to recommend innovative improvements.
• →Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes.
• →Leverage AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to improve productivity, decision-making, and output quality in your day-to-day work.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of experience in back-end development, with at least 2 years in a senior role.
• Mortgage or real-estate ledning specific domain experience
• Hands-on development experience in Node, Express, TypeScript and related frameworks like Nest.js to build REST API's and other services.
• Strong experience with SQL and some exposure to NoSQL is nice to have.
• Experience with Microservices and Event based architecture.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience in using Caching and Messaging Queues like Kafka.
• Experience using Postman and Git / Bitbucket.

• Prior experience working in a startup, taking a product from zero to one.
• Experience in financial markets or brokerages.