Senior Backend / Cloud Engineer ?? Remote - Northern Ireland ?? Salary negotiable DOE ?? Full-time, Permanent At a Glance Senior backend/cloud engineering role at a US FinTech scale-up Go / Python / GCP - with scope to shape architecture Fully remote across Northern Ireland Salary negotiable at senior level A genuine product-building role, not a maintenance gig About the Company A Boston-based financial intelligence platform redefining how profit is modelled and understood. Rather than adding another layer of reporting, they've built an ontology-driven intelligence layer that unifies fragmented ERP, CRM, and HR data into a single, coherent picture of financial performance. Early-stage, well-funded, and building something with real intellectual weight. The Role This is a senior engineering role with genuine influence over architecture and product direction. You'll be working on a Go/Python/GCP stack, designing and building the backend infrastructure that turns complex financial models into scalable, production-grade services. You'll work closely with data scientists, collaborate directly with the Director of Platform Engineering, and help set the engineering standard for a growing team. Frontend experience is a nice-to-have, not a requirement. Key Responsibilities Architect and build scalable backend services in Go and Python Design and deploy cloud-native services on GCP - Cloud Run, BigQuery, Pub/Sub Productionise financial intelligence models into robust, API-driven agentic services Lead on system design decisions, setting patterns for scalability and maintainability Implement security, authorisation, and digital signing workflows for enterprise-grade financial data Collaborate with data scientists to translate complex financial ontologies into performant platform features Contribute to batch/streaming data pipeline design and DAG-based orchestration Help establish engineering best practice across the team What You'll Need Essential Strong, production-proven experience in Go and/or Python Deep hands-on experience with GCP - Cloud Run, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and related services Demonstrable ability to own system design end-to-end - from data model through to production Comfortable working without perfect specs in an evolving, fast-moving product environment Strong understanding of data architectures, APIs, and distributed systems Desirable Experience in FinOps, SaaS lifecycle management, or financial data platforms Exposure to ontology-driven systems or complex data normalisation Experience applying AI or LLMs to data modelling or schema inference React / TypeScript experience (useful but not the focus of this role) Benefits & Package Salary negotiable - this is a senior-level appointment and will be priced accordingly Fully remote - work from anywhere in Northern Ireland Real architectural ownership from day one Direct collaboration with leadership and data science teams Opportunity to shape the engineering culture as the team grows Flexible, async-friendly working culture *Candidates must be based in Northern Ireland* Get in touch with Colin directly at Skills: Go Python GCP Software Java
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