WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

Magnifi by TIFIN is changing the way consumers find, buy, and understand their investments by bringing trusted data, insights, and whole-portfolio analysis right to their fingertips. Magnifi’s investment search tool, AI-powered personal investing assistant, and highly popular account linking functionality enables individual investors with varying degrees of know-how access to investment intelligence that, up to now, has only been offered to professional financial advisors. Magnifi also provides, free, no commission and no-order flow trading of stocks, ETFs and mutual funds for investors seeking to easily put their insights to work. In a world where every individual is unique, TIFIN enables Magnifi customers to gain critical investment intelligence and recommendations that match their distinct investment needs, risk levels, goals, and personal interests.

We are seeking an ambitious Staff Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role reports directly to our CTO and is critical to the success of our AI Platform. You will lead the backend development, ensuring the platform is highly scalable, efficient, and optimized to deliver value to users. We are looking for someone excited to join a team where they can make an impact and who is results-and execution-oriented. We are a team of do-ers!

THE ROLE:

• Work on the architecture and design of our AI Assistant, ensuring scalability, performance, and seamless integration across all systems.
• Act as the go-to expert for complex technical challenges and decisions, providing expert insights and solutions.
• Actively contribute to coding, system design, and code reviews, maintaining high standards of software quality.
• Work on the development, testing, and deployment of scalable software solutions, focusing on backend and infrastructure components.
• Work closely with product management, DevOps, and other engineering teams to drive innovation and align technology with business goals.
• Build and maintain a culture of continuous improvement, embracing best practices in software development and architecture.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to define the technical roadmap, make build vs. buy decisions, and recommend technology investments.
• Look for opportunities to enhance system efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Help shape the company's engineering culture as an early-stage hire, making a significant impact on its future direction.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in software development, primary focused on the backend. 
• A deep understanding of software architecture, backend infrastructure, and cloud technologies.
• Passionate about solving complex problems and delivering scalable, high-quality systems.
• In-depth knowledge of one or more programming languages (Python required).
• Ability to work comprehensively with various databases (Postgres, SQL, MongoDB, etc.).
• Ability to thrive in a highly demanding, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced environment.
• Highly flexible, good tolerance for ambiguity, and able to quickly adapt to changing priorities.
• A top performer with a proactive approach who has a “doer” & problem-solver mentality. 
• An exceptional team player with strong communication skills.
• Excited about shaping and influencing the engineering culture, especially in an early-stage, fast-growing environment.
• Ability to be hybrid in office in Boulder, Colorado or New York, NY. 

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE:

The expected starting salary range for this position is between $175,000 - $190,000. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.