Sr Staff Engineer Backend

Lendistry is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hr@ lendistry.com   Lendistry does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with Lendistry, a Master Services Agreement (MSA) must be executed and confirmed prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed MSA, Lendistry shall not be responsible to any individual or entity for any payment relating to any form of fee or compensation. And, in the event that a resume or candidate is submitted by a recruiter, an employment agency, or a staffing firm without a fully executed MSA, Lendistry has the unrestricted right to pursue and hire any of those candidate(s) without any legal or financial responsibility to the recruiter, agency, and/or firm.  A Day in the Life   The   S r S taff Engineer, Backend   will architect and lead the distributed systems that power our lending operating system. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of deep systems design, complex business logic, and the realities of operating mission-critical services in a regulated industry.   You will drive architectural decisions across our multi-tenant, microservices-based platform — the systems that run the full loan lifecycle from origination and credit decisioning through contract execution, boarding, and servicing. You will set   the technical direction   for backend engineering, mentor and grow a team of engineers, and partner closely with frontend, product, QA, credit, and data teams to ship integrated, production-grade solutions that make capital move for small businesses.   Lendistry: Who We Are   We’re proud to be the nation’s largest minority-led, tech-savvy lender for small businesses and commercial real estate.  As a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and Community Development Entity (CDE), our mission is all about creating economic opportunities and fueling growth for small business owners and their communities.  Join us as we pave the way with innovative financing and financial education!   What You’ll Be Doing    You will be   the principal   architect of the backend systems that power Lendistry's lending platform, including:   Core lending services   — origination, application intake, decisioning orchestration, contract execution, boarding, and servicing handoff.   Credit and risk infrastructure   — the services that orchestrate underwriting workflows, external data providers, and internal scoring models.  …