Vesta
Software Engineer - Backend
$180K–$225K
Remote +1 · Full-time · Posted Mar 13, 2026
- Location
- Remote
United States
About the job
Build and operate scalable, reliable backend systems that power customer-facing mortgage product features, from design through production and growth.
What you'll do
- Own backend and systems aspects of product features from early design through production and scale.
- Design, build, and operate backend systems in partnership with product and engineering teammates.
- Improve performance, reliability, and scalability of production systems.
What they ask for
- Proficiency in at least one strongly typed backend language (C#, Java, Kotlin, Go, or similar).
- Hands-on experience building and operating production-grade distributed systems and multi-service architectures.
- Hands-on experience with relational databases, including schema design and performance tuning.
- Strong systems design skills for reasoning about scalability, performance, and reliability tradeoffs.
Nice to have
- PostgreSQL experience; AWS preferred, with Kafka, Redis, or similar infrastructure components.
- Fluency in modern AI tooling as part of the development workflow.
Pay
$180,000 - $225,000 USD base salary
Tools
C#, Java, Kotlin, Go, PostgreSQL, AWS, Kafka, Redis
AI focus
Use modern AI tooling as part of the development workflow; the company’s mortgage platform uses AI as a core engine to automate loan manufacturing.
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