Back-End Software Engineer

Amount provides a unified digital origination and decisioning platform that helps financial institutions meet the moment. Designed to scale with banks and credit unions at any stage of their digital journey, Amount delivers a seamless, digital-first experience—streamlining everything from loan origination to deposit account opening. With built-in fraud orchestration and risk management, Amount enables financial institutions to control risk across any product while optimizing performance and enhancing security. Our flexible, modular platform is backed by enterprise-grade infrastructure and compliance, allowing institutions to launch new offerings in months, not years. Amount’s clients include financial institutions collectively managing over $3.1T in assets and serving more than 50 million U.S. consumers. Learn more at

Inclusion, diversity, and belonging are core to Amount's values, and we believe they are more than words, they are actions. We support our commitment to these ideas by empowering intrepid engagement and learning, increasing diverse representation, and fostering a culture where everyone can bring their full self to work without regard to differences. We look for people who embrace this culture.

A DAY IN THE LIFE:

As a Back-End Software Engineer, you’ll be at the core of building and maintaining scalable, high-performance services that power our financial technology platform. Your focus will be on designing and implementing robust back-end systems, optimizing performance, and ensuring the reliability of our distributed services. Working closely with a team of 5-10 engineers across software development and quality engineering, you will contribute to our microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and cloud-native infrastructure.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and enhance our platform’s capabilities, ensuring our systems are secure, scalable, and built for the future of financial technology.

Similar job titles: Senior Back-End Engineer, Software Engineer, Platform Engineer

Base Salary: $120,000 - $160,000 annually

Bonus & Equity: Amount employees are eligible for annual performance bonuses and equity grants as part of our commitment to shared success!

Benefits & Perks: Check them out HERE!

WHAT WE’LL TRUST YOU TO DELIVER:

Develop and optimize scalable back-end services using Java, Spring Boot, and Micronaut

Design, implement, and maintain microservices in a Kubernetes-based environment

Work with event-driven architectures using Temporal and ActiveMQ for asynchronous workflows

Build and optimize RESTful APIs and integrations with front-end services and third-party providers

Enhance data processing and storage solutions using PostgreSQL and Redis

Ensure performance, security, and scalability by proactively identifying areas for improvement

Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, ensuring best practices in CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git

Participate in code reviews and mentor junior engineers to elevate the team’s technical capabilities

Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to enhance our AWS cloud-based infrastructure

Stay ahead of emerging technologies and contribute to our technical roadmap

WHAT YOU LIKELY BRING TO THE TABLE:

8+ years in back-end software development

Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and Micronaut for back-end services

Expertise working in a SaaS or FinTech environment

Experience with event-driven architecture, using Temporal, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies

Deep understanding of microservices architecture and best practices for distributed systems

Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis for high-performance data storage and caching

Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud infrastructure (AWS)

Experience in CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on scalability, performance, and security

Ability to work in agile development environments and collaborate cross-functionally

TOOLS YOU WILL OR MIGHT WORK WITH:

ReactJs, Java, Springboot, Micronaut, Temporal, ActiveMQ, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS, Jenkins, Git

ABOUT AMOUNT (TL;DR)

Founded: 2020

Employees: 150+

Locations: Chicago (HQ) and US Remote

Funding: Amount has raised $281M in total equity capital since inception, including most recently at a valuation of $1B. Investors include WestCap, Hanaco Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Invus Opportunities, Mastercard, and PSCU

Press: Amount Blog - Equity Raise, Business Wire, PR Newswire - Comerica, PYMNTS - PSCU, A Year in Review - Amount’s Blog, Builtin, The Financial Brand

Key Customers: TD Bank, Velera, Guaranteed Rate, American Express, Citizens, Fifth Third Bank, Bank United, FIS, Associated Bank, Comerica

Social Media: LinkedIn, Builtin, Twitter, Amount Blog

Tech Stack: Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Lattice, G Suite, Atlassian, AWS, Python, Java, Ruby, GO, node.js, Temporal, Scala, Apache NiFi, Talend, Informatica, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Pandas, Looker, Argo, Airflow Luigi, Kubernetes, C#, JavaScript (for advanced concepts), ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core, Microsoft SQL Server, Entity Framework (ORM for database interaction)