Join Titan as a Principal Backend Engineer to architect and scale core systems for a next-generation wealth management platform.
Posted by employer 9 months ago
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Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
AI lets one wealth advisor deliver what used to take a team.
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Principal Backend / Infrastructure Engineer at Titan plays a crucial role in designing and maintaining the backend systems that support a next-generation wealth management platform. This position requires expertise in TypeScript and Node.js, along with a solid understanding of cloud infrastructure and security practices. Ideal candidates will have over six years of experience in backend development, particularly in financial services, and should thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Titan's small, high-impact team emphasizes ownership and innovation, making this role pivotal in shaping the future of wealth management.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Principal Backend / Infrastructure Engineer – TypeScript role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Azure, GCP, Node.js, TypeScript.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Titan targets principal-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Principal Backend / Infrastructure Engineer – TypeScript role at Titan.
From the original posting
Legacy-defining vision. Private wealth in every pocket isn't an incremental product. It’s not B2B automation. It’s a “before & after” moment in money.
Role Overview
Titan engineers are building the systems to power a next-generation RIA prepared to scale well beyond our $1B AUM. Working alongside former founders, Google & Meta Engineers We are seeking a Principal Backend / Infrastructure Engineer to help architect, build, and scale the core systems that power our financial platform. You’ll work on our backend services, trading systems, real-time APIs, data pipelines, automated workflows, and infrastructure in ways that are secure, scalable, and resilient. This is a high-impact role where your technical decisions will directly affect platform reliability and performance at scale.
Core Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js and TypeScript.
Improve and extend the infrastructure that enables trading, account management, transaction processing, and portfolio automation.
Ensure high availability, performance, and security across backend systems powering millions of daily operations.
Build and enhance internal tools, data pipelines, and system integrations.
Extend our devOps/infrastructure to shape CI/CD, deployment automation, observability, monitoring, and incident response.
Champion best practices for code quality, system design, testing, and documentation.
Mentor junior engineers and drive architectural initiatives across the backend domain.
Qualifications
6 + years of professional experience building backend systems in TypeScript or comparable languages (Node.js preferred).
Strong backend fundamentals: APIs, microservices, distributed systems, data stores, caching, messaging systems.
Experience with database design (SQL & NoSQL), scaling patterns, performance optimization, and observability.
Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure as code.
Solid understanding of security practices for backend systems (authentication, authorization, data protection).
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
What Makes You Stand Out
Experience building financial or real-time services.
Familiarity with automated portfolio, trading, or financial data systems.
Previous ownership of backend infrastructure or mission-critical systems.
Experience scaling apps used by tens of thousands of users with high throughput.
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