Our mission is to unlock the full potential of private markets. Privately owned assets like commercial real estate, private equity, and venture capital make up half of our financial ecosystem yet remain inaccessible to most people. We are digitizing these markets, and as a result, bringing efficiency, transparency, and access to one of the most productive corners of our financial ecosystem. If you care about making the world a better place by making markets work better through technology – all while contributing as a member of a values-driven organization – we want to hear from you.
Juniper Square offers employees a variety of ways to work, ranging from a fully remote experience to working full-time in one of our physical offices. We invest heavily in digital-first operations, allowing our teams to collaborate effectively across most US states, 2 Canadian Provinces, and Mexico. We also have physical offices in San Francisco, CA and Austin, TX, for employees who prefer to work in an office some or all of the time.
The GP eXperience team (i.e., GPX) is responsible for Juniper Square’s product offering for General Partners (GPs). This is our core product that enables all other innovation at Juniper Square as we unlock and improve the world’s private capital markets. Our platform handles billions of dollars of transactions each month and we are actively expanding into additional private asset classes such as Venture Capital & Private Equity. Come help us innovate in fundraising, reporting, asset-ownership mapping, and more.
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Juniper Square, you will collaborate closely with frontend engineers and cross-functional partners across our product, design, and quality assurance teams to contribute to and build out our strategic initiatives. This is a fully remote position.
Your role is to collaborate with the team to deliver on these objectives and contribute to evolving our platform's infrastructure to meet expanding scope and scale. Specifically, you will work on our contacts team, which helps General Partners strengthen and understand their relationships with existing and prospective investors. You will work in our greenfield project to build a new 3rd party integrations platform that will reduce time to market for new integrations. In addition, you will also work in other areas, including contacts and lead management.
Provide leadership and contribute to large, complex projects in a team, providing technical reviews and execution
Participate in project kick offs and translate projects requirements into technical specifications for implementation
Define new and expand existing data models, including database schema and object models in the data access layer
Implement any required business logic in the service layer
Define and implement GraphQL API endpoints, collaborating with frontend engineers
Write integration and unit tests for your code and perform code reviews for colleagues
Provide technical support for stakeholder groups such as customer success
Participate in monitoring, diagnosing, and addressing production issues
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
Experience developing a microservice or services is required
Experience leading and mentoring more junior engineers
Experience leading and contributing to designs
4+ years of experience building web-based using modern frameworks
Expertise in Python or other server-side web application development languages
Experience with SQL database schema design and query optimization
Experience with GraphQL is a plus
You must be flexible and adaptable—you will be operating in a fast-paced startup environment
At Juniper Square, we believe building a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture makes us a better company. If you think this job sounds like a fit, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the qualifications.
Compensation for this position includes a base salary, equity, and a variety of benefits. The U.S. base salary range for this role is $151,000 - $228,000. Actual base salaries will be based on candidate-specific factors, including experience, skillset, and location, and local minimum pay requirements as applicable. We are actively hiring for this role in Canada, and offer competitive local pay and benefits. Your recruiter can provide further details.
Benefits include:
Competitive salary and meaningful equity
Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
Unlimited vacation policy and paid holidays
Generous paid family leave, medical leave, and bereavement leave policies
401k retirement savings plan
Healthcare FSA and commuter benefits programs
Freedom to customize your work and technology setup as you see fit
Professional development stipend
Monthly work from home wellness stipend while we're all remote
Mental wellness coverage including live coaching and therapy sessions
Home office productivity allowance to help create an ideal work from home setup
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