Senior Backend Engineer

At Anchor, we are reinventing how businesses manage their revenue — freeing them from the burden of billing and collections so they can focus on growth (and maybe even sleep better at night).

Backed by top investors including Mosaic General Partnership, Zeev Ventures, Entree Capital, and industry leaders like Amy Banse (Adobe, ON Running), Tien Tzuo (Zuora), and even NBA superstar Andre Iguodala, we’re making payments effortless so businesses can scale instead of chasing invoices.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll be part of our core team, building and scaling an event-driven platform that businesses rely on daily. You’ll design and implement services in Go, work closely with product and other engineers, and make thoughtful trade-offs that balance speed, quality, and scalability. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing startup and have a direct impact on how businesses worldwide get paid.

Responsibility

• Research, design, and implement high-performance resilient APIs and services
• Contribute to a positive and collaborative team environment by sharing your knowledge and expertise
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to deliver robust solutions in short development iterations
• Develop maintainable and clean code with heavy reliance on developer testing
• Make thoughtful trade-offs based on business priorities, user needs, and a sustainable technical foundation

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a backend engineer
• Hands-on proficiency in Go and/or TypeScript — strong advantage
• Deep familiarity with SaaS architecture and development best practices
• Experience with methodologies like TDD, Extreme Programming, or Kanban — big plus
• Previous work with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or others
• Proven ability to lead technical projects, set priorities, and own outcomes
• Solid understanding of microservices and event-driven architecture
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities gracefully.
• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent knowledge and experience

Extra

• Experience in B2B & B2B2C Self-Serve SaaS.
• Fintech/Payments industry background.