Job Description

Staff Backend Engineer to become the founding engineer at Nola. Build the product from 0-1, own backend architecture, and contribute across the stack in a lean team of fewer than 10 people.

Company Details
Nola is an early-stage fintech company building an intelligent financial account. The company is based outside India, with the engineering team based in India. Website: https://nola.money/

Requirements

• 7 to 10 years of software engineering experience primarily with NodeJS (Typescript)

• Strong backend engineering experience with full-stack capability

• Primarily worked at product-based organisations

• Proven experience taking products or major features from 0-1

• Strong ownership and ability to work independently in a lean team

• Experience designing backend systems, APIs, databases, and production services

• Highly active user of AI in day-to-day engineering workflows

• Has built personal projects using AI/LLMs or AI-powered tools

• Curious mindset with strong self-learning ability

• Personal or open-source projects outside of the day job

• Comfortable making engineering and product decisions with limited structure

• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills

• Able to translate product requirements into simple, scalable solutions

Responsibilities

• Act as the founding engineer and take end-to-end ownership of the technology

• Build and evolve Nola's backend systems from 0-1

• Design scalable APIs, services, data models, and system architecture

• Work across the stack when required, while primarily owning backend engineering

• Use AI effectively across the engineering workflow to improve speed and quality

• Experiment with AI-native approaches and build AI-powered capabilities where relevant

• Partner closely with the founding team to shape product and technical decisions

• Take features from idea to production, including design, implementation, testing, and iteration

• Make pragmatic technology choices for a small, fast-moving team

• Own reliability, performance, security, and maintainability of the platform

• Identify technical problems proactively and solve them without waiting for direction

• Full-time contract role

• Remote role for candidates based in India

• Compensation is paid as contract income, with no standard employee salary deductions

• Eligible candidates can potentially claim up to 50% of gross receipts as presumptive business/professional income under applicable Indian tax provisions, subject to eligibility and individual tax circumstances. This setup can result in meaningful tax efficiency compared with a standard salaried employment structure

Interview Process

• Intro round

• Technical Round 1

• Technical Round 2

• Culture Round

• Offer Discussion

Important Note
ClanX is a recruitment partner, helping Nola hire a Staff Backend Engineer.