Senior Backend Engineer

At Utila, we build the enterprise-grade platform that more than 300 global institutions run their digital asset operations on. Our technology secures $25B+ in monthly transaction volume and has protected over $200B to date. We’re backed by $50M in funding, and our customer base is growing fast.

The systems we build are mission-critical, so we hold them to the highest standard: precise, secure, and reliable. If you want to own hard problems end to end, work alongside people who raise the bar, and leave your mark on the future of financial technology, you’ll feel at home here.

How we work
At Utila, we believe in extreme ownership. It’s our philosophy and mindset, how we operate. We Own It.
We own the bigger picture, not just parts of it. We look past specific tasks, lines of code, or product requirements to understand their impact on our customers, our product, and the company, while finding ways to improve it.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Utila, you'll design, build, and operate the backend systems powering mission-critical digital asset infrastructure used by financial institutions, fintechs, and enterprises worldwide.

You'll work on technically challenging problems involving distributed systems, transaction processing, authorization, blockchain infrastructure, and scalable APIs — where security, correctness, and reliability are fundamental.

At Utila, senior engineers don't just implement features. They understand problems deeply, challenge assumptions, make sound technical decisions, and own their solutions end to end — from initial design to production and beyond.**
You'll work alongside talented engineers, contribute to architectural decisions, and continuously improve both our platform and the way we build software.

What you'll own

- Build and evolve critical systems:Design, implement, and operate secure, reliable backend systems. Challenge existing approaches, evaluate technologies, and help evolve our architecture as the company grows.
- Own features end to end:Take complex problems from initial requirements and technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production operation.
- Engineer for correctness: Build robust systems that handle failures, concurrency, and unexpected conditions gracefully, with particular attention to data integrity, security, and reliability.
- Shape technical decisions:Collaborate with engineers and tech leads on architecture, challenge assumptions, evaluate tradeoffs, and help choose pragmatic, maintainable solutions.
- Raise the engineering bar: Contribute to design and code reviews, improve testing practices, share knowledge, and help maintain high standards for engineering quality.
- mprove how we build:Explore and adopt new technologies, engineering practices, automation, and AI-assisted workflows that improve productivity without compromising quality.

Our technology

Our current stack includes :Go, Kubernetes, GCP, Pulumi, and PostgreSQL.
We value strong engineering fundamentals, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to learn, evaluate, and adopt new technologies over experience with any particular stack.
We expect our engineers to understand not only how to use technologies, but also when to challenge existing choices and explore better alternatives.

Requirements

- 6+ years of professional software development experience, with substantial hands-on backend engineering experience.
- Strong experience designing, building, and operating complex distributed backend systems.
- Deep understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including concurrency, consistency, fault tolerance, and system reliability.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and production SaaS systems.
- Strong engineering judgment and the ability to independently own complex technical problems from design through production.
- A quality and security mindset, with an instinct for identifying edge cases, failure scenarios, and architectural weaknesses.
- The ability to understand problems beyond their immediate technical requirements, consider broader product and business implications, and make thoughtful engineering tradeoffs.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, intellectual curiosity, and a willingness to challenge ideas constructively.
- A genuine sense of ownership and accountability for the systems you build and operate.

Nice to have

- Experience with Go, Kubernetes, GCP, PostgreSQL, or infrastructure as code.
- Experience building security-sensitive systems, financial infrastructure, or high-availability services.
- Knowledge of applied cryptography, networking, or operating systems.
- Experience with blockchain technology or distributed ledger systems.
- Experience designing and operating high-scale distributed systems.
- Experience driving technical initiatives beyond your immediate responsibilities, mentoring engineers, or improving engineering practices across teams.

You don't need experience with our exact technology stack or the blockchain industry. We're looking for exceptional engineers with strong fundamentals, sound technical judgment, and the ability to learn and solve difficult problems.

Preferred Qualifications

Why This Role?

Why Join Us?

What We Offer?

Hybrid: 4 days a week from our Tel Aviv office, with an on-site gym, a dog-friendly office, and dedicated parking.

Own the problem. Build the solution. Make your mark.