Backend Engineer
Slice
Software Engineering
Tel Aviv District, Israel · Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Posted on May 13, 2026
Senior Backend Engineer / Backend Tech Lead (Core & Data Architecture)
Backend Tech Lead – Core Platform
About The Role
We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with a strong architectural mindset to strengthen the core of our platform.
This role focuses on designing, improving, and owning complex data models at the heart of the system.
You’ll work on one of the most critical parts of the product – the core backend and data layer – and help close existing gaps, improve structure, and support future scale.
What You’ll Do
Who we’re looking for
Backend Tech Lead – Core Platform
About The Role
We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with a strong architectural mindset to strengthen the core of our platform.
This role focuses on designing, improving, and owning complex data models at the heart of the system.
You’ll work on one of the most critical parts of the product – the core backend and data layer – and help close existing gaps, improve structure, and support future scale.
What You’ll Do
- Own and improve the core data model across the platform
- Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and structural issues in existing models
- Design scalable, clean, and maintainable backend architecture
- Work closely with product, frontend, and other backend engineers
- Lead technical decisions around data modeling and backend structure
- Help set best practices and raise the overall backend quality
- Node.js (NestJS preferred)
- Complex data models and core backend systems
- Modern backend architecture and APIs
Who we’re looking for
- Senior Backend Engineer or Backend Tech Lead
- Strong experience with Node.js, ideally NestJS
- Proven experience designing and owning complex data models
- Architectural thinking – not just feature delivery
- Background in fintech or complex financial systems is a strong plus
- Experience as a Tech Lead or senior engineer in a fintech company is ideal
- Experience from fintech companies or large financial platforms
- Previous tech lead responsibilities
- Experience working on core systems rather than edge features
- Design impact: Define how complex equity data becomes usable and human.
- Autonomy: Lead projects end-to-end in a fast-moving environment.
- Collaboration: Partner with top engineers and designers in Tel Aviv.
- Team culture: Collaborative, ambitious, and impact-driven.
- Build with purpose: Shape how companies manage equity and compliance globally.
- Startup energy: Join a high-growth company scaling worldwide with cutting-edge technology.