Lead Backend Engineer
Pubblicato il 03-09-2026 - Satispay in Italia
About Us
Satispay began by rethinking the simple act of a payment to remove the friction from our daily routines. But we didn’t stop there. Today, we are building a complete financial platform designed to empower people and concretely improve their lives.
By giving our 6 million users a clear, open path to pay, save, and invest, we are evolving into the definitive destination for every financial need.
You’ll be joining the Consumer Growth team. We own the systems that power the end-to-end consumer experience on Satispay - from the moment someone signs up to the day they leave. Our mandate is growth: maximising the number of consumers joining the platform and driving engagement through marketing campaigns and Satispay Points
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Lead Backend Engineer in the Consumer Growth Team, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of the team. This is an individual contributor (IC) role - you’ll lead through technical excellence and influence, not through direct reports or people management.
You will be responsible for the technical quality and delivery of complex systems, collaborating closely with other teams.
Here’s What Your Day-to-day Will Look Like
- Build and ship. You will design, implement, and operate services that power the Satispay consumer experience - from payment flows and identity verification to loyalty and engagement features. You’ll work across the full lifecycle: from API design and data modelling to production rollouts and on-call ownership.
- Cross-team technical leadership. You will drive technical analysis for projects that cut across multiple teams, lead design discussions, and produce documentation that gives stakeholders and other teams a clear, reviewable picture of every design before build begins.
- Foster engineering excellence. You will raise the quality bar across mobile and backend development: rigorous testing strategies, safe progressive rollouts, and proactive elimination of technical debt in a cod