Senior Back-End Engineer

Join our dynamic product team as a Senior Back-End Engineer, shaping the future of UpLink—our AI-powered, cloud-based secure document request platform.  Powered by advanced AI capabilities, UpLink revolutionizes document exchange by ensuring seamless, secure, and efficient communication between auditors and their clients. 

About DataSnipper: 

DataSnipper is revolutionizing audit and finance through intelligent automation. 

Founded in 2017, DataSnipper has rapidly grown into a unicorn company, now valued at $1 billion following a successful funding round led by Index Ventures. With the recent acquisition of UpLink — our AI-powered secure document request platform — and the launch of DocuMine, our AI-driven document validator, we are expanding our mission to build a cutting-edge AI-powered audit ecosystem with global impact.  

Today, DataSnipper serves over 500,000 users in 125+ countries, with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, and New York. And we’re just getting started!  

What You Will Do: 

As a Senior Back-End Engineer on the UpLink team, you will play a key role in shaping the future of our product. You’ll work closely with the founding team to build and enhance the capabilities of UpLink, delivering intuitive and high-performing experiences for our users.  

Specifically, you will: 

• Own the back-end development lifecycle for new features—from architecture to deployment—delivering scalable and reliable capabilities for UpLink. 

• Collaborate with the team to design and implement event-driven, cloud-native backend systems that support UpLink’s document management and processing needs. 

• Build and optimize APIs, including public-facing APIs, to enable seamless integrations with external systems and partners. 

• Scale and enhance UpLink’s infrastructure to handle increasing volumes of documents and workflows efficiently. 

• Design and implement robust data pipelines to process and analyze documents in an automated and event-driven manner. 

• Maintain and improve the backend architecture, making thoughtful technical decisions in collaboration with the team to support long-term performance and reliability. 

• Work closely with front-end engineers to ensure seamless API interactions and an optimal end-to-end user experience. 

• Collaborate with other backend engineers across different product lines to align on best practices, architecture decisions, and shared infrastructure components. 

• Drive technical excellence, implementing best practices, reviewing code, and mentoring other engineers as needed. 

• Contribute to the culture of a fast-moving startup, taking initiative and helping to shape the direction of UpLink’s engineering efforts. 

What You Will Bring: 

We're looking for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Back-End Engineer, based in on the East Coast of the United States, who thrives in fast-moving environments and is passionate about building great software.  

You'll be a strong fit if you have: 

• 5+ years of experience working as a back-end engineer, with deep expertise in Python and Azure. 

• Proven ability to thrive in fast-moving teams, delivering high-quality software independently and efficiently. 

• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to creatively balance speed and quality-knowing when to engineer a scalable solution and when to execute quickly. 

• A self-motivated and independent approach, taking ownership of your work while collaborating effectively with the team. 

• A deep passion for building-constantly experimenting, learning, and refining your craft. Software development isn't just your job; it's what drives you. 

• A focus on delivering real impact, prioritizing solutions that drive value for users and move the product forward. 

• A collaborative mindset, eager to share knowledge, leverage components built by other teams, and contribute to a unified engineering approach. 

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a startup environment, enjoys solving complex challenges, and wants to be part of a team that values both speed and craftsmanship. 

What We Offer: 

• Being part of one of the fastest-growing scale-ups in the world. 

• Make an impact by disrupting the accounting industry.  

• Competitive salary.  

• Flexible time off policy. 

• Stock participation plan. 

• A flexible and growing organization with lots of opportunities to learn and develop. 

• International working environment, with a team of friendly and driven colleagues. 

• Many team events and social activities. 

Next steps: 

• 30-minute intro call with the Recruiter.  

• 40-minute call with the Hiring Manager.  

• 90-minute technical assessment with a Senior Engineer and Engineering Manager.  

• Final interview with the Director of Engineering. 

If this sounds interesting to you, please apply. 🚀 We can’t wait to meet you!