Senior Backend Engineer at Candidly

Ready to shape the future of student debt relief for millions of Americans? Join Candidly and help us build the technology that’s already eliminated more than $1.8 billion in loans and accelerated repayment timelines by 175,000 years.

What you bring

We’re a fully remote, Series B startup founded in 2016 that partners with hundreds of leading employers, financial institutions, and retirement record keepers to deliver the market’s most comprehensive AI-driven student debt and savings platform. As a Senior Backend Engineer on our international team of 70, you’ll work full-time from anywhere in South America, designing and maintaining the PHP services that power our platform while collaborating across product, infrastructure, and customer-success functions.

• Implement and maintain services in our backend PHP architecture.
• Troubleshoot and solve problems that span the entire platform and application domains.
• Recommend architecture and process improvements that raise the efficiency of the entire engineering team.

This role is open to candidates located anywhere in South America.

Requirements

You bring senior-level experience building and scaling complex web applications, with deep expertise in PHP frameworks such as Laravel or Symfony and a proven ability to design RESTful APIs. Strong SQL skills, comfort working within Lean/Agile environments, and the capacity to gather and integrate data from internal and external sources are essential. Excellent written and verbal English, critical-thinking ability, and a track record of independently driving projects to completion round out the profile. An ideal teammate is self-motivated, collaborative, and eager to document processes that help both engineers and the business stay aligned and compliant.

What we offer

We provide a fully remote work arrangement that lets you contribute from anywhere in South America while staying connected to a diverse, high-caliber team whose alumni include engineers and leaders from Google, Twitter, Plaid, and Morgan Stanley.

• Remote work

How to Apply

If this mission and the opportunity to build meaningful technology resonate with you, we encourage you to apply and help us expand access to smarter college finance solutions for millions more Americans.