Backend Engineer at Themis

Setup: Remote
Location: New York, New York
Type: Full-time
Level: not_specified
Posted: Jun 25, 2026

Description

Themis is hiring a Backend Engineer to build and scale the secure, reliable backend systems powering its governance, risk, and compliance platform. The role focuses on Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, APIs, background jobs, data models, testing, reliability, security, and performance in a regulated financial-services environment. It is remote-first with flexible hours, core collaboration overlap, and participation in a shared on-call rotation.

Required Skills

Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
Redis
API design
Data modeling
Background jobs
Security
Data integrity

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Professional experience building production applications with Ruby on Rails or a similar modern backend framework
Experience with PostgreSQL or another relational database, including data modeling and query performance
Experience with Redis, background jobs, caching, queues, or similar backend infrastructure
Experience designing and building APIs
Experience writing tested, maintainable, production-grade code
Understanding of security, reliability, performance, and data integrity fundamentals
Ability to own backend systems end to end and manage complexity thoughtfully
Strong communication and collaboration with product, frontend, and engineering teams
Preferred Qualifications: Deep Ruby on Rails experience in a production SaaS environment
Experience scaling Rails applications and improving backend performance
Experience with background job frameworks, async processing, queues, or event-driven patterns
Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
Experience handling sensitive data and supporting compliance, audit, or security requirements
Experience in financial services, fintech, GRC, or another regulated domain
Experience working in a startup or high-growth company

About Themis

Themis

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Themis is a Next Generation Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software Tool to help companies accelerate partnerships with vendors, banks, and fintech.

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