Senior Software Engineer

Forma

United States
Not specified; not specified; medical, dental, vis...
Remote
2-5 years backend services experience
Strong typescript and nestjs proficiency
Postgresql schema design and optimization
Forma is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop backend services for its flexible employee benefits platform. The role focuses on building secure and scalable APIs, with an emphasis on collaboration and innovation in a remote-first environment

Job Summary

  • Forma is building a flexible benefits platform to help companies reduce costs while giving employees more choice in how they spend their allowances.
  • The role involves designing and maintaining backend services that power account lifecycles, transactions, and member management using GCP and Kubernetes.
  • Engineers are expected to take ownership of production services, including on-call responsibilities, monitoring with Datadog, and incident response.

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Forma is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop backend services for its flexible employee benefits platform. The role focuses on building secure and scalable APIs, with an emphasis on collaboration and innovation in a remote-first environment.

Salary

Not specified; Not specified; Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, parental leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 2-5 years backend services experience
  • Strong TypeScript and NestJS proficiency
  • PostgreSQL schema design and optimization
  • Event-driven architecture with Pub/Sub
  • GCP and Kubernetes infrastructure experience

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with Stripe or Plaid integrations
  • Familiarity with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
  • Startup environment balancing speed and quality
  • AI tool usage in development workflow
  • Fintech or benefits domain knowledge

Key Requirements

  • 2–5 years professional experience
  • Proficiency in relational databases
  • Cloud infrastructure familiarity (GCP preferred)

Work Rights

Not specified

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