Backend Engineer

About Us

levl (www.levl.ch) offers a single unified platform for fast, secure, and cost-effective cross-border payments. Platforms can plug into our payments API, use our dashboard, or OTC desk to send and receive payments for their customers.

levl is incubated and funded by Galaxy Digital, a public financial services firm managing $5b+ AUM, and based out of their European offices. levl’s team previously worked at top payment companies, exchanges, and hedge funds including PayPal, London Stock Exchange, AQR ($150b+ quant fund), Brevan Howard, and Galaxy Digital.

About the Role

We are looking for a talented Backend Software Engineer to help build Levl’s payments platform. This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced early-stage startup in which you will be given tremendous ownership and autonomy.

You will play a pivotal role in leveraging stablecoins to democratize access to financial services and shape the future of financial inclusion. If you're passionate about Software Engineering, love building products, and want to transform the financial landscape, we want you on our team!

Key Responsibilities

• Working with cross-functional teams to build mission-critical financial services web products. You will be building microservices, API’s, web applications, and integrations to support cross-border payments and related back-office operations.

• Working closely with the CTO and contributing to ongoing efforts to enhance our payments platform.

   

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of development of microservices
• Proficiency in Java or Golang and related frameworks, e.g. Spring Boot, Gin
• Proficiency with relational databases (ex PostgreSQL)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm etc
• Experience working with message buses such as NATS, Kafka
• Experience in building cloud-native services using AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience in REST API development
• AI-native - experienced in leveraging AI technologies to build software (Claude, Cursor etc)
• Strong grasp of unit testing principles and testing libraries
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work with others in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to self-organise and deliver high-quality work.

   

Nice to Have

• Experience building payment or trading systems
• Experience working with AWS-specific cloud services such as SQS, S3, IAM
• Front-end development experience using JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js

Additional Information

•  Background checks will be carried out