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About Loop We''''re a fast-growing fintech startup building the only truly cross-border banking platform. We help businesses seamlessly manage money around the world so they can access more markets, accelerate their growth, and simplify their operations. We''''re looking for ambitious people to join our mission. We''''re looking for engineers with a product mindsetpeople who think about the user''''s problem first, not just the component they''''re building. You''''ll work directly with stakeholders, make trade-off decisions, and own outcomes, not just output. About the Role Hi, I''''m Yan , Head of Engineering at Loop, and I''''m hiring a Senior Backend Developer to architect and build our payment platform and financial ledger system. In this role, you''''ll build the systems that move moneythe foundation everything else depends on. This role is an onsite position at our downtown Toronto office (Bay and Bloor). Why We Exist Small businesses have been underserved by traditional banks. Most businesses operate globally, yet moving money across borders is still painfully hard. Banking fees are opaque, while the process and time to send or receive money internationally is decades old. The tools offered to businesses are only suitable for companies with finance and treasury teams of 20. Loop exists to change that. We''''re building the banking infrastructure for businesses that operate globally by default: multicurrency accounts, seamless international payments, modern systems to manage company financesthe things that should have existed years ago. What Youll Be Doing Build and support our Payment Infrastructure with strict data integrity Work in a crosscountry environment handling data segregation and legal compliance across jurisdictions Implement workflow orchestration with Temporal.io for complex payment flows and system consistency Work directly with stakeholders to understand problems and define solutions Make informed technical decisions that balance user needs, business goals, and engineering constraints Build integrations with banking partners and payment processors Design for faulttolerance, recovery, and comprehensive audit trails Develop endtoend features that help businesses manage money across borders What Were Looking For 5+ years backend development, 3+ years in financial systems Deep understanding of financial ledgers and doubleentry bookkeeping Experience with event sourcing, CQRS, and message brokers (especially Kafka) Distributed systems expertiseconsistency, availability, fault tolerance Product mindsetyou care about the problem you''''re solving, not just the system you''''re building You think about what happens when things go wrong Bonus Temporal.io, event architecture, regulatory knowledge, SWIFT/SEPA/Fedwire familiarity. What We Offer Salary range CAD$140,000 to CAD$170,000 base annual, commensurate with experience Equity ranging 0.01-0.1% 3 weeks vacation Enrollment in group''''s health benefits after probation period This role is onsite in our downtown Toronto office Kitchen full of snacks and drinks to keep you going throughout the day Catered lunch on Fridays (we take recommendations!) The Challenge In under 500 words, walk us through how you''''d investigate this: A batch of crossborder payments settles overnight. In the morning, reconciliation shows discrepancies: some transactions are off by pennies, others by dollars. The total doesn''''t match what we expected after FX conversion. What are the likely causes? What data would you look at first? How would you design systems to prevent or catch this earlier? Send your response to [email protected] in Word/PDF format with the subject line '''' Backend - [Your Name] ''''. Interview Process Submit your challenge response (async, see above) in Word/PDF format 15minute video call to discuss the opportunity and the organization with Mandy, People and Business Operations Specialist 30minute video call conversation with Yan, Head of Engineering 90minute inperson technical discussion with Ryan, Engineering Manager, and one other senior developer 60minute inperson meeting with Cato, CEO and CoFounder, and Sarah, Chief of Staff Come do a work trial with us for 2-3 days (this will be paid) Background check and offer How To Apply To apply for this position, please click apply and share your resume, alongside a brief paragraph about yourself and your previous experience. Don''''t forget to send us your challenge! Your application will be reviewed by our recruiters and hiring managers; we do not use AI tools for screening or selection. Loop is committed to creating a diverse culture. We encourage you to apply regardless of who you are or where you came fromwhat matters is the journey ahead. Put simply, if youre unsure about your qualifications for this position, wed still encourage you to apply! #J-18808-Ljbffr