Location: Fully Remote - EST Time Zone - In Canada
Comp: Salary + Bonus + Health Benefits
About Veem
Veem is transforming the way businesses send and receive payments globally. Traditional cross-border payments are slow, costly, and fragmented—we’ve built a modern platform that makes global transactions seamless, transparent, and efficient.
Our platform powers global payments, FX optimization, and embedded financial solutions for businesses and partners worldwide. As we scale, we’re investing heavily in building reliable, high-performance systems that can support growing transaction volumes and increasingly complex integrations.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer with a strong backend focus to help build and scale our core platform.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working across the stack but is passionate about backend engineering—designing distributed systems, optimizing performance, and building reliable services for transaction-heavy environments. You’ll play a key role in developing scalable SaaS applications while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.
What You’ll Do
Backend & Systems Development
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, distributed enterprise SaaS applications
- Develop high-performance backend services to support transaction-heavy systems
- Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance across core services
Full Stack Development
- Contribute to frontend development using React where needed
- Build end-to-end features across the stack, ensuring seamless user experiences
- Collaborate with design and product teams to deliver intuitive interfaces
API & Integration Development
- Design and develop APIs using an API-first approach
- Build and maintain integrations with external partners and third-party systems
- Ensure secure, reliable, and scalable data exchange across services
Collaboration & Engineering Excellence
- Work closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions
- Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and architecture decisions
- Contribute to improving engineering standards, tools, and processes
What You Bring
Experience
- Strong backend engineering experience, with Java as a core language
- Proven experience as a Full Stack Engineer with exposure to frontend technologies (React preferred)
- Experience building and maintaining distributed systems and enterprise SaaS applications
- Background working on transaction-heavy or high-throughput systems
Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of backend architecture, scalability, and performance optimization
- Solid experience with API design and development (API-first mindset)
- Experience integrating with external partners, APIs, or third-party systems
- Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks (React preferred)
Ways of Working
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Ownership mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality, scalable solutions
Nice to Have
- Experience in fintech or payments systems
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or similar)
- Experience with microservices architecture
- Understanding of security and compliance considerations in financial systems
Why Join Veem?
- Impact: Build systems that power global payments for businesses worldwide
- Scale: Work on high-throughput, transaction-heavy systems with real-world complexity
- Ownership: Contribute to core architecture and product decisions
- Growth: Join a fast-growing fintech company at the forefront of embedded finance
- Collaboration: Work with talented, cross-functional teams in a supportive environment