Job Description
Insight Global is looking for a strong backend engineer to join a fast‑moving team building a brand‑new, real‑time API from the ground up. This service enables strategic external partners to assess user trustworthiness for credit and billing decisions and operates across multiple global regions with strict latency SLAs.
You’ll work closely with a US‑based tech lead and contribute across several critical workstreams, including API development, ML model integration, distributed caching, and event streaming for audit and analytics. This role is hands‑on and ideal for an engineer who enjoys building high‑scale, low‑latency systems in a collaborative environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain a high‑throughput, low‑latency RESTful API for real‑time risk scoring
- Integrate with internal ML scoring engines to generate trust signals based on user behavior and transaction data
- Implement distributed caching layers to optimize response times and reduce downstream system load
- Build and maintain Kafka‑based event pipelines for audit logging, data hashing, and analytics use cases
- Write clean, maintainable code with strong unit and integration test coverage
- Participate in system design discussions, code reviews, and sprint ceremonies
- Collaborate closely with product, data science, and partner engineering teams
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.
Required Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of experience
- Java (Spring framework, RESTful API Design, microservices)
- Python
- Exposure to Ruby on Rails (RoR)
- Utilization of Gen AI Tools (Claude, Copilot, or similar)
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Financial application experience
- Experience with Risk
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.