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About Baselayer Trusted by 2,200+ financial institutions, Baselayer is the intelligent business identity platform that helps verify any business, automate KYB, and monitor real-time risk. Baselayer’s B2B risk solutions and identity graph network leverage state and federal government filings and proprietary data sources to prevent fraud, accelerate onboarding, and lower credit losses.
About the Role We are looking for a Full Stack Engineer to build and scale Baselayer’s core product experiences, including our customer-facing console and website. You will work across frontend and backend systems to deliver reliable, high-performance functionality in a regulated environment, with a strong emphasis on security, scalability, and clean execution.
This is a hands-on role for an engineer who takes ownership, moves quickly, and cares deeply about building durable systems and high-quality user experiences.
What You’ll Do
Build and maintain the Baselayer website and customer console, including the underlying architecture and core user workflows
Design and implement backend services and APIs that support high-volume identity and KYB workloads
Improve platform foundations to support future product expansion and advanced data and ML-driven capabilities
Ensure systems meet strong security, privacy, and compliance standards appropriate for KYC and KYB environments
Optimize system performance and reliability across services, data access, and user-facing workflows
Write tests, debug issues, and monitor services to maintain quality, uptime, and predictable behavior as the platform scales
Partner with Product and Design to ship features that are thoughtful, polished, and maintainable
About You You want to learn fast, take ownership, and do work that matters. You are not just doing this for the win. You are doing it because you have something to prove and want to be great.
You have strong engineering fundamentals, a high bar for code quality, and the ability to navigate ambiguity. You take pride in building clean, maintainable systems and shipping work that holds up under scale.
Required Experience and Skills
2 or more years of experience in full stack or backend engineering
Strong experience with Python and modern web development using TypeScript and JavaScript
Experience building and maintaining production APIs and web applications
Comfort working with large-scale data and optimizing performance for high-volume systems
Strong attention to detail and a high standard for maintainability, testing, and reliability
Ability to work across different levels of abstraction and move between product and infrastructure concerns
Proactive, self-directed mindset with strong ownership and follow-through
What Sets You Apart
Experience working in regulated domains or with security and compliance requirements
Strong product instincts and the ability to build great user experiences end-to-end
Highly feedback-oriented with a desire for continuous improvement
Confident problem-solver who navigates the unknown and ships solutions
Work Location
Hybrid in SF, in office 2 days per week
Compensation and Benefits
Salary range of $122,000 to $187,000
Equity package
Unlimited vacation
Fully paid health insurance, dental, and vision
401(k) with company match
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Technology, Information and Internet
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