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Rain

Backend Engineer

New York, NY
Salary
$170K - $240K
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · New York

Not stated in the posting: visa.

Open. First seen 2 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Company

Rain is the global stablecoin payments platform for enterprises, neobanks, platforms, developers, and AI agents. Our technology allows partners to move, store, and use stablecoins instantly and compliantly through global payment cards, rewards, on/offramps, wallets, and cross-border rails. As both a Visa and Mastercard Principal Member, Rain issues cards that work at more than 175 million merchant locations in over 220 countries and territories.

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Built natively for stablecoins and trusted by more than 100 organizations worldwide, Rain delivers secure, scalable infrastructure that makes money move freely and instantly around the world.

You will have the opportunity to deliver massive impact at a hypergrowth company backed by some of the top investors in fintech, crypto, and SaaS. In January 2026, we closed a $250M Series C led by ICONIQ, valuing Rain at $1.95B, with Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest, and Endeavor Catalyst also participating. If you're curious, bold, and excited to help shape a borderless financial future, we'd love to talk.

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Our Ethos

We believe in an open and flat structure. You will be able to grow into the role that most aligns with your goals. Our team members at all levels have the freedom to explore ideas and impact the roadmap and vision of our company.

What you'll do

  • Be a critical part of the technical and product roadmap
  • Contribute to our backend and integrate a variety of third-party services
  • Scale our infrastructure to millions of end users globally
  • Rapidly ship new capabilities to our customers
  • Help drive the architectural decisions of a rapidly evolving product
  • Interact with smart contracts across multiple chains

What we're looking for

  • Experience with NodeJS and other backend technologies
  • A builder mentality, someone who experiments with side projects
  • This position is for folks with 2-10+ years of experience, compensation will be based on experience

Nice to have, but not mandatory

  • Fintech experience (neobank or card issuing experience gets extra brownie points)
  • Experience with smart contracts and blockchains
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Things that enable a fulfilling, healthy, and happy experience at Rain:

Unlimited time off 🌴 Unlimited vacation can be daunting, so we require Rainmakers to take 10 days minimum for themselves.

Flexible working ☕ We support a flexible workplace – work from home, come into an office, or both. We want everyone to work in an environment where they're their most confident and productive selves. New Rainmakers receive a stipend to set up a comfortable home workspace.

Easy to access benefits 🧠 For US Rainmakers, we cover 95% of your health, dental, and vision plan costs and 90% for your dependents, plus a 100% company-subsidized life insurance plan.

Retirement goals💡 Plan for the future with confidence. We offer a 401(k) with a 4% company match.

Equity plan 📦 Every Rainmaker gets an equity option plan so we all benefit from our success.

Health and Wellness 📚 High performance begins from within. Rainmakers receive a monthly stipend to be used for eligible health and wellness spending like gym memberships/fitness classes, massages, acupuncture - whatever recharges you!

In-office meals 🍜 Rainmakers working from the office enjoy lunch and dinner on us, covered with a DoorDash credit.

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Team summits ✨ Summits play an important role at Rain. Time together helps us build relationships and a common destiny. Expect team and company offsites, both domestic and international.

What this role asks for

50% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Rain's standard text, folded away below.

Read against Rain's other open postings on this site.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 13 open in Engineering. 1 was posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in January: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Blockchain (8 of 13), JavaScript (5 of 13), Node.js (5 of 13), CI/CD (3 of 13), LLM (3 of 13), Python (3 of 13), TypeScript (3 of 13)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Rain's own job board.

Salary context

30 other open postings titled Backend Engineer state a salary: median USD 145,000 to USD 200,000 a year.

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