Saxo

FinTech

PrincipalBackendEngineerforClientPricingIT(HQ)

$950–1450k ~AI est. Denmark FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Principal Backend Engineer for Client Pricing IT (HQ) at Saxo. Skills: Backend engineering, C#, NET, Distributed systems. Design backend systems. Evolve backend systems”

Industry & Context.

FinTech

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Extensive backend engineering experience, Senior, Staff, or Principal level experience, C# expertise, NET expertise, Distributed systems expertise, API design expertise, Solid SQL Server experience, Performance tuning experience, Data modeling experience, Modernizing legacy platforms experience, Evolving event-driven architectures experience, Production experience with Microsoft Azure

Nice to Have

Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering workflows

What You'll Do.

Design backend systems

Evolve backend systems

Build scalable services

Work across architectures

Maintain SQL Server databases

Optimize SQL Server databases

Drive transition of legacy systems

Ensure high standards for reliability

Ensure high standards for correctness

Ensure high standards for observability

Ensure high standards for performance

Partner with business stakeholders

Translate logic into solutions

Contribute to architectural direction

Contribute to engineering standards

Contribute to platform evolution

Act as technical counterpart

Collaborate with distributed teams

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Business stakeholders; Distributed engineering teams; International environment; Distributed teams

Full Job Description

At Saxo, client pricing is a key driver of revenue and client experience. The Client Pricing IT team builds and operates systems powering fees, commissions, taxes, interest, rewards, and subscription pricing across the platform. We are looking for a Principal Backend Engineer with strong senior-level technical expertise to play a key role in evolving these business-critical systems. This is a hands-on engineering position with significant architectural influence, working closely with business stakeholders and distributed engineering teams. You will join our Copenhagen HQ as part of a smaller, highly international team, closely collaborating with a larger engineering team in India as part of a global setup. **Responsibilities** * Design and evolve backend systems supporting transactional and non-transactional pricing models. * Build scalable services using C# and .NET / .NET Core. * Design and maintain RESTful and gRPC APIs with clear, business-aligned contracts. * Develop synchronous and asynchronous integrations supporting pricing workflows. * Work across event-driven and service-oriented architectures. * Maintain and optimize SQL Server databases, including performance-critical and legacy DB-centric components. * Maintain and drive the transition of legacy systems toward modern, scalable, loosely coupled architectures. * Ensure high standards for reliability, correctness, observability, and performance in revenue-critical systems. * Partner closely with business stakeholders to translate complex pricing and commercial logic into robust technical solutions. * Contribute to architectural direction, engineering standards, and long-term platform evolution. * Act as a key technical counterpart in Copenhagen, collaborating closely with distributed teams in India. **Your Profile** * Extensive backend engineering experience, operating at Senior, Staff, or Principal level. * Strong expertise in C#, .NET, distributed systems, and API design. * Solid SQL Server experience, i

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