Engineering Associate, New Grad at HIFI in New York, NY

Summary: HIFI is a company focused on making money programmable by default to enhance financial transactions. They are seeking an Engineering Associate as part of their New Grad Program to work on backend services and APIs, contributing to live infrastructure and gaining mentorship from senior engineers. Responsibilities: - Build and maintain backend services and APIs that handle real money movement at scale, with full end-to-end ownership - Write clean, well-tested, production-ready code — and participate actively in code reviews with the same standard - Contribute to architecture discussions and technical design decisions alongside senior engineers - Investigate and resolve bugs and production incidents with urgency and thoroughness - Learn the mechanics of financial infrastructure — ledgering, settlement, stablecoin rails, onchain connectivity — from the inside out Required Qualifications: - Currently completing (expected graduation June 2026) or recently completed Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field — or equivalent demonstrated experience - Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and systems - Proficiency in at least one backend language — JavaScript, Go, Node.js, or similar — and a willingness to learn others - Ability to write readable, maintainable code and explain your technical decisions clearly - Curiosity, humility, and a bias toward asking questions — you don't pretend to know what you don't Preferred Qualifications: - Internship or project experience shipping backend code in a team environment with real users - Exposure to APIs, relational databases, or distributed systems concepts through coursework or projects - Personal or academic projects involving fintech, crypto, blockchain, or payments — even small ones - You've built something real — show us the repo and walk us through the decisions you made Required Skills: Backend development, JavaScript, Computer science fundamentals Important Skills: APIs, Relational databases, Distributed systems Nice-to-Have Skills: Curiosity, Humility, Asking questions Benefits: $250 travel stipend