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  • Take ownership of the Economic Core of the platform and help shape how financial logic is implemented across the system.
  • You will join during an active architectural transformation where the financial foundation of the platform is being redesigned.
  • This role has direct architectural ownership of the financial foundation of Radar.

Backend Engineering Financial Systems Fintech

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