Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Payments Platform

You will design and build scalable backend services for payment processing using Go, ensuring high reliability and correctness for financial transactions at scale. You will own end to end delivery of payment features from technical design through production deployment, monitoring, and iteration. You will partner with engineers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate product vision and business requirements into technical plans each quarter. You will drive improvements to system reliability, observability, and performance across payment services, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks. You will contribute to engineering quality through thoughtful code reviews, design discussions, and advocacy for best practices in service oriented architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable fault-tolerant backend services for payment processing using Go, ensuring high reliability and correctness for financial transactions at scale.
• Own end-to-end delivery of payment features, from technical design through production deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
• Partner with engineers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate product vision and business requirements into technical plans each quarter.
• Drive improvements to system reliability, observability, and performance across payment services, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks.
• Contribute to engineering quality through thoughtful code reviews, design discussions, and advocacy for best practices in service-oriented architecture.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with hands-on production services in a service-oriented or microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages, with experience designing scalable low-latency APIs and distributed systems.
• Track record of owning features end-to-end, from design through deployment and production support, in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience with financial systems, payments infrastructure, or high-volume transactional systems that require precision and auditability.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Equity and bonus eligibility
• Remote-first work policy