CareerPlan

Staff Engineer

New YorkFull-time$100k–$250k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Designing and building the technical foundation for a financial operating system handling payroll, payments, treasury, and accounting for SMBs.

Role type

Staff Engineer (hands-on IC with team leadership)

Builds

Scalable systems for payroll, payments, spend, docs, and accounting; internal tooling; infrastructure

Domain

Fintech / Financial Services

Required skills

System architecture, technical direction, engineering execution, security & compliance, team mentorship, roadmap planning, regulated environment experience

Preferred skills

TypeScript, Java/Kotlin, scaling complex systems, hiring tech leads

Technologies

TypeScript, Java, Kotlin

Responsibilities

Define architecture and technical direction for high-leverage areas; execute on hardest stack problems; tech-lead and mentor a small engineering team; make decisions on security, reliability, and scalability; partner with product/ops to translate workflows into systems; ship roadmaps and prioritize technical gaps.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities