Senior Backend Engineer (L5) -Payments
Core
Design and own the technical direction for cross-border payment systems, including payment orchestration, corridor expansion, FX quoting, and regulated controls like safeguarding and transaction monitoring.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Payments Infrastructure)
Builds
Cross-border payment corridors, partner integrations, and regulated financial controls
Domain
Fintech / Cross-border Payments / Financial Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Payment system architecture, distributed systems design, idempotency and exactly-once semantics, external partner integration, regulatory compliance implementation, incident response leadership, technical strategy, mentorship
Preferred skills
Cross-border corridor launches, SWIFT/SEPA/local clearing schemes, safeguarding flows, durable workflow engines, digital-asset settlement rails, high-stakes observability
Technologies
TypeScript, Node.js, Cloud Infrastructure
Responsibilities
Define technical direction for payment orchestration and lifecycle modeling; Design configuration-driven architecture for new corridor launches; Lead engineering of regulated controls and audit trails; Establish standards for money-path code reliability and consistency; Own resilience strategies against partner failures; Lead incident response for stuck payments; Mentor senior engineers and set hiring standards
Seniority
Staff, hands-on technical leadership
