Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Core
Design and build scalable financial infrastructure for transaction authorization, ledger accounting, credit decisioning, and rewards engines.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Builds
Modern credit programs, payment processing systems, and rewards platforms for brand partners.
Domain
FinTech / Payments / Financial Services
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, distributed systems architecture, relational database design, API infrastructure, cross-functional leadership, AI tool adoption
Preferred skills
Startup experience, agentic workflows, MCP servers
Technologies
Go, MySQL, DynamoDB, Temporal, Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Datadog, Statsig
Responsibilities
Drive architecture of critical financial systems, shape net-new products from ideation to delivery, define foundational platform direction, leverage AI across the stack, drive alignment across cross-functional teams, mentor and sponsor engineers
Seniority
Staff, technical and cultural leverage
