Software Engineer, Financial Platform - Issuing

Role overview Build the card issuing platform behind several consumer financial brands on the Financial Platform Issuing team. The platform handles the full lifecycle of a card, from issuance and activation through real-time transaction authorization, digital wallet provisioning, 3-D Secure authentication, and disputes, settling each tap in milliseconds in partnership with card networks and bank partners. This is a server engineering role on tier-0 financial systems where reliability and correctness are non-negotiable.

Responsibilities - Design, develop, test, ship, and maintain features across card issuance, transaction processing, and disputes - Write high-quality, well-tested code and participate actively in design and code reviews - Build systems that fit within microservice and event-driven architectures with the reliability and correctness that moving money demands - Participate in operational ownership of tier-0 financial systems, including on-call, incident response, and postmortems - Apply AI-powered developer tools thoughtfully to improve velocity and quality throughout the development lifecycle - Hold teammates and yourself to high engineering standards - Support other engineers through code reviews and technical discussions

Requirements - 3+ years of software development experience or equivalent - Experience building and maintaining production software systems and delivering well-scoped projects or features end to end with guidance from senior engineers - Drive to find flaws in systems with many moving parts and take whatever steps are needed to fix them - Growth mindset and appetite for open-ended, ambiguous problems - Demonstrated AI fluency, including hands-on use of AI developer tools and the judgment to evaluate their outputs - Strong communication and collaboration skills - Bachelor's degree or diploma in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or equivalent experience

Nice to have - Familiarity with technologies such as Java or Kotlin, AWS, HTTP and JSON, gRPC and Protocol Buffers, Hibernate, Aurora, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Kafka, event-driven architecture, microservices, Datadog, Buildkite, and Gradle - Experience with AI agents and tooling such as Goose, Claude, or MCP

Benefits and work setup Pay follows a market-based, zone-dependent structure. Current U.S. ranges span approximately $120,700 to $213,000 USD depending on zone, with specific bands by geographic area. The benefits package includes remote work support, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning benefits.