Staff Software Engineer

Role overview

Lead the technical evolution of a high-volume virtual payments platform while remaining an active software contributor. The role combines hands-on development with architectural leadership across real-time transaction processing, event-driven and distributed systems, reliability, security, and operational scale. You will help guide a small engineering group through complex, multi-month initiatives and mentor engineers working on systems where correctness and availability are critical.

Responsibilities

- Protect the reliability, correctness, and security of card-processing workflows and supporting platform services. - Assess limitations in the current architecture and propose significant improvements that support future scale. - Lead large initiatives such as migrations, re-architectures, and roadmap commitments from planning through delivery. - Set engineering standards for dependable, secure, maintainable, and scalable code and systems. - Improve development processes and operational practices across the team and wider engineering organization. - Partner with engineering, product, and other functions on technical strategy, balancing long-term investment with near-term customer value. - Serve as a technical lead, coach engineers on distributed-systems practices, and participate in on-call rotations.

Requirements

- At least 8 years of experience delivering production software in a fast-moving environment. - Experience designing and operating event-based systems and advanced distributed systems. - A strong ownership mindset, sound technical judgment, and accountability for outcomes. - Experience leading a small engineering team and delivering substantial migration or re-architecture programs. - Background mentoring and coaching engineers on distributed-systems patterns and engineering best practices. - Ability to collaborate effectively with product, design, operations, and other cross-functional partners. - Clear communication skills and an enthusiasm for learning complex technical and business domains.

Benefits and work setup

- Remote role for candidates located in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available. - Published annual US salary range of $200,000–$220,000 plus equity, with final level and compensation determined during the process. - Benefits include unlimited paid time off, paid parental leave, a paid long-service sabbatical, limited work-from-anywhere time, health, dental and vision coverage, HSA matching, retirement matching, and disability and life insurance.