Staff Software Engineer, Payments

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of large-scale, mission-critical payments infrastructure that integrates Stripe and other payment providers.
• Architect highly scalable, resilient, and secure payment systems that can handle millions of transactions.
• Provide technical leadership across teams, guiding decisions on architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Drive cross-functional projects to enhance the reliability and performance of our payments platform.
• Ensure compliance with payment industry regulations, including PCI-DSS and other relevant standards.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of growth, learning, and technical excellence.
• Evaluate and implement new technologies and tools to continuously improve our payment systems and development processes.
• Contribute to key architectural decisions, including the design of microservices and the adoption of new payment processing technologies.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong background in building payments systems at scale.
• Experience working with Stripe's API and other payment processing platforms.
• Expertise in Node and TypeScript
• Experience in frontend programming languages & libraries such as JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, Tailwinds, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of payment processing lifecycles, gateways, and transaction flows.
• Strong expertise in designing systems for high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability.
• Experience in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) with a focus on performance, security, and monitoring.
• Deep knowledge of PCI-DSS compliance and payment security standards.
• Expertise in distributed systems architecture, microservices, and RESTful APIs.
• Ability to influence technical direction and work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and executive teams.
• Strong leadership skills, with a proven ability to mentor and lead engineering teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Bonus Points

• Experience with subscription-based payment models.
• Experience in FinTech or other highly regulated industries.
• Strong track record of managing complex technical debt and driving long-term architectural improvements.

Why Join Us?

• Work on impactful projects that enable sustainability and energy solutions.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity for professional growth in a collaborative, inclusive, and fast-paced environment.
• Work with a passionate, forward-thinking team dedicated to making a difference.