Staff Software Engineer, Payments (Backend)
Roseville, CA - HQFull-TimeStaffSoftware Engineering
What You'll Do
- Architect, design, and evolve scalable, high-performance APIs in a distributed environment that power Web, Mobile, and partner integrations
- Lead integrations with payment processors and alternative payment rails, ensuring reliability, compliance, and future extensibility
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Risk, Finance, and Operations to translate business requirements into resilient technical solutions
- Drive the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation through testing, deployment, and post-launch support
- Mentor and guide engineers across the team, setting high standards for system design, security, scalability, and code quality
- Champion operational excellence by building and enforcing practices around observability, documentation, monitoring, and alerting
- Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues to maintain high availability and seamless customer experiences
What You Bring
- 7+ years of back-end development experience with Node.js and TypeScript
- Proven expertise in architecting complex distributed systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, and security
- Extensive experience in designing and developing RESTful and APIs, including versioning, documentation, and performance optimization
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), including microservices, serverless, and containerized environments
- Strong system design and architectural decision-making skills, balancing trade-offs between performance, maintainability, and business needs
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead engineering teams, fostering collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and technical excellence
- Passion for writing clean, maintainable code and driving best practices in testing, CI/CD, and observability
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a proven track record of influencing technical direction at scale
Bonus Points
- Knowledge of Stripe, QuickBooks, or similar payment platforms
- Experience with C#
- Experience with Datadog or similar observability tools
- Experience in FinTech or other highly regulated industries
- Previous work with real-time payment processing systems
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.
