This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer - Banking and Money Movement based in the United States.
This senior technical role sits at the core of building and scaling critical financial infrastructure that powers account creation, transaction processing, payments, banking integrations, and reconciliation systems. You will operate as a high-impact individual contributor, taking full ownership of complex, multi-system initiatives and driving them from concept through production. The role requires strong architectural thinking and the ability to navigate ambiguous, open-ended engineering challenges in fast-moving, regulated fintech environments. You will design and evolve distributed systems that prioritize scalability, reliability, and security while ensuring compliance with financial regulations. Acting as both a technical leader and hands-on builder, you will collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering peers to deliver high-quality, mission-critical features. This is a highly autonomous role where your decisions directly shape platform performance, user experience, and the long-term technical direction of money movement systems.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer - Banking and Money Movement based in the United States.
This senior technical role sits at the core of building and scaling critical financial infrastructure that powers account creation, transaction processing, payments, banking integrations, and reconciliation systems. You will operate as a high-impact individual contributor, taking full ownership of complex, multi-system initiatives and driving them from concept through production. The role requires strong architectural thinking and the ability to navigate ambiguous, open-ended engineering challenges in fast-moving, regulated fintech environments. You will design and evolve distributed systems that prioritize scalability, reliability, and security while ensuring compliance with financial regulations. Acting as both a technical leader and hands-on builder, you will collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering peers to deliver high-quality, mission-critical features. This is a highly autonomous role where your decisions directly shape platform performance, user experience, and the long-term technical direction of money movement systems.
Accountabilities:
- Lead the design, architecture, and delivery of large-scale backend systems supporting banking and money movement functionality.
- Own end-to-end execution of complex technical initiatives, ensuring alignment with product strategy, customer needs, and business goals.
- Architect and optimize distributed systems for scalability, performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
- Drive development of high-impact features across payments, account management, transaction processing, and reconciliation systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, design, and engineering to define technical requirements and deliver solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, raising overall engineering quality and fostering best practices.
- Contribute to technical roadmaps and long-term system architecture strategy for the payments platform.
- Identify and resolve system bottlenecks, production issues, and architectural limitations in high-scale environments.
- Participate in on-call rotations and support production systems to ensure high availability and reliability.
- Champion engineering excellence, including clean code, testing standards, and continuous improvement of development practices.
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience with strong expertise in system design and distributed architectures.
- 3+ years of experience in fintech, payments, or banking-related technology environments.
- Strong proficiency in backend programming languages such as Java or Python.
- Deep experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or equivalent systems.
- Proven track record of building and scaling high-performance, mission-critical distributed systems.
- Experience breaking down complex business and financial problems into scalable technical solutions.
- Strong understanding of microservices architectures, web services, and cloud-based systems.
- Experience leading technical initiatives and contributing to architectural decision-making at scale.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex systems to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to a culture of technical excellence.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code tools is a plus.
- Competitive base salary aligned with U.S. market tiers and experience level.
- Annual performance bonus and equity participation in a publicly traded company.
- Flexible remote-first work model with location-based compensation adjustments.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance coverage options.
- Unlimited flexible time off policy to support work-life balance.
- Retirement savings plan with company contributions and additional investment options.
- Family-forming benefits, parental leave, and fertility support programs.
- Mental health, financial, and professional coaching resources, including free therapy sessions.
- Monthly remote work stipend and annual learning & development budget.
- Strong engineering culture focused on innovation, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement.