Principal Software Engineer

12+ years experience building production software systems

A history of writing scalable, performant and maintainable code.

Excitement about shipping customer centric software

Experience with Java >= 11, JPA ORM mapping, Crafting SQLs, unit and integration testing

Proficiency using AI-powered development tools (e.g., Claude Code) across the full software development lifecycle - including design, prototyping, development, testing, and iteration.

A demonstrated passion for AI-driven development, a commitment to continuously advancing AI skills, and a drive to push the boundaries of productivity and engineering outcomes.

Flexible Paid Time Off

100% healthcare coverage + 75% coverage for dependents

401k program

Paid Parental Leave: Up to 16 weeks paid leave for the birth parent, and up to 6 weeks paid leave for the non-birth parent

Equity in Highnote

Stipend to build out your home office; internet reimbursement

Building secure and compliant platform products that solve customer needs

Writing high quality and robustly tested code, mostly in Java

Understanding customer problems to build the right solutions

Documenting your work to support our rapidly-scaling company

Interfacing with a variety of the company’s domains to strengthen our platform

Founded in 2020 by a team of leaders from Braintree, PayPal, and Lending Club, Highnote is an embedded finance company that sets the standard in modern card platform management. As an all-in-one card issuer processor and program management platform, we provide digital-first organizations with the flexibility to seamlessly issue and process payment cards, embed virtual and physical card payments, and integrate ledger and wallet functionalities—empowering businesses to drive growth and profitability.

We’ve raised $145M+ and have grown our team to 140+ employees. Headquartered in San Francisco, we’ve managed to build one of the most advanced payments teams in the industry, with team members in 25+ US states.

Operating through our core values of customer obsession, executional excellence, intentional inclusion, we’re helping businesses grow for the future by creating the payment products demanded by tomorrow, with the ability to solve for use cases that don’t exist yet.

We are fast-moving, hands-on, and strongly believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. We believe we’re unlocking incredible opportunities that can change the future of payments, as long as we have the right people to make it happen.