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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Merchant Interfaces)

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At a Glance

Location
Remote US
Work Regime
remote
Experience
5+ years
Compensation
CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $190,000 - $240,000 USA base pay range (all other
Department
Engineering
Posted
2026-01-10T05:04:51-05:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AWSKotlinKubernetesMySQLPython

Domain Knowledge

  • Engineering

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

ing 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dep

Requirements

You have a total of 5+ years of experience as a software engineer.

You have experience designing, developing and launching backend systems and are proficient in one of Python or Kotlin.

You are familiar with the building blocks of distributed systems, and the technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes.

You have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code.

You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews.

Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders.

Responsibilities

With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.

You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs.

You will contribute to the entire API lifecycle, including designing, developing, testing, maintaining, and evolving our APIs.

You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.

You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.