Accrue · 2 months ago
Senior Reliability Engineer (Backend Focus)
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$180K/yr - $220K/yr
5+ years expAccrue is a fintech company that powers modern customer loyalty at the payment layer. They are seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer focused on backend development to build reliability through production-ready code architecture and rearchitect critical systems for high-throughput payment processing.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Rearchitect core reliability patterns: Replace custom retry mechanisms with durable execution engines like Temporal.io
Implement robust event processing: Migrate direct webhook handling to reliable delivery systems like Hookdeck with proper delivery semantics
Build behavioral monitoring: Integrate time-series databases to detect and alert on changing system behavioral patterns
Eliminate technical debt: Systematically replace "not invented here" solutions with industry-standard, battle-tested alternatives
Design and implement systems that maintain performance and reliability at 10k+ requests/second
Write production-grade code for payment processing, wallet operations, and loyalty program mechanics
Build comprehensive error handling, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation patterns
Implement distributed system patterns for fault tolerance and observability
Instrument deep observability into application code using existing frameworks (Datadog)
Design monitoring that provides actionable insights into system behavior and business metrics
Build alerting that proactively identifies reliability issues before they impact users
Lead incident response with focus on permanent architectural fixes rather than band-aid solutions
Evaluate and recommend new technologies and architectural patterns for production readiness
Collaborate with product engineering teams to embed reliability patterns into new feature development
Drive technical decisions around system architecture, scaling, and reliability patterns
Mentor engineers on production best practices and reliable system design
Qualification
Required
5+ years backend engineering experience building high-throughput, production systems (10k+ req/sec)
Strong programming skills in modern languages - our stack uses TypeScript, but we value polyglot engineers
Production architecture experience with distributed systems, microservices, and reliability patterns
Systems thinking: Ability to identify when to build vs. buy vs. adopt existing solutions
Cloud-native development with AWS services (ECS, RDS, ELB) and modern deployment patterns
Technical leadership: Experience making architectural decisions and driving technical improvements independently
Preferred
Experience with durable execution systems (Temporal.io, Step Functions, etc.)
Background in fintech, payments, or high-reliability systems
Knowledge of event-driven architectures and reliable message processing
Experience with time-series databases and behavioral analytics
Track record replacing legacy systems with modern, scalable alternatives
Startup or high-growth experience where you've scaled systems through rapid growth
Benefits
Robust health benefits packages (1 of 4 medical plans cost $0 for full family coverage)
Company contributed 401k plan
An empathetic team that values mental wellness and work/life balance
A brand new NYC office!
Ground floor opportunity to bring a product to market that helps people in a way that doesn't exist today
Company
Accrue
Accrue is a brandable, full-stack payments solution for modern customer loyalty.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$29.7MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementTwelve Below
2022-01-13Series A· $25M
2021-11-03Seed· $4.7M
Leadership Team
Michael Hershfield
Founder and CEO
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