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Column · 2 days ago

Payment Operations (New Grad 2026)

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$75K/yr - $85K/yr

Column is a bank and software company focused on simplifying financial technology and banking solutions for builders and developers. The Payment Operations role involves optimizing and scaling payment processes, resolving issues related to various payment methods, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency.

AppsDeveloper PlatformFinanceFinancial ServicesSoftware

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and implement systems to optimize, automate, and scale our operational workload using technical skills like Retool, SQL, Python, and Javascript

Operate and continuously improve Column’s end-to-end payment operations processes, spanning ACH, wire, RTP, FedNow, and checks

Manage the payment operations queue—triaging, investigating, and resolving both customer and external bank inquiries

Develop and maintain key performance metrics and dashboards to track the health and efficiency of operations

Partner with Engineering, Business, Compliance, Risk, and Customer teams to ensure consistent, accurate, and compliant resolution of issues

Document processes, playbooks, and internal knowledge to enable onboarding and future scale

Contribute to ongoing risk management by identifying operational risks and suggesting process or tooling improvements

Qualification

SQLPythonJavascriptNACHA operating rulesPayment processing conceptsCustomer empathyCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

Bachelor's degree - preferably in Computer Science, Data Science or related field

Lightweight technical skills (SQL, Javascript, Python) with an aptitude to learn quickly

Familiarity with NACHA operating rules, wire transfer standards, and payment processing concepts

Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to engage confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Highly organized and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Strong customer empathy and a bias for action—you're energized by solving problems for customers and fixing broken processes

Excited to roll up your sleeves and build from scratch, with minimal oversight

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!

Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000 in qualified expenses

Up to $2,000 (post-tax) monthly rent subsidy for employees living within 2 miles of Column’s office

FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses

401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options

Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge

100% paid parental leave, including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers

Up to $4,500 in annual reimbursements for backup childcare

Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees

Commuter benefits, including paid transportation to-and-from the office

Regular team building events, including annual offsite

Company

Column

Column is a developer infrastructure company that enables developers and builders to create new financial products.

Founded in 2022

San Francisco, California, USA

201-500 employees

https://column.com/

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