GoodLeap ยท 17 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Payments (Backend)
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$173K/yr - $200K/yr
7+ years expGoodLeap is a technology company delivering best-in-class financing and software products for sustainable solutions. They are seeking a passionate and experienced Staff Software Engineer to design, build, and scale their payments platform and customer-facing payment products, ensuring security, reliability, and performance.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Architect, design, and evolve scalable, high-performance APIs in a distributed environment that power Web, Mobile, and partner integrations
Lead integrations with payment processors and alternative payment rails, ensuring reliability, compliance, and future extensibility
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Risk, Finance, and Operations to translate business requirements into resilient technical solutions
Drive the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation through testing, deployment, and post-launch support
Mentor and guide engineers across the team, setting high standards for system design, security, scalability, and code quality
Champion operational excellence by building and enforcing practices around observability, documentation, monitoring, and alerting
Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues to maintain high availability and seamless customer experiences
Qualification
Required
7+ years of back-end development experience with Node.js and TypeScript
Proven expertise in architecting complex distributed systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, and security
Extensive experience in designing and developing RESTful and APIs, including versioning, documentation, and performance optimization
Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), including microservices, serverless, and containerized environments
Strong system design and architectural decision-making skills, balancing trade-offs between performance, maintainability, and business needs
Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead engineering teams, fostering collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and technical excellence
Passion for writing clean, maintainable code and driving best practices in testing, CI/CD, and observability
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a proven track record of influencing technical direction at scale
Preferred
Knowledge of Stripe, QuickBooks, or similar payment platforms
Experience with C#
Experience with Datadog or similar observability tools
Experience in FinTech or other highly regulated industries
Previous work with real-time payment processing systems
Benefits
This role may be eligible for a bonus and equity
Company
GoodLeap
GoodLeap is a technology company delivering best-in-class financing and software products for sustainable solutions, from solar panels and batteries to energy-efficient HVAC, heat pumps, roofing, windows, and more.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Hayes Barnard
Founder, Chairman and CEO
John Shrewsberry
Chief Financial Officer
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