Platform Engineer, Payments

About Us

Dorsia is redefining how people access the world's most in-demand restaurants and experiences, fusing technology with luxury hospitality to give members access to the impossible, and giving operators the tools to match. We're a fast-growing startup backed by $50M from Index Ventures and partners including Major Food Group, Groot Hospitality, and Gracious Hospitality. We're building the team for our next phase of growth.

About the Role

Dorsia is seeking a Payments Engineer to own the entire financial layer of our platform. This spans member dining payments, billing and renewals, dining credits and redemptions, operator reconciliation, and corporate account management for our B2B products. Dorsia Pay, our proprietary frictionless dining product, is the most visible expression of this work, but it is one surface of many.

Qualified individuals have proven experience building payments infrastructure in production and understand the full lifecycle of a transaction. You have worked with the hospitality or restaurant tech ecosystem and understand firsthand the nuances of POS integration and operations-facing systems. 

What You'll Do

Payments Infrastructure

• Own the core payments infrastructure that supports every financial transaction on the Dorsia platform, from member-facing dining payments to billing and corporate accounts.
• Design and maintain payment processing architecture and build integrations with payment processors, acquirers, and card networks.
• Own the membership billing lifecycle including recurring charges, failed payment recovery, and cancellation flows.
• Support corporate and B2B billing surfaces that sit alongside the consumer product.
• Implement and maintain PCI-compliant data handling practices across all payments.

Restaurant and Operator Integrations

• Own integrations with POS systems and restaurant technology platforms including SevenRooms, Toast, and Square.
• Build robust, fault-tolerant integration layers that account for the operational realities of restaurant systems in production.
• Design operator-side reconciliation and payout flows, as well as integration architecture that scales to new venues and markets smoothly.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with the Finance team on reconciliation, reporting, and the downstream workflows that depend on accurate transaction data.
• Collaborate with the Security Engineering team on fraud controls, access patterns, and the security posture of the financial layer.
• Partner with the Product team to shape how payments experiences evolve across the member app, operator tools, and overall marketplace.

The Winning Recipe

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5 years of backend engineering experience with at least 2 years focused on payments systems in production.
• Hands-on experience with payment processors and thorough understanding of authorization, capture, settlement, and reconciliation end-to-end.
• Experience building subscription or membership billing systems, including failure recovery and lifecycle management.
• Prior experience integrating with POS or restaurant technology platforms.
• Working knowledge of PCI-DSS compliance requirements.
• Clear, direct communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across finance, operations, and restaurant operators.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, complex environment involving cross-functional projects.
• A genuine interest in the Dorsia product, the member experience, and what it means to build for hospitality at this level.

Compensation and Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• FSA
• Commuter benefits
• Free membership to One Medical
• Teladoc
• Talkspace
• Kindbody
• 401(k)
• In-office lunch 3 days a week
• Employee Dining Credits

Salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and stage. We determine our pay by considering skills and experience related to the role, location, and ensuring internal equity relative to other Dorsia employees.

Workplace Philosophy at Dorsia

At Dorsia, we believe that culture eats strategy. The best ideas in the world mean nothing without the right people around the table and the right chemistry between them. We are, unapologetically, a people-first organization. 

In-Person Matters

We’re creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences for the most discerning audience in the world. That doesn’t happen over Zoom. It happens through collisions: a spark across a desk, a kitchen-side conversation that unlocks a partnership, the energy of ideas felt, not typed. That’s why in-office culture is non-negotiable at Dorsia. 

Who We Hire

We don’t subscribe to check-the-box hiring. We hire for merit and mindset, which naturally creates a team with varied backgrounds. What unites us isn’t demographics, it’s a shared vision: to build the social operating system for the cultural vanguard.

Lifestyle Hours

We’re not a 9-to-5 company. Our lifestyle mirrors our members. Early flights, after-work events, and late-night sprints when the work demands it. But we love what we do, and we definitely love a good party.

High Performance Culture

Working at Dorsia isn’t for everyone—and that’s the point. Our culture is designed for builders, not passengers. We move fast, set ambitious standards, and expect people to rise to them. If you have the talent and the drive, this will be a ride to remember.

A Final Word

We’re building something special. It will take long hours and relentless effort. It’s not for everyone. For those with the metabolism, you’ll create something that changes how culture is lived. And that’s the kind of work worth your life’s energy.