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Job Description
Our client is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Corporate Payments Engineering organization. This is a full-time opportunity where you will help build and evolve a customer-facing payments platform that supports enterprise users through modern UIs, APIs, webhooks, and data streams. The platform serves as the primary user experience and technical integration layer for Corporate Payments customers, built on scalable cloud-based technologies.
This role offers the opportunity to work on a highly visible, business-critical platform that sits at the intersection of payments, integrations, and customer experience. You will play a key role in shaping long-term technical strategy, influencing architecture, and partnering closely with other engineering teams. The team values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and is looking for a senior-level engineer who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments.
Required Skills & Experience
Posted By: Sarah Carroll
Our client is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Corporate Payments Engineering organization. This is a full-time opportunity where you will help build and evolve a customer-facing payments platform that supports enterprise users through modern UIs, APIs, webhooks, and data streams. The platform serves as the primary user experience and technical integration layer for Corporate Payments customers, built on scalable cloud-based technologies.
This role offers the opportunity to work on a highly visible, business-critical platform that sits at the intersection of payments, integrations, and customer experience. You will play a key role in shaping long-term technical strategy, influencing architecture, and partnering closely with other engineering teams. The team values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and is looking for a senior-level engineer who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments.
Required Skills & Experience
- 4 years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong experience building and deploying internal and external services in cloud environments (AWS or Azure)
- Expertise in rapid development, deployment, and iteration of scalable services
- Experience writing high-quality automated tests, including unit, component, and integration tests
- Strong understanding of the test pyramid and testing best practices
- Solid knowledge of security and compliance requirements in cloud and data environments
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and decision-making skills
- Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- Experience building applications in the financial services or payments space (e.g., credit cards, accounts receivable/payable)
- Experience working with geographically distributed or remote teams
- Help develop, drive, and execute a long-term vision and strategy for cross-cutting and core services within Corporate Payments
- Define and implement a comprehensive architectural roadmap aligned with business objectives and industry best practices
- Collaborate closely with other engineering teams to reuse components and standardize development practices
- Continuously challenge existing processes to reduce time-to-market through efficient engineering methods
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning across engineering teams
- 20% Cloud-based services (AWS / Azure)
- 30% APIs, integrations, and data streams
- 50% Frontend and backend platform development
- 70% Hands-on development and architecture
- 15% Technical leadership and strategy
- 15% Cross-team collaboration
- Bonus eligible
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k)
Posted By: Sarah Carroll