Senior/Staff Engineer

Senior/Staff Engineer

Location: San Francisco, CA or New York, NY

Compensation: $200,000 – $280,000 + 0.4% – 0.8% Equity

Type: Full-Time

Visa Sponsorship: H-1B, O-1, OPT

Priority: High (Hiring Multiple)

About the Company

• Client is building global payments infrastructure for the future of work, currently moving $1.5B/year to over 1M payees. The company focuses on high-scale, high-throughput backend systems to enable seamless payments and gig worker payouts.
• Company culture emphasizes:
• - High autonomy and ownership - Iterative, high-velocity product development - Collaboration with highly skilled engineers - Building systems that handle large amounts of financial data reliably
• About the Role — Senior/Staff Engineer
• As a Senior/Staff Engineer, you will design, build, and scale production-ready backend systems that process high volumes of data for global payments. You’ll contribute across the stack, collaborate with product and engineering leadership, and take ownership of major technical decisions.
• This role is ideal for engineers who:
• - Thrive in high-ambiguity, high-impact environments - Enjoy building end-to-end systems with measurable outcomes - Want to work on FinTech infrastructure at scale - Are comfortable iterating quickly and shipping scrappy but robust systems
• Tech Stack - Frontend: React - Backend: Python - Infrastructure: AWS, ECS - Tools: GitHub, Linear, Slack, Notion
• Responsibilities - Design and build scalable backend systems for high-throughput payments - Launch and iterate on applications or large-scale software projects - Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver impact - Work with large datasets and distributed systems - Optionally participate in recruiting: sourcing, interviewing, and hiring engineers
• Requirements - 7+ years experience designing and shipping production-grade systems - Strong backend experience (Python preferred) - Comfortable building systems for high-throughput data processing - Track record of launching and iterating software projects - Able to move fast and work autonomously - Recruiting experience is a plus
• Green Flags (Strong Matches) - Experience in FinTech or finance - Background in traditional finance companies (e.g., Bloomberg, JP Morgan) - Startup experience (Seed/Series A, 3–4 years) - Previous experience at high-growth companies like Stripe, Ramp, or Brex - Infrastructure experience with AWS, K8s - Worked with Python and React at scale
• Red Flags (Avoid) - Only worked at creative agencies or unrelated industries - No startup experience
• Ideal Companies - Stripe - Ramp - Brex - Plaid - Robinhood
• Interview Process
• 1. Phone Screen – Initial discussion of fit and experience
• 2. Virtual Technical Screen – Pair programming, backend-heavy build from scratch
• 3. Virtual Systems Design – Collaborative problem-solving session
• 4. On-site – If take-home/virtual rounds are successful
• 5. Offer Extended
• 6. Hired
• Benefits & Perks - Private medical insurance (including dental and vision) - Unlimited vacation policy - Regular team off-sites - 401(k) plan
• Biggest Note - Candidates who are senior and have experience in top fintech companies are almost certain to be shortlisted.