Software Engineer – Payments

SteerBridge•Vienna, VA

2d•$115,000 - $135,000•Hybrid

About The Position

SteerBridge is seeking a Software Engineer to support SteerFi, a scalable, VA-integrated payments platform used to issue Secure Cards to Veterans. This role focuses on building and maintaining backend services that ingest VA beneficiary files, coordinate card issuance with banking and processing partners, and operate securely within a federal compliance environment (AWS GovCloud). The engineer will work directly with architects, product owners, and compliance stakeholders to ensure the system reliably supports beneficiary file processing, card issuance workflows, third-party financial integrations, and auditability required for government payment systems. Unlike a purely feature-delivery role, this position requires the ability to move fluidly between hands-on implementation and system design — someone who can both write production code and reason about the architecture, security, and compliance implications of a regulated payments system. SteerBridge applies proven architectural patterns — service isolation, secure third-party integration boundaries, and infrastructure segmented for GovCloud versus commercial cloud — to structure, validate, and operationalize payments data. Engineering here ensures these patterns translate into a reliable, secure, and auditable platform for a high-consequence financial workflow serving Veterans. This is a hybrid position based in Vienna, VA.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship required
5+ years of experience in professional software engineering experience
Strong experience with full stack development (postgres, express, react, node, or similar stacks)
Experience working with financial transaction data, settlement files, or ledger-based systems
Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including architects, finance/compliance stakeholders, and other engineers
Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical and financial logic to both technical and non-technical audiences
Experience integrating with third-party APIs, including authentication, webhooks, and event-driven architectures
Familiarity with AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, Secrets Manager)

Nice To Haves

Experience with payments, fintech, or card issuance platforms
Experience with financial reconciliation, ACH processing, or bank settlement systems
Experience with Figma or similar prototyping tools
Experience with AI as a tool for engineers (Claude, Copilot, Cursor, Lovable)
Experience contributing to or supporting compliance documentation (BCP/BIA, security questionnaires, audit reports)

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain automated reconciliation processes matching transaction records across the platform, issuing bank, and card processor
Develop and maintain integrations with third-party financial partners (issuing bank, card processor, card network) via REST APIs, SFTP files (and other file-based integrations), and webhook-based event handling.
Contribute to architecture decisions for shared services (e.g., integration servers) that isolate third-party dependencies from core GovCloud systems
Ensure accurate handling of file-based and API-based settlement data from banking and processing partners
Build safeguards against data loss, duplication, and processing errors
Support root-cause investigation when discrepancies arise in production
Work closely with engineers maintaining upstream systems (card issuance, VA file ingestion) to ensure reconciliation inputs are complete and correctly formatted
Partner with finance and compliance stakeholders to ensure reconciliation processes meet audit and reporting requirements
Support documentation of reconciliation logic and controls for security questionnaires and compliance packages (e.g., BCP/BIA)
Participate in backlog refinement and design reviews
Analyze workflows to identify opportunities for automation and reduced manual review
Evaluate practices against industry standards for payments and card issuance platforms