Staff Software Engineer, Payments (Backend)

GoodLeap • West Palm Beach, FL

150d

About The Position

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our team that owns the core of our payments technology. In this role, you’ll help design, build, and scale both our payments platform and customer-facing payment products, ensuring they are secure, reliable, and performant. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to deliver seamless payments experiences that power every transaction.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

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

Benefits

• Work on impactful projects that enable sustainability and energy solutions.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity for professional growth in a collaborative, inclusive, and fast-paced environment.
• Work with a passionate, forward-thinking team dedicated to making a difference.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees