As a Senior Engineer, you'll be expected to bring strong engineering principles backed by at least 5 years of experience. The ideal candidate:
- Has a strong computer science and programming foundation - has read Designing Data-Intensive Applications
- Is a craftsperson who deeply cares about the quality of their output and understands the long-term costs of shortcuts
- Builds with the end user and longevity in mind - knows how to design abstractions and APIs that are a pleasure for both customers and teammates to use
- Communicates effectively to drive clarity and alignment across the organization - able to translate product requirements into technical challenges and vice versa
- Is genuinely passionate about software engineering and dives deep into topics that interest them, whether that's the Node.js Event Loop or how virtual memory works at the OS level
- Has hands-on experience with serverless architectures - comfortable designing and deploying serverless functions and event-driven systems in cloud environments (e.g., AWS Lambda, Vercel Edge Functions, or equivalent)
What You'll Work On- Build and own new user-facing features end-to-end, from database models to UI components
- Continuously improve observability across existing systems - analytics, monitoring, and alerting
- Collaborate with product and engineering to architect key differentiators, including embedded fintech products and AI agents to help merchants manage their stores
- Build CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling (e.g., feature environments) that increase development velocity
- Help shape engineering processes to support building a world-class product
Tech StackFamiliarity with every tool isn't required, but candidates should have the foundational knowledge to understand what powers them under the hood:
- Node
- React
- Next.js deployed on Vercel
- Typescript
- AWS (particularly RDS)
- PostgreSQL
- Terraform or equivalent infrastructure-as-code tooling
Compensation & Benefits- Salary: $180K-$220K + meaningful equity, depending on experience
- Unlimited PTO
- Full benefits package: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), transportation, and more
Interview Process- One or two 30-minute introductory calls with the engineering team
- A take-home exercise to showcase your skills and tooling
- Onsite interview consisting of:
- 1-hour system design exercise
- 45-minute meeting with the product team and company leadership
- Offer
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