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Senior Payments Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Mon, Aug 10, 2026
This job expires in: 27 days

Job Summary

Owning and scaling the core systems of payment processing, the full-time Senior Payments Engineer will design and build backend services in Golang, manage critical money-movement flows, and mentor team members in a remote work environment.

Key responsibilities
  • Design and build backend services that integrate with payment processors and gateways
  • Manage end-to-end money-movement processes including authorization, settlement, and dispute handling
  • Instrument and monitor payment health metrics to drive continuous improvement
Required qualifications
  • 7+ years of backend or full-stack engineering experience in payments or fintech
  • Strong proficiency in Go or comparable experience in Python with REST API development
  • Hands-on experience with payment processors and familiarity with payments fundamentals
  • Experience in distributed, cloud-based architectures using queuing tools like Kafka or RabbitMQ
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

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