Senior Software Engineer
$170,000 – $220,000 USD
Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Architect and evolve the core systems, including the payment engine, platform APIs, and underlying infrastructure.
- Build and maintain critical infrastructure for payments, storage, networking, security, and observability.
- Own core banking infrastructure, including direct integrations with the Federal Reserve and real-time payment networks.
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and release engineering workflows.
- Improve system resiliency and availability through better monitoring, testing, and automation.
Soft Skills
CommunicationPrioritizationProject OwnershipPayment ProcessingIdentity/Auth
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- HSA/FSA
- 401k
- PTO
Culture
Code Review CultureBlameless PostmortemsMentorship ProgramMission-DrivenCustomer-Obsessed
Requirements
Regions: Ny, Tx, Us
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About Backpack
Industry: fintech
Size: startup
Backpack is building financial infrastructure for the higher education market, connecting universities with payers to make education more accessible and affordable. They aim to be the universal payments API for education institutions and ultimately a financial operating system.
View company profile →Compensation
Base salary: $170,000 – $220,000 USD
Equity: Competitive equity package