Staff Software Engineer, Payments (Backend)
Staff Software Engineer, Payments (Backend)
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23-08-2025
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Job Description
About GoodLeap:
GoodLeap is a technology company delivering best-in-class financing and software products for sustainable solutions from solar panels and batteries to energy-efficient HVAC heat pumps roofing windows and more. Over 1 million homeowners have benefited from our simple fast and frictionless technology that makes the adoption of these products more affordable accessible and easier to understand. Thousands of professionals deploying home efficiency and solar solutions rely on GoodLeaps proprietary AI-powered applications and developer tools to drive more transparent customer communication deeper business intelligence and streamlined payment and operations. Our platform has led to more than $30 billion in financing for sustainable solutions since 2018.
GoodLeap is also proud to support our award-winning nonprofit GivePower which is building and deploying life-saving water and clean electricity systems changing the lives of more than 1.6 million people across Africa Asia and South America.
Position Summary
Were looking for a passionate and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our team that owns the core of our payments this role youll help design build and scale both our payments platform and customer-facing payment products ensuring they are secure reliable and performant. Youll collaborate closely with product managers designers and fellow engineers to deliver seamless payments experiences that power every transaction.
What Youll Do
- 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
What You Bring
- 7 years of back-end development experience with 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
Bonus Points
- 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
Why Join Us
- 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.
$173000 - $200000 a year
In addition to the above salary this role may be eligible for a bonus and equity.
Additional Information Regarding Job Duties and Job Descriptions:
Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by ones supervisor or other managers related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and other skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment perform the essential functions of the job or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.
If you are an extraordinary professional who thrives in a collaborative work culture and values a rewarding career then we want to work with you! Apply today!
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