Senior Software Engineer

inKind

Senior Software Engineer building distributed systems and AI-enabled tools for inKind’s restaurant payments platform. Improving reliability, security, and real-time financial operations for restaurants and partners.

Posted 9/10/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $160,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing scalable distributed systems, ensuring data integrity and security in financial transactions. Proficient in leveraging AI tools to enhance engineering workflows and improve system reliability and performance.

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Distributed Systems DesignWeb Framework ExpertiseDatabase KnowledgeSecure API DesignAI Integration

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Hard Skills

Scalable Distributed SystemsArchitectural DesignData IntegrityPerformance OptimizationDebugging Complex IssuesEvent-Driven WorkflowsTransactional IntegrityHigh Availability SystemsAI-Enabled Product FeaturesMonitoring and Observability

Soft Skills

Mentoring EngineersCollaboration with Product TeamsHands-On Implementation

Tools & Technologies

RailsDjangoExpressFastifyAI Tools

Industry Keywords

Financial TransactionsPaymentsRegulated Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsDjangoRuby on Rails

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement scalable distributed systems supporting financial transactions and real-time events
Architect services handling real-world scale, failure scenarios, and performance constraints
Ensure data integrity and consistency across distributed workflows
Build secure infrastructure protecting sensitive financial data
Identify opportunities to leverage AI tools to accelerate development and improve engineering workflows
Contribute to AI-enabled product features and platform automation
Help evolve modern developer tools and AI-assisted engineering practices
Design systems with observability, monitoring, and failure recovery
Debug complex production issues across distributed services
Improve reliability and performance of mission-critical systems
Participate in on-call rotations
Partner with product and business teams to translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions
Lead architectural decisions through hands-on implementation
Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards across the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience building and operating production systems
Strong distributed systems design experience
Expertise in at least one major web framework (Rails, Django, Express, Fastify, etc.)
Strong database knowledge, including indexing, query optimization, and transactional integrity
Experience designing highly available production systems
Familiarity with authentication, authorization, and secure API design
Preferred: Experience scaling systems during periods of rapid growth
Preferred: Background in payments, financial transactions, or regulated systems
Preferred: Experience implementing retries, circuit breakers, and event-driven workflows
Preferred: Experience working with or evolving large Rails applications
Preferred: Experience integrating AI tools into engineering workflows or building AI-powered product features

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous PTO and company holiday policy
Company-paid Short Term Disability
100% employer-covered health and dental insurance for direct employees
Vision plan available at employee's additional cost
Child Care Benefits
Generous parental leave
Dog-friendly workspace in a secure building with views of downtown Austin
Daily lunches and snacks for in-office team members