Promise

Software Engineer

Promise

full-time

Posted on:

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Washington, D.C. • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $215,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

  • Architect and implement scalable backend services that power our payments and financial products.
  • Write and ship clean, maintainable, production-ready code.
  • Monitor, debug, and optimize distributed systems to ensure reliability and high availability.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of learning, ownership, and engineering excellence.
  • Work with infrastructure, product, and frontend teams to deliver reliable end-to-end solutions.

Requirements

  • 3+ years developing production software with a focus on backend systems.
  • Passion for building and debugging large-scale distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.
  • Curious, autonomous, and accountable—with a drive to own problems end-to-end.
  • Experience in payments or fintech environments (bonus).
Benefits
  • 100% paid health coverage
  • Generous PTO and sick leave
  • Lunch, snacks, and coffee provided
  • Company retreats
  • Opportunities to travel and see the impact of your work
  • Hybrid work: we deeply value in-person collaboration and are in-office at least 3 days a week, but are flexible on working from home

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
backend developmentdistributed systemsproduction softwaredebuggingscalable architecturecode optimizationclean codemaintainable codeengineering excellence
Soft skills
mentoringownershipcuriosityautonomyaccountabilityproblem-solvingcollaboration
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