Staff Software Engineer – Payments, Ledger

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Staff Engineer ensuring reliable financial processes for health insurance reimbursement startup. Collaborate with teams on ledger and payment systems using Java, Postgres, and AWS.

Posted 7/15/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating production financial systems, with a strong focus on backend engineering, particularly in Java. Capable of designing reliable systems for financial events and leading technical decisions while mentoring other engineers.

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Production Financial Systems ExperienceBackend Engineering with JavaLedger and Payment Systems ExpertiseRelational Database ManagementTechnical Mentorship and Leadership

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Hard Skills

Backend EngineeringJavaRelational Database ManagementData ModelingSystem DesignFinancial Event HandlingPayment State ManagementReconciliation ProcessesIntegration DevelopmentMoney Movement Infrastructure

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationMentorshipPragmatic JudgmentProblem-SolvingProduct-Minded Approach

Industry Keywords

Financial SystemsPaymentsLedgersBanking IntegrationsReimbursementsAccuracyTraceabilityLong-Term MaintainabilityTechnical Decision-MakingEngineering Patterns

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Java

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive architecture and implementation for ledger, payments, and money movement capabilities, both through your own contributions and by guiding technical decisions across the team
Design systems that handle financial events, balances, reimbursements, payment states, reconciliation, reversals, and related workflows
Build reliable backend services, integrations, and data models for systems where correctness matters
Partner with product and engineering leaders to shape the direction of our financial platform
Bring practical experience from production financial systems to help us avoid common mistakes and choose proven patterns
Mentor other engineers and help establish strong engineering patterns for financial systems
This role doesn’t require people management, but the opportunity does exist

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant experience building and operating production financial systems
Hands-on experience with ledgers, payment systems, card payments, banking integrations, reimbursements, or similar money movement infrastructure
Strong backend engineering experience, ideally with Java or a similar language
Strong relational database experience, especially with data models that require accuracy, traceability, and long-term maintainability
Ability to lead through technical judgment, clear communication, mentorship, and execution
Comfort working through ambiguous product and technical problems
A product-minded approach to engineering, with an interest in how technical decisions affect customers, operations, and the business
Pragmatic judgment about when to invest deeply, when to keep things simple, and how to make tradeoffs without losing sight of financial integrity.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A generously funded ICHRA for medical, dental, and vision premiums and medical expenses. You get to use our own product and we think that’s so exciting and rare!
Unlimited personal vacation in addition to regular company holidays.
401(k): 90-day eligibility for 4% match that vests over 4 years with a one year cliff!
We have two beautiful offices in Richardson, Texas (City Line) and Austin, Texas. The kitchen is well-stocked and we've designed the space to have lots of different areas to work--lounge on the couch, stand near your colleague at a kiosk desk or hole up in one of our phone rooms!
Competitive parental leave for new parents.
Up to two paid days of Paw-ternity leave. We recognize that pets are family too - and supporting life outside of work (including four-legged members) matters!
ClassPass corporate membership with access to over 73,000 fitness and wellness options.
Flexible on where you work – we believe in the power of connecting with intention! While we hope to see you around the office on a regular basis, you also have the ability to work from home some when you need to get focus work done.