Software Engineer

The Opportunity

You’ll be responsible for building and maintaining the systems that power everything at Column - from our payments stack to developer tools to core platform services. This role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure, software, and financial systems. Expect to own core parts of our infrastructure and shape the technical foundation of a company moving billions of dollars per day.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain critical infrastructure: compute, storage, networking, security, and observability systems
• 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
• Lead platform initiatives like authentication/authorization, change data capture, and cross-cutting APIs
• Operate close to the metal: optimize performance, reliability, and correctness across our systems
• Uphold the highest standards for system safety, especially in a regulated, mission-critical environment

What You’ll Get From Us

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!
• Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000 in qualified expenses
• Up to $2,000 (post-tax) monthly rent subsidy for employees living within 2 miles of Column’s office
• 💳 FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses
• 📈 401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options
• 🌴 Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge
• 👶 100% paid parental leave, including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers