Staff Software Engineer

About the role

The Staff Software Engineer will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical foundation of our ecosystem. They will be responsible for designing and building scalable, fault-tolerant systems across product and infrastructure, leading development of core platform primitives, and improving performance, reliability, and system observability.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Proven experience designing and scaling complex distributed systems
• Experience working on high-growth products or platforms
• Background in one or more of: Marketplaces, Social platforms, Payments / fintech systems, SaaS infrastructure
• Strong backend experience (e.g., PHP/Laravel, TypeScript/Node, Go, or similar)
• Deep understanding of: System design and architecture, API design and service boundaries, Databases (MySQL, Postgres, event-driven systems), Caching, queues, and async processing
• Experience with: Payment systems or financial workflows (preferred), Real-time systems (messaging, notifications, streaming), Cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent)
• Leadership & Ownership: Ability to operate with high autonomy, Strong product intuition—can make tradeoffs between speed and scalability, Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction, Comfortable working in early-stage, ambiguous environments

What We're Looking For

We are looking for a self-driven, motivated individual who can work in a remote-first environment and is passionate about something outside of work. You should have experience in working with social media, fintech, or messaging applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain server-side applications (PHP 8, Laravel 10, Node.JS, Golang, MySQL).
• Build and optimize APIs, ensure performance, scalability, and security.
• Implement front-end features with React.js (18.2).
• Work with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code reviews.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor juniors.
• Manage integrations between systems and cloud services (AWS).
• Maintain documentation, database schemas, and ensure security best practices.

What Makes This Role Different

To be part of truly mission-driven work that aims to reduce economic inequality and empower individuals to live their best lives and build for the world around them. Flexible working environment with a lot of autonomy. We build our work days around our lives, not the other way around. Other benefits like a remote working budget, an educational budget and time to develop new skills. Direct access to founders and influence on product + business decisions. Opportunity to build both: Consumer-grade social product, Fintech-grade infrastructure. High ownership, low bureaucracy. Compensation Competitive Salary (combination of base + equity + annual bonus) (based on location, experience, and company performance). Meaningful equity package (early-stage upside).