padsplit - Principal Financial Services Engineer (Fully Remote)
Requirements
• Financial Expertise: Significant experience designing and scaling payment systems, billing platforms, ledgers, banking integrations, or fintech infrastructure. • Backend Development: Deep expertise in Python and Django, with the ability to design and maintain complex backend services. • Frontend Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of JavaScript and React in modern web applications. • Payments Knowledge: Hands-on experience working with ACH, card payments, payment processors, and financial APIs. • Database Design: Expertise with PostgreSQL and designing systems that support reconciliation, auditability, and financial accuracy. • Cloud Architecture: Proven experience building distributed, fault-tolerant systems on AWS with strong reliability and scalability practices. • Security & Compliance: Understanding of financial security requirements, data protection, and compliance considerations for financial systems. • Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to influence engineering strategy, mentor senior engineers, and drive cross-functional alignment. • AI Product Thinking: Strong judgment regarding where AI can create meaningful value within financial services and customer experiences. • Communication Skills: Ability to translate complex financial, technical, and regulatory requirements into clear direction for technical and business stakeholders. • ## The Interview Process: • Your application will be reviewed for possible next steps by the Hiring Manager. • If you meet eligibility requirements, the next step would be a phone call with a member of the PeopleOps team for about thirty (30) minutes. • If warranted, the next step would be a video interview with our CTO for one (1) hour. • If warranted, the next step would be a video panel interview with key stakeholders at PadSplit for two (2) hours. • The panel interview will require a candidate to work on a technical assessment where you will showcase your software skills to the panel for discussion. • If warranted, then we move to offer!
Responsibilities
• Technical Vision: Define and evolve the architecture, strategy, and long-term roadmap for PadSplit's financial services domain. • Financial Systems: Design and build secure, scalable systems supporting payments, billing, collections, and ledger management. • Payment Integrations: Lead integrations with banks, payment processors, fintech partners, and financial service providers. • Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with Finance, Product, and Engineering leaders to align technical solutions with business objectives. • Engineering Standards: Establish and drive best practices around reliability, observability, transaction integrity, and financial accuracy. • Technical Mentorship: Mentor senior and staff engineers through architecture reviews, technical guidance, and engineering leadership. • Incident Leadership: Lead investigation, resolution, and prevention efforts for issues impacting financial systems and money movement. • Technology Evaluation: Assess emerging technologies, payment solutions, and AI capabilities that improve efficiency, reliability, or customer experience.
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