The Manager, Software Engineering - Payments will lead and mentor a small team of developers while contributing technically to build and maintain Skimmer's payments and financial systems. This role is central to ensuring secure, reliable, and compliant financial operations, particularly in credit card processing, payment gateways, and integrations with accounting platforms.
What You'll Do
- Lead and manage a small team of development engineers, acting as a player/coach to mentor and contribute technically.
- Be the internal technical expert on Skimmer's payments and finance systems, including Stripe credit card processing.
- Drive the integration and maintenance of financial and accounting platforms (e.g., QuickBooks Online) to ensure data accuracy and compliance.
- Utilize AI tools and best practices to maximize the productivity and efficiency of your development team.
- Assist in vendor selection for payment gateways and financial solutions.
- Develop and implement secure, reliable APIs and systems for all payment and finance-related functionality.
- Oversee security and compliance for payment card industry data (PCI DSS).
- Lead the migration or upgrade of our core Stripe credit card processing system to the latest API standards.
- Scope and initiate the integration with QuickBooks Online or a similar accounting platform.
- Review and enhance our current PCI compliance posture and data security protocols.
What We're Looking For
- Experience in a technical leadership or lead player/coach role leading a development team’s prioritized workload at a SaaS startup.
- Proven expertise building API integrations for SaaS products, specifically in the credit card processing and finance domain.
- Deep, hands-on expertise with Stripe credit card processing and payment gateways.
- Experience integrating with accounting platforms like QuickBooks Online, Xero, or similar.
- Expertise developing in C# and proficient with Microsoft SQL.
- Strong business acumen and an understanding of tax, accounting, and payment compliance (e.g., PCI DSS).
- High emotional intelligence (EQ) and a track record of leading successful cross-functional projects.
Nice to Have
- Proficiency leveraging and implementing AI tools (preferably Claude) for development productivity.
Technical Stack
- Stripe
- C#
- Microsoft SQL
- QuickBooks Online
- Xero
- API-based integrations
- AI tools (preferably Claude)
Team & Environment
- Small team
- Payments and Finance Development team; separate team owns Stripe integration for subscribing to Skimmer
- Reporting to VP of Engineering
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive base pay + bonus potential
- Generous medical, dental, and vision plans (we pay 100% of your premium and 50% of your dependents’)
- Fantastic culture with a very strong eNPS - we work hard, celebrate wins, and learn as we go to always be improving to benefit our customers.
- Immediate access to 401(k) with company match
- Flexible PTO (MINIMUM of 10 days required every year)
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parent
- 6 weeks paid leave for supporting partner
- Remote work friendly
- Comprehensive learning and development budget
- A manager dedicated to your development
Work Mode
- Remote work friendly
At Skimmer we are deeply committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace (it’s in our values). We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to identify and onboard people from all walks of life. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neurodiversity, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.
