Austin, Remote Remote (Global) Employment $114,000 - $169,000

Self Financial is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

About the Role

What You'll Do

Own the development and ongoing support of critical components within the PayPort payment platform. You'll be responsible for maintaining system uptime, optimizing performance, and resolving production issues that affect payment workflows. Your work will ensure seamless transaction processing and reliable integration with financial systems.

Design and implement scalable services that power payment processing and reporting features. Collaborate with Product, DevOps, and Finance teams to define technical requirements and deliver solutions that meet both business and compliance needs. You’ll also help improve system observability through monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning.

Guide junior engineers through mentorship and contribute to technical discussions, code reviews, and sprint planning. Play an active role in all phases of the software lifecycle—from design to deployment—while promoting best practices in testing, automation, and secure coding.

Requirements

  • 5-8 years of professional software development experience
  • Proven background in backend systems and service-oriented architectures
  • Hands-on experience building or supporting payment platforms or financial infrastructure
  • Strong coding skills in server-side languages and deep knowledge of SQL and database systems
  • Working knowledge of cloud environments, particularly AWS
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, production support, and system monitoring
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex issues in high-stakes, production-critical environments

Preferred Qualifications

  • Background in payment processing, banking systems, or regulated financial sectors
  • Experience developing bank or credit bureau reporting functionality
  • Understanding of fault-tolerant, highly available system design
  • Adaptability in fast-moving or resource-constrained settings
  • Clear communication skills and a collaborative mindset across technical and non-technical teams

Benefits

  • Stock options as part of total compensation
  • Performance-based bonuses
  • Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage funded by the company
  • Flexible paid time off policy
  • Support for continuing education
  • Free gym membership
  • Casual workplace environment
  • Team events and social activities
  • Remote work flexibility and adaptable scheduling
  • Paid parental leave
Required Skills
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About company
Self Financial
A venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company with a mission to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by empowering people to build credit and build savings. Provides accessible tools to take control of credit, particularly for the 100 million+ Americans who have no or low credit.
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Category backend
Posted 10 hours ago