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Staff Software Engineer, Merchant Platform

285k – 330kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringHybrid6+ YOE
Summary

Build and own the merchant platform's money movement infrastructure and product-agnostic tools that power Parafin's financial offerings. Requires 6+ years building production backend/platform systems and a CS degree.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable systems that support merchant-facing products and services
  • Develop features that enhance the merchant experience and drive engagement
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver seamless product integrations
  • Own core platform and identify, prioritize, and execute on infrastructure opportunities to accelerate product development and maintain high reliability

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience building and operating production backend or platform systems
  • Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science (or related field)
  • Strong technical fundamentals and ability to navigate ambiguity
  • Experience building and operating asynchronous systems or data pipelines in production environments
  • Comfortable owning and driving development of both product and platform initiatives from scratch
  • Ability to identify commonalities between different problem statements and design appropriate abstractions

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience working on a small team and helping set company foundations
Skills
Backend SystemsPlatform EngineeringScalable Systems DesignAsynchronous SystemsData PipelinesProduction SystemsInfrastructureCross-functional Collaboration
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