Technical Lead/Staff Software Engineer – Payments (Credit Card Lead Developer)

TITLE: Technical Lead/Staff Software Engineer – Payments (Credit Card Lead Developer)

LOCATION(S): New York, NY 10017 or Southlake, TX 76092 or California (open for discussion)

IN OFFICE POLICY IF LOCAL TO NY or TX location: If local, 4 days a week onsite.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Hands-on technical leadership (experience mentoring and building development teams)
• 5+ years backend engineering experience (production systems) 

• Background in fintech, banking, or financial services platforms. 

• Strong expertise in .NET / C# 

• Strong hands-on expertise in Azure SQL 

• Deep experience running systems in Microsoft Azure (production environment) 

• Proven ability to work in a product-driven environment and deliver outcomes (not just code)

• Demonstrated AI-first mindset (automation, AI-assisted workflows, LLM integration exposure is a plus)

• Strong fundamentals in: 
• Distributed systems
• Microservices architecture
• API design
• Transactional data systems
• System design and data modeling

Preferred 

• Front-end development experience with Angular expertise 

• Experience with payments (Domestic, Cross border payments), credit card issuance, or virtual card Payment. 

• Familiarity with PCI DSS concepts, tokenization, and payment security practices. 

• Experience supporting high-volume, financial transaction systems. 

• Experience with event-driven systems, queues/pub-sub