Lead Developer​/Technical Lead​/Software Engineer

CITIZENSHIP: Must be US Citizen or Legal/Permanent Resident Green Card (no C2C)

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. If not local, arrangements for 2-3 days a week in office, or possibly remote for a perfect candidate.

SALARY RANGES: $200-$280K DOE

HIERARCHY/REPORT TO: Director of Engineering and Partner

SIZES OF STAFF TO MANAGE: none at first, but proven experience mentoring and building a development team

SIZES OF TEAMS: TBD

PRIVATE COMPANY

# of EMPLOYEES: < 200 and growing

• 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#
• 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
• Transactional data systems
• System design and data modeling

• 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
• Legal name and if you have a preferred or nickname:
• Linked In:
• Best contact info (Email, cell):
• Availability:
• Where you live: (City, St, Zip)
• Willing to work 100% onsite, hybrid or remote:
• Willing to relocate if necessary:
• City, State, Zip and desired geographical work locations:
• Active passport and willing to travel if necessary
• Hourly/salary history and expectations:
• Sizes of Staff overseen:
• Budgetary Responsibility:
• Hierarchy/Report to:
• Education/Degrees/Active Certs:

Need these answered next to each question please. It’s how we present to the client and there is a lot of competition.

JOB SCREENING QUESTIONS – elaborate as needed. The focus is hands-on technical strength, expertise in payments and a great leader to eventually build teams.

• How many years of experience and how recent is your hands-on experience as a leader with deep expertise in .NET/C# and Microsoft Azure designing and owning backend architecture (scalability, reliability, security)?
• Feel free to elaborate on leadership accomplishments and current, hands-on technical skills:
• How many teams have you mentored and built? When and where?
• Front-end development experience with Angular expertise? When and where, and what was your role?
• Expert level experience with payments (Domestic, Cross border payments),
  credit card issuance, or virtual card payment? When and where, and what was your role?
• Familiarity with PCI DSS concepts, tokenization, and payment security practices? When and where, and what was your role?
• Experience supporting high-volume, financial transaction systems? When and where, and what was your role?
• Experience with event-driven systems, queues/pub-sub? When and where, and what was your role?

This role is a hands-on technical lead position requiring deep expertise in .NET and Microsoft Azure. The engineer is expected to design, implement, review, and deliver core backend services that must be robust, secure, and scalable.

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of payment rails across:

• Bank Integrations (ACH, Wire, RTP, check services, cross-border payments and balance/transaction reporting)
• Virtual Card Payments (STP /single-use / multi-use, authorization/ capture/ clearing/ settlement flows)

The role carries technical ownership and decision-making responsibility for system architecture, reliability, and performance.

The primary requirement is the ability to build and scale complex backend systems, apply strong cloud and security fundamentals, and take…