Senior Backend Software Engineer – Payments

Holistic Partners — United States · Posted ~4 hours ago

Senior Full-time Hybrid

Skills

Backend software engineering Node.js Express JavaScript TypeScript PostgreSQL Relational databases Payment processing System architecture

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Join an early-stage technology company as a senior backend engineer and help build a high-scale revenue and payment platform. You will independently solve ambiguous problems, make architectural decisions, and deliver production-ready systems using Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Express, and PostgreSQL.

Highlights

High-ownership senior role with hybrid work, direct collaboration with technical leadership, significant architectural responsibility, and the opportunity to build payment infrastructure at substantial transaction scale.

Description

Role: Senior Backend Software Engineer – Payments Locations: New York City or San Francisco Work Arrangement: Hybrid—3 days onsite Experience: 6–12 years Industry: Fintech/Healthtech startup Position Overview An early-stage AI-native fintech/healthtech company is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to help develop a revenue operating platform processing more than $1 billion in annual payments for senior-care operators across 45 states. This is a high-ownership position working closely with the CTO. The engineer must independently handle ambiguous problems, make architectural decisions, and deliver production-ready solutions. Required Qualifications 6–12 years of backend software engineering experience.Strong hands-on experience with Node.js, Express, JavaScript and TypeScript.Strong PostgreSQL and relational database experience.Recent payment-processing, payment-platform or transaction-system experience.Previous startup or early-stage company experience.Experience owning projects from design through production deployment.Strong system-design and backend-architecture skills.Stable employment history. Preferred Qualifications Healthcare, healthtech or senior-care technology experience.Experience with claims, billing or revenue-cycle workflows.Experience developing AI-powered automation.Experience working directly with founders, CTOs or product leadership. Responsibilities Own backend product initiatives from planning through production.Make architectural and engineering-design decisions.Develop payment, claims and revenue-workflow automation.Partner with product and non-technical stakeholders.Improve engineering tools and development processes.Work independently within a small engineering team.