Software Engineer, Finance Technology

📋 Description

• Take a leading role in the design and development of services and features that will facilitate the transformation of our finance technology stack, working closely with Staff Engineers and Product teams.

• Operate like an ezCater owner and a software craftsman, finding the right balance between quality and speed while delivering features that have a significant impact on customers.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the pursuit of engineering excellence throughout the organization.

• Participate in an on-call rotation that we strive to keep as uneventful as possible.

• Enjoy the process of building meaningful software with fantastic colleagues.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 3 years of professional development experience, emphasizing backend technologies and service building with Go, Ruby on Rails, Java, or similar programming languages.

• Proven success in designing and utilizing APIs (REST or GraphQL), along with a working knowledge of relational SQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).

• Proficient in using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) and a demonstrated ability to incorporate them into daily engineering workflows to enhance delivery, elevate code quality, and automate routine development tasks. A willingness to share AI best practices with colleagues is a plus!

• Experience in designing, building, and scaling payment processing and payout systems (e.g., credit card processing, invoicing, refunds, restaurant partner disbursements, tax calculation/reconciliation) within high-volume, customer-facing products.

• Practical experience in integrating with contemporary payment service providers and gateways (e.g., Stripe, Adyen, Braintree, card networks), with a solid understanding of payment lifecycles, settlement, chargebacks, and regulatory/compliance requirements (such as PCI and SCA).

• A focus on quality: adherence to security best practices, automated testing, clean code, code reviews, and fundamental CI/CD principles.

• Hands-on experience utilizing feature flags, telemetry, and safe rollout strategies to deploy incrementally and minimize risks associated with changes.

• Experience in triaging and investigating custom-impacting production issues.

• A proven record of collaborating with Product and Design teams to transform ambiguous challenges into iterative deliveries and quantifiable results.

• A willingness to both give and receive feedback in a collaborative learning atmosphere.

• A friendly, flexible, and pragmatic approach to work.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary in the market

• Stock options that you will help increase in value

• 12 paid holidays

• Flexible paid time off (PTO)

• 401K plan with ezCater matching

• Health, dental, and flexible spending account (FSA)

• Long-term disability insurance

• Resources for mental health and family planning

• Option for remote-hybrid work from our fantastic Boston office or from home, or a combination of both

• Employee meal program (along with many more perks) when you are in the office