Sr. Backend Engineer

We’re inviting experienced senior backend engineers to join the core TipTop team. Together we will be working on consumer and enterprise systems at the intersection of e-commerce, logistics, and blockchain. We are looking for a self-starter who is a highly motivated and autonomous operator. Are you a seasoned engineer with previous experience in payment platform integrations or fintech SaaS who can solve problems from a blank slate?

You Will

• Solve complex challenges building software systems for products and verticals that don’t yet exist
• Develop scalable services that manage sensitive financial data and critical business logic
• Scope and build new payment and e-commerce integrations with autonomy
• Partner and collaborate closely with product designers, blockchain, infrastructure, and machine learning teams
• Contribute to the development of consumer facing experimentation & risk platforms
• Have the opportunity to build and lead a team

You Have

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer architecting, building, launching, and maintaining end-to-end services from whiteboard to production
• Proven experience leading and implementing complex payment systems and integrations in a scalable way
• Deep understanding of charges, payouts, chargebacks, declines, refunds, and checkout integrations
• Demonstrated ability turning business and product ideas into engineering solutions – you can go from zero to one
• Strong CS fundamentals and programming experience in Go and Python
• A desire to experiment, test assumptions, and challenge hypotheses rapidly
• The ability to see complex problems as solvable challenges

Even Better

• Lead contributor to previous implementations of Stripe, Square, Plaid, Affirm, or similar
• Passion for building, bias for action, and are excited by uncertainty
• You are autonomous & adaptable – own the work, move fast, react quickly
• Interest and ability to pick up new technologies quickly

Tech You’ll Use

• Go
• Python
• SQL/Postgres
• GCP
• Docker
• Kubernetes

How To Apply

Send us an email with a copy of your resume or LinkedIn, your GitHub, and any projects you think we should see to founders@tiptop.xyz