Backend Engineer, Payments

Chariot; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

PTO 18 days + 13 holidays

100% paid parental leave

Weekly team lunches

Free dinner after 8pm

Monthly team events

Employee-friendly equity

Company retreats

Matching DAFs and charitable giving

Job summary

Chariot is seeking a seasoned backend engineer to propel our platform to the next level. You will lead the evolution of our banking and DAF products and help define technology strategy while growing a team of engineers.

Partner with the CEO and a core team to build scalable services that support current and future contracts, mentor peers, and contribute to a fast-moving, mission-driven startup environment in NYC.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software development experience.
• 2+ years as a backend developer building scalable backend systems.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent; technical background welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend server applications and components powering the Chariot platform.
• Architect and design APIs, backend systems, and set team standards/best practices.
• Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies.
• Improve real-time and analytical monitoring and alerting to understand user behavior.
• Communicate with founders, product managers, and other developers.
• Plan and deliver projects in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Skills

Go

Node.js

Docker

Terraform

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

gRPC

AWS

Backend systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Job Description

Chariot's engineering hire will be responsible for taking the Chariot platform to the next level. You will lead the evolution of our banking product, DAF product and technology strategy, along with building a growing team of software engineers. You will work closely with the CEO and team of founding engineers to build out a product that can scale to service all the existing and upcoming contracts in our pipeline. The ideal candidate is both forward-thinking and hands-on, has a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery, and is a good mentor and co-worker. At Chariot, you'll have the unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact for nonprofits around the world while working as part of a small, fast-moving team.

• Manage and build out the backend server applications and components that comprise the Chariot platform that power our various product offerings.
• Contribute to the architecture and design of our APIs, backend systems, and applications and help define team standards and best practices.
• Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies.
• Improve real-time and analytical monitoring and alerting capabilities for us to better understand our user behaviors and iterate on our product.
• Communicate effectively with founders, product managers, and other software developers.
• Manage and execute against project plans and delivery commitments within an Agile/Scrum environment.

About You

• 4+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 2+ years of relevant work experience as a backend application developer building performant and scalable backend systems.
• Bachelor's Degree, ideally in a technical field, but we understand great engineers come from all sorts of different backgrounds and also consider relevant work experience.
• Be highly proficient working with Go, Node, Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Postgres (RDBMS), REST APIs, and gRPC.
• Strong sense of responsibility; ability to drive a project from inception to completion.
• Experience with fintech, payments, and the nonprofit-sector is a plus.
• Experience building secure and scalable applications on AWS is a plus.

What you'll get from Chariot

At Chariot, we are building modern, end-to-end payment infrastructure making donors' lives easier, and nonprofits' lives better. $600B gets donated to charity each year in the US and the existing technology/infrastructure was still built for our grandparents generation. Chariot is here to change that.

• Traction. Annualizing over $1.8B in payment volume through Chariot. Tens of thousands of nonprofits already onboarded including American Cancer Society, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and University of Pennsylvania.
• Impact: That money services nonprofits working in homelessness, health, education, the environment, and so much more.
• Market opportunity: Billion dollar revenue opportunity. Fintech company operating in an untapped $600B market
• The Team. >30% of Charioteers are former founders. NYC office, in-person Monday through Thursday, WFH Friday. The public handbook shows how we operate.

Employee Benefits

• Healthcare: Comprehensive healthcare, including options that are 100% covered by Chariot for you
• Time-Off: 18 days PTO and 13 holidays - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge
• Parental Leave: 100% paid parental leave, including 12 weeks for primary caregivers
• Team Lunches: Weekly team lunches
• Dinner on Chariot: Free dinner every day at office past 8pm
• Team Events: Monthly team building events
• Employee-friendly equity: 2 year exercise window and double-trigger acceleration
• Company Retreats: To get away - we all convene 2-3x / year company retreats
• Matching Gifts: Matching DAFs and daily charitable giving through GoodToday