Lead Software Engineer - Reconciliation

Modern Treasury Corp; New York (NY); Remote; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the payments industry seeks a Lead Software Engineer to enhance the Reconciliation Platform. This role is vital for ensuring accuracy in payment transactions, requiring extensive experience in software engineering and payments systems. Join a collaborative team to drive innovation and scale for diverse customer needs.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years in tech lead roles.
• Experience in payments industry, particularly ACH, Wire, or FX.

Responsibilities

• Improve capabilities of the Reconciliation Engine.
• Architect for scale and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Software Engineering

Architecture for Scale

Customer Empathy

Collaboration

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React

GraphQL

Postgres

Redis

AWS

Docker

GitHub

Buildkite

Job description

OVERVIEW

This position can be based out of San Francisco, New York, or remote (we accept candidates from the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, MA, MI, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TX, UT, WA, WI).

We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Reconciliation Platform team. Reconciliation is a critical piece of our core Payments product as it ensures the correctness of funds in accounts versus payment activity. This delivers on the core value proposition of Modern Treasury by giving our customers assurances that their payment activity is correctly reflected in their accounts. When our customers see the green checkmark next to a transaction in our app then that is one less thing for them to worry about and they can focus on running their core business.

YOU WILL

• Contribute to our core mission through increasing the capabilities of our Reconciliation Engine. Our automatic reconciliation rate is already industry leading; we are constantly working to improve it especially given an ever increasing diversity of businesses on our platform.

• Focus on architecting for scale so we can continue to deliver best in class performance to a rapidly growing customer base.

• Help to shape a new set of products we are building to meet the sophisticated financial operating needs of modern enterprises.

• Spend time getting to know our customers and their specific needs so that we always operate from a position of customer empathy.

• Build and work in collaboration with cross-functional (Product Management, Customer Support / Success, Sales) partners to help define roadmap and to quickly address customer issues

• Educate and evangelize your work to the rest of the Company and our customers.
  

WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years in a tech lead role

• Experience working with large-scale, high-availability systems

• Experience working with SQL/Relational databases

• Hands-on keyboard work in your most recent role is strongly preferred

• Experience in the payments industry, with a strong preference for expertise in ACH, Wire, or FX

• Prior experience in automatic cash reconciliation is highly desirable
  

TECHNOLOGIES WE USE

• Ruby on Rails for our backend framework

• React, GraphQL, and Tailwind CSS on the front end

• Postgres for our database

• Redis for caching

• AWS for infrastructure and hosting

• Docker for containerization

• GitHub for source code management

• Buildkite for continuous integration

Modern Treasury is committed to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate in any employment opportunities or practices based on an individual's race, color, creed, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), religion (all aspects of religious beliefs, observance or practice, including religious dress or grooming practices), marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under California Vehicle Code section 12801.9), natural hair, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, medical condition (including cancer or a record or history of cancer, and genetic characteristics), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic information, sexual orientation, military and veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.It also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

Modern Treasury participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.