Platform Engineer, Payments

Dorsia; New York (NY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

In-office lunch 3 days a week

Employee Dining Credits

Job summary

Dorsia is looking for a Payments Engineer to lead the financial infrastructure of the platform. This role requires proven experience in building payment systems and working with hospitality tech. Candidates should have 5+ years in backend engineering with at least 2 years in payments.

The position offers a competitive salary ranging from $165,000 to $185,000 and includes benefits such as flexible PTO, medical coverage, and employee dining credits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with at least 2 years focused on payments systems in production.
• Hands-on experience with payment processors and thorough understanding of authorization, capture, settlement, and reconciliation.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the core payments infrastructure that supports every financial transaction on the Dorsia platform.
• Design and maintain payment processing architecture and build integrations with payment processors.
• Work with Finance on reconciliation, reporting, and workflows depending on transaction data.

Skills

Payments systems

Backend engineering

POS integration

PCI-DSS compliance

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Payment processors

SevenRooms

Toast

Square

Job description

Dorsia is redefining how people access the world's most in-demand restaurants and experiences, fusing technology with luxury hospitality to give members access to the impossible, and giving operators the tools to match. We're a fast-growing startup backed by $50M+ from Index Ventures and partners including Major Food Group, Groot Hospitality, and Gracious Hospitality. We're building the team for our next phase of growth.

About the Role

Dorsia is seeking a Payments Engineer to own the entire financial layer of our platform. This spans member dining payments, billing and renewals, dining credits and redemptions, operator reconciliation, and corporate account management for our B2B products. Dorsia Pay, our proprietary frictionless dining product, is the most visible expression of this work, but it is one surface of many.

Qualified individuals have proven experience building payments infrastructure in production and understand the full lifecycle of a transaction. You have worked with the hospitality or restaurant tech ecosystem and understand firsthand the nuances of POS integration and operations‑facing systems.

What You'll Do

Payments Infrastructure

• Own the core payments infrastructure that supports every financial transaction on the Dorsia platform, from member‑facing dining payments to billing and corporate accounts.
• Design and maintain payment processing architecture and build integrations with payment processors, acquirers, and card networks.
• Own the membership billing lifecycle including recurring charges, failed payment recovery, and cancellation flows.
• Support corporate and B2B billing surfaces that sit alongside the consumer product.
• Implement and maintain PCI‑compliant data handling practices across all payments.

Restaurant and Operator Integrations

• Own integrations with POS systems and restaurant technology platforms including SevenRooms, Toast, and Square.
• Build robust, fault‑tolerant integration layers that account for the operational realities of restaurant systems in production.
• Design operator‑side reconciliation and payout flows, as well as integration architecture that scales to new venues and markets smoothly.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Work with the Finance team on reconciliation, reporting, and the downstream workflows that depend on accurate transaction data.
• Collaborate with the Security Engineering team on fraud controls, access patterns, and the security posture of the financial layer.
• Partner with the Product team to shape how payments experiences evolve across the member app, operator tools, and overall marketplace.

Winning Recipe

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with at least 2 years focused on payments systems in production.
• Hands‑on experience with payment processors and thorough understanding of authorization, capture, settlement, and reconciliation end‑to‑end.
• Experience building subscription or membership billing systems, including failure recovery and lifecycle management.
• Prior experience integrating with POS or restaurant technology platforms.
• Working knowledge of PCI‑DSS compliance requirements.
• Clear, direct communication with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders across finance, operations, and restaurant operators.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, complex environment involving cross‑functional projects.
• A genuine interest in the Dorsia product, the member experience, and what it means to build for hospitality at this level.

Compensation and Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• FSA
• Free membership to One Medical
• Talkspace
• Kindbody
• 401(k)
• In‑office lunch 3 days a week
• Employee Dining Credits

Compensation

New York Pay Range

$165,000 - $185,000 USD