Remote Lead Engineer, Global Payments Platform

Ladders

United States

Remote

USD 206,000 - 260,000

Full time

8 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage
401(k) matching program
21 days PTO
Wellbeing leave (10 days)
Extra leave (5 days)
Volunteer day
12 paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Annual bonus & equity

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Lead Engineer - Payments Platform to shape and scale a global payments capability for small business customers. You will own core platform services, contribute hands-on to production code and prototypes, and define technical direction in a collaborative engineering environment.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled engineering productivity and close cross-functional collaboration to solve complex business needs. Remote within the US is supported.

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in backend systems and high-throughput service design.
  • Strong understanding of system architecture and API design.
  • Proficiency in modern backend languages like C#, Java, Golang, or C++.
  • Experience with cloud-native platforms such as AWS.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to mentor engineers.
  • Ability to translate complex problems into actionable solutions.
  • Familiarity with AI tools to enhance development workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build payment platform capabilities to enhance product development.
  • Develop a global bill payment product for small businesses.
  • Create core high-throughput platform services.
  • Integrate AI capabilities to improve engineering productivity.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet complex business needs.
  • Contribute directly to production code and proof-of-concepts.
  • Set technical direction and foster an inclusive team culture.

Skills

Backend systems
API design
Leadership
Mentoring
AI tools

Tools

AWS

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Lead Engineer - Payments Platform to shape and scale a global payments capability for small business customers. You will own core platform services, contribute hands-on to production code and prototypes, and define technical direction in a collaborative engineering environment.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled engineering productivity and close cross-functional collaboration to solve complex business needs. Remote within the US is supported.

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