Senior Payments Infra Engineer — Secure Tokenization & PCI

Sierra; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible unlimited paid time off

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Life insurance and disability benefits

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Fertility and family building benefits

Free lunch and snacks

Discretionary benefit stipend

Free alphorn lessons

Job summary

Sierra is seeking an experienced engineer to develop its Payments Infrastructure, enhancing how agents interact with sensitive payment information. You will design secure protocols, manage the technical direction of the team, and ensure seamless payment processing through innovative solutions.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in backend development, a strong security focus, and fluency in Go. Sierra offers a welcoming environment that values diversity and innovation, along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building backend, platform, or infrastructure systems.
• Deep security instinct and a proactive design approach.
• Fluency in a systems language, preferably Go.
• Experience in setting technical direction for complex problems.
• Capability to create clean abstractions over external systems.
• Relevant degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Design secure capture protocols for seamless payment experiences.
• Build and extend the tokenization platform for secure payments.
• Own security perimeter around cardholder data environments.
• Implement detection models for cardholder data.

Skills

Backend system development

Security design

Fluency in Go

Distributed systems management

Technical direction setting

Generalist problem solving

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Sierra is seeking an experienced engineer to develop its Payments Infrastructure, enhancing how agents interact with sensitive payment information. You will design secure protocols, manage the technical direction of the team, and ensure seamless payment processing through innovative solutions.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in backend development, a strong security focus, and fluency in Go. Sierra offers a welcoming environment that values diversity and innovation, along with comprehensive benefits.