Senior Payments Systems Engineer (Node/TypeScript)

Access Search, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Access Search, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and enhance the payment infrastructure that powers high-throughput processing.

You will develop payment orchestration services, merchant-facing APIs, and real-time settlement systems to handle large financial activity. You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into reliable, scalable software, driving performance improvements and system observability while delivering

Qualifications

• Five+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong skills in TypeScript and Node.js with API design expertise.
• Experience with cloud platforms and containerized deployments.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and high-volume transaction processing.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance payment systems and backend services for high throughput.
• Create developer-friendly APIs and tools for external partners integration.
• Improve fraud prevention, data accuracy, and system resilience under heavy load.
• Design distributed, observable architectures with scalable databases and caching.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

React

API design

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Containerization

Tools

PostgreSQL

NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Access Search, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and enhance the payment infrastructure that powers high-throughput processing.

You will develop payment orchestration services, merchant-facing APIs, and real-time settlement systems to handle large financial activity. You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into reliable, scalable software, driving performance improvements and system observability while delivering