Sr. Software Engineer (Payments)

favorited

Santa Monica (CA)

Hybrid

USD 110,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance
Unlimited PTO
Company holidays

Job summary

A mobile live-streaming company is seeking a Senior Payments Systems Software Engineer to design and implement critical billing infrastructure. This full-time hybrid position in Santa Monica involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless payment processes. Candidates should have proficiency in React and TypeScript along with hands-on experience with Stripe. Flexible work arrangements and generous benefits are offered.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in building and maintaining billing systems.
  • Hands-on experience with payment systems.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement billing and payouts logic.
  • Build user-facing payment UI systems using React and TypeScript.
  • Integrate and manage payment systems with Stripe.

Skills

Proficiency in React
Proficiency in TypeScript
Knowledge of payment failure modes
Solutions-oriented mindset
Excellent communication skills
Detail-oriented

Tools

Stripe
App Store in-app payments

Job description

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Who We Are:

At Favorited, we are redefining mobile live-streaming as a fully interactive, gamified experience. We’re dedicated to fostering deeper connections between creators and their communities through play, and ensuring that creators are compensated well in the process.

Our App:

  • iOS

Apply to This Position If You:

  • Have a passion for building reliable and scalable payment systems that solve real-world problems.
  • Enjoy collaborating with product and finance teams to ensure seamless user experiences.
  • Thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments where your contributions have a direct impact.
  • Take pride in writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
  • Want to be part of a team that empowers creators and innovates in mobile live-streaming.

Who You Are:

  • Passionate about building innovative systems that enable creators to be compensated fairly.
  • Detail-oriented and organized, with a strong ability to troubleshoot and debug issues.
  • Excited by the opportunity to take ownership of mission-critical features.
  • A quick learner who can adapt to shifting priorities and technologies.

What You Will Do:

As a Sr. Payments Systems Software Engineer at Favorited, you will play a key role in building and maintaining the payment and billing systems that power our mobile live-streaming platform. This includes taking over critical logic for billing, payouts calculations, and the associated UI systems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth, seamless payment processes for our creators and users.

Responsibilities:

  • Designing, implementing, and maintaining billing and payouts logic for our mobile platform.
  • Building and optimizing user-facing payment UI systems using React and TypeScript.
  • Integrating and managing payment systems with Stripe and App Store in-app payments.
  • Identifying and mitigating payment failure modes, ensuring reliability and accuracy.
  • Partnering with product, finance, and backend teams to streamline payouts and billing flows.
  • Troubleshooting, testing, and iterating on features in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment.

What We Are Looking for:

We are seeking a proactive engineer with a deep understanding of payment systems and the experience to build and maintain mission-critical billing infrastructure. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise along with a solutions-oriented mindset.

  • Proficiency in React and TypeScript for front-end development.
  • Hands-on experience with Stripe and App Store in-app payments systems.
  • Strong knowledge of payment failure modes and their mitigation strategies.
  • Familiarity with corporate finance basics and payout systems is a plus.
  • Experience in building, scaling, and maintaining payment or billing platforms.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment.
  • A collaborative, problem-solving attitude with excellent communication skills.

Where You’ll Work

This is a full-time hybrid position based in Santa Monica, CA. You will work at least 2-3 days per week in our office, collaborating closely with a passionate and talented team.

  • Health Insurance
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Company holidays

At Favorited, we value the creativity and hard work of every team member. Join us as we redefine mobile live-streaming and empower creators to build thriving communities.

Seniority level

  • Mid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Full-time

Job function

  • Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

  • Software Development

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