Staff Backend Engineer - Payments & FinTech APIs

GoodLeap; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 155,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

GoodLeap in Austin, TX is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and scale backend services that power contractor financial tools and payments. You will own API design, reliability, and performance, partnering with product, design, finance, risk, and operations.

You will mentor engineers, drive full software lifecycle, and promote observability and security. 8+ years of backend experience with Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, and AWS are preferred.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development with backend focus.
• Strong design of scalable, secure distributed systems and APIs.
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Excellent communication and leadership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and evolve scalable, high-performance APIs and backend services for contractor financial tools
• Build secure and reliable capabilities that support payments and other financial workflows
• Integrate with internal and external systems while keeping services maintainable and extensible
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Finance, Risk, and Operations to translate business needs into resilient technical solutions
• Drive the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation through testing, deployment, and post-launch support
• Mentor and guide engineers across the team, setting high standards for system design, security, scalability, and code quality
• Champion observability, documentation, monitoring, alerting, and incident response

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

System design

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

NestJS

AWS

Job description

GoodLeap in Austin, TX is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and scale backend services that power contractor financial tools and payments. You will own API design, reliability, and performance, partnering with product, design, finance, risk, and operations.

You will mentor engineers, drive full software lifecycle, and promote observability and security. 8+ years of backend experience with Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, and AWS are preferred.