Staff Engineer

Routefusion; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Routefusion, a global financial infrastructure platform, seeks a Staff Engineer to lead core systems and drive security, scalability, and reliability across the stack.

You will partner with product and DevOps, guide engineering culture, and mentor engineers while shaping the technical strategy to accelerate growth.

Hybrid in-person culture with occasional office days; remote work possible at times.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Expertise designing, delivering, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems.
• Proficient in Node.js or TypeScript with SQL.
• Experience with cloud platforms like GCP or AWS.
• Ability to lead technical projects and mentor engineers.
• Strong understanding of network protocols, OS, and databases.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical roadmap for core platform infrastructure.
• Provide architectural guidance on complex system design and implementation.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve engineering practices.
• Design scalable, secure, observable infrastructure and services.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with product teams to deliver solutions.
• Ensure high availability and lead incident response.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

SQL

Distributed systems design

REST/GraphQL APIs

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

Mentoring engineers

Technical leadership

Tools

Pub/Sub

SQS

PostgreSQL

HTTP/Web APIs

Job description

Who we are

About Routefusion

Routefusion is a global financial infrastructure platform for businesses. From late stage high growth fintechs and platforms to early stage upstart neobanks, —use Routefusion to accept and send global bank-to-bank payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to liberate global financial infrastructure for every business, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

Routefusion builds the internet’s economic infrastructure, making money transactions easy and connecting the world’s economies. We’re a small and efficient team. We meet in office a few times a week to whiteboard, collaborate and eat great lunches. We have a hybrid in person culture where we do expect you to come in a few times a week for in person collaboration, but after those meetings we do not care if you are working from home or the beach (if Austin had one…cough cough secret beach**).

About the role

As a Staff Engineer, you will be a critical technical leader, driving the evolution of our core systems that make up our global infrastructure and ultimately serve people and financial systems around the globe. You will partner with many functions at Routefusion, and will be a key influencer in defining technical strategy, education, and culture within the engineering organization. You will work on complex systems and ensure security, scalability, and reliability throughout the stack.

The right engineer will allow us to scale faster and more reliably as our business accelerates. If that sounds exciting, we’d love to speak with you.

What you’ll do

• Technical Leadership
  • Help define and drive the technical roadmap for critical platform infrastructure components.
  • Provide architectural guidance and expertise on complex system design and implementation.
  • Identify and solve systemic challenges that impact the scalability and reliability of Routefusion’s platform.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve engineering practices and infrastructure efficiency.
• System Design and Implementation
  • Design and implement highly scalable, resilient, and performant systems.
  • Develop and maintain core infrastructure services, focusing on security, automation, and observability.
  • Evaluate and adopt technologies and methodologies to enhance Routefusion’s infrastructure capabilities.
• Mentorship and Collaboration
  • Mentor and guide senior and junior engineers, fostering their technical growth.
  • Collaborate closely with product managers, DevOps, and other engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions.
  • Drive technical discussions and decisions, ensuring alignment across teams.
• Operational Excellence
  • Ensure high availability and reliability of critical infrastructure services.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response efforts.
  • Drive continuous improvement in monitoring, alerting, and operational processes.

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 10+ years of experience working as a software engineer in backend systems.
• Expertise in designing, delivering, extending, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems.
• Love to design systems that are elegant abstractions over complex patterns/practices.
• Proven proficiency in one of Node.js or TypeScript, as well as SQL, and cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS.
• Strong understanding of network protocols, operating systems, and database systems.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects and drive architectural decisions.
• Experience mentoring and growing engineers of all levels.

Preferred qualifications

• You have extensive experience working with financial systems.
• You think of yourself as entrepreneurial and enjoy moving quickly.
• You hold yourself and others to a high bar.
• You enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different expertise.
• In-depth knowledge of the following technologies: Javascript, Node.js, TypeScript, HTTP, Pub/Sub, SQS, PostgreSQL.
• In-depth understanding of Web API standards such as REST, and GraphQL.