Staff Engineer

Zip Co; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Zip Co is seeking a staff engineer to lead the architecture of a high-scale platform enabling real-time money movement and payment processing. This hands-on role emphasizes cross-domain technical leadership, distributed systems, reliable financial workflows, and practical AI adoption across engineering.

Responsibilities include setting technical direction across teams, designing event-driven systems, guiding initiatives from concept to production, and establishing reusable AI-enabled patterns.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for initiatives spanning multiple teams and platform domains.
• Design reliable, event-driven systems that preserve correctness across retries, duplicates, failures, and reconciliation scenarios.
• Guide major initiatives from ambiguous early concepts through production delivery.
• Establish reusable patterns for AI-assisted coding, testing, debugging, incident analysis, and developer productivity.
• Partner with engineering and product leaders on strategic architecture and delivery decisions.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise standards for reliability, scalability, performance, and developer experience.

Job description

Role overview

Lead the architecture and evolution of a high-scale platform responsible for real-time money movement and payment processing. This is a hands-on staff engineering role focused on cross-domain technical leadership, distributed systems, reliable financial workflows, and the practical adoption of AI across engineering.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for complex initiatives spanning multiple teams and platform domains.
• Design reliable, event-driven systems that preserve correctness across retries, duplicates, failures, and reconciliation scenarios.
• Guide major initiatives from ambiguous early concepts through production delivery.
• Establish reusable patterns for AI-assisted coding, testing, debugging, incident analysis, and developer productivity.
• Partner with engineering and product leaders on strategic architecture and delivery decisions.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise standards for reliability, scalability, performance, and developer experience.

Nice to have

• Experience scaling AI-enabled engineering practices across teams.
• Familiarity with domain-driven design, agile delivery, and test-driven development.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-first position for engineers based in the United States.
• Optional collaboration from a New York City office.
• Inclusive workplace with a stated commitment to accessibility and equal opportunity.