Staff Software Engineer — AI-Driven FinTech Platform

Meadow; New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Competitive Equity

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision

Flexible Paid Time Off

Paid Company Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

1-2 Onsites Per Year

Ambitious, Kind, No-Drama Team

Job summary

Meadow, a modern payments platform for higher education, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to scale Meadow Pay. You will design, build, and operate core systems across backend and frontend, partnering with Product, CX, and Integrations to deliver high-quality software.

Expect ownership from concept through production in a fast-paced startup environment. You will lead architectures for scalable services (TypeScript/Node.js) and contribute to frontend (React), emphasizing reliability and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in product engineering or software development.
• Experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Strong ownership mindset with high urgency and accountability.
• Ability to make high-stakes decisions and drive them to completion.
• Operational excellence to improve stability, performance, and scalability.
• Empathy and product sense to understand user needs across personas.
• Technical depth across full stack design and architecture.
• AI-first mindset with ability to integrate AI tooling into workflows.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration with product, design, CX, and sales.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of product features from design through deployment and support.
• Architect and build scalable backend services and APIs (TypeScript/Node.js).
• Contribute to frontend development using modern frameworks (React).
• Design systems with reliability and observability in mind.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, CX, and Integrations teams to deliver user-facing features.
• Participate in code reviews and uphold high standards for quality and design.
• Improve engineering processes, tooling, and documentation for scale.
• Shape technical decisions and engineering culture as Meadow grows.

Skills

10+ Years Experience in Engineering

Ownership

Agency

Decisions

Operational Excellence

Product Sense

Technical Depth

AI Fluency

Communication & Collaboration

Frontend & Backend Experience

Tools

TypeScript/Node.js

React

Job description

Meadow, a modern payments platform for higher education, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to scale Meadow Pay. You will design, build, and operate core systems across backend and frontend, partnering with Product, CX, and Integrations to deliver high-quality software.

Expect ownership from concept through production in a fast-paced startup environment. You will lead architectures for scalable services (TypeScript/Node.js) and contribute to frontend (React), emphasizing reliability and