Staff Software Engineer - Fintech Architect (Remote)

Storm2; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with equity

Remote-first culture

Small team, big impact

Professional growth

Modern cloud stack

Mission-driven fintech

Job summary

Storm2 is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to architect financial systems and lead cross-domain solutions in a remote-first fintech setting. You will drive technical decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and compliance teams to meet regulatory requirements.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years of experience, a strong foundation in algorithms, and deep knowledge of money-movement platforms, distributed systems, and Python-based backend development.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building production systems.
• Experience solving cross-domain challenges.
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and CS fundamentals.
• Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices.
• Deep experience building platforms for money movement.

Responsibilities

• Architect Critical Financial Systems: Design and implement payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance systems.
• Lead Cross-Domain Solutions: Coordinate interactions between payments, fraud detection, user management, and compliance.
• Drive Technical Decisions: Lead architecture decisions for platform and engineering practices.
• Mentor Engineers: Guide juniors and establish coding standards.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work with product and compliance to meet regulatory requirements.

Skills

Algorithms & DS

Distributed systems

Microservices

Money movement platforms

Tools

Python

APIs & web frameworks

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Storm2 is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to architect financial systems and lead cross-domain solutions in a remote-first fintech setting. You will drive technical decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and compliance teams to meet regulatory requirements.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years of experience, a strong foundation in algorithms, and deep knowledge of money-movement platforms, distributed systems, and Python-based backend development.