Staff Software Engineer, Technical Lead – Merryfield

What you'll do

• Architect and build microservices using Node.js and Go
• Work closely with product teams to deliver great customer experiences and pursue new revenue opportunities
• Work in high-throughput environments focusing on stability, speed, and customer experience
• Write thoughtful, quality code that is readable, testable, and maintainable
• Create data-driven and stable APIs for mobile apps
• Strive for excellent development practices and rapid release code architecture
• Work cross-functionally with mobile and backend engineers and product teams to release high-quality features
• Adhere to and improve agile processes through requirement documents, sprint retrospectives, and regular meetings

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience building backend services
• 2+ years in a technical leadership capacity (mentoring junior engineers, scoping technical projects)
• Experience with Microservice or Service-oriented Architectures
• Experience building within the Node.js ecosystem
• Experience using gRPC, protobuf, or GraphQL
• Experience managing AWS environments (GCP is a plus)
• Experience working with relational databases
• Experience with message queues or event streams
• Experience in the financial and rewards tech industry is a plus
• Experience proactively working with modern AI-enhanced development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor)
• Willingness to learn and teach in a collaborative environment
• Ability to participate well in an open feedback environment

Tech stack