Skipify, Inc.

Position: Senior Tech Lead, Software Engineering Work location: San Francisco, CA Wage: $215,000.00 - $236,500.00 / per year Job Duties: Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis. Lead the implementation strategy and coordinate internal and external prioritization to ensure an on-time delivery of full stack integrations that provision sensitive financial information. Contribute to system architecture and design discussions, balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability of Skipifys Commerce Identity Cloud. Design, develop, and maintain scalable frontend and backend applications using modern frameworks (e.g., React, Node.js, Go, Python) for a highly secure platform that handles encryption/decryption of payment card and personal information for millions of consumers using cloud native capabilities. Lead implementation of RESTful and GraphQL APIs in a microservices environment for Skipifys public and private endpoints. Implement RESTful integrations across payment service providers, payment gateways, payment card issuers, and other non-traditional payment instruments with an emphasis on security, performance, and reliability as core functional pillars. Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve build, test, and deployment workflows. Implement and maintain comprehensive testing strategies, including unit, integration, and end-to-end (user) testing. Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and QA teams in an Agile environment. Leverage cloud services to deploy and monitor applications at scale. Comfortable in Agile environments with regular delivery cycles and iterative development. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge-sharing efforts. Must be available to work on projects at various, unanticipated sites throughout the United States. Telecommuting is permitted. Minimum Requirements: Masters degree in Computer Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering, or related field and 5 years of experience in the job offered or in a software development-related occupation. Must be available to work on projects at various, unanticipated sites throughout the United States. Telecommuting is permitted. Skill Requirements: Position requires at least 4 years of experience in each of the following skills: 1. Experience in application programming interfaces (API) design and/or involvement in the development of web applications. 2. Experience in handling architecture and design of the software solutions, in the evaluation of various technologies for application development, exploring proof of concepts of various implementations), and/or in software algorithm development, software design, implementation, unit testing, vehicle testing and deployed software maintenance. 3. Experience using Golang and/or NodeJS (in backend). 4. Experience working with major cloud provider AWS and/or GCP. Position requires at least 3 years of experience in each of the following skills: 5. Frontend experience using ReactJS with state management, in CI/CD build pipelines and deployment, and in microservice based distributed architecture. 6. Experience executing full software development lifecycle activities using primarily Python and GoLang skills in Linux development environment using Lean-Agile methodologies and/or developing Full Stack applications based on requirements for clients. 7. Experience building automation pipelines for deployment and reduce defects by using best practices of development and/or assisting in root cause analysis of issues found in testing and process automation steps. 8.Experience supporting software and system level test plans and verification strategies to support ongoing feature development and bug fixes and/or reporting the bugs in the application and running of test cases to identify bugs in the system. The base offered for this role and level of experience is reflected above. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience. TO APPLY: Please email resume to, and indicate job code SSE001.