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Sr. Software Engineer, Backend (Payments & Ledger)

Synctera

$140,000 - $190,000
Oct 10, 2025
San Francisco, CA, US
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The payments and ledger team ensures money moves reliably and securely through Synctera's systems, balances are accurately recorded, and all financial operations are audit-ready and scalable. As a software engineer on this team, you'll design, build, and maintain core services that power our payments and ledger systems.

Requirements

  • Experience with Go or a comparable structured and opinionated language
  • Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases
  • Experience with at least one major cloud provider, preferably Google Cloud
  • Experience in using and creating RESTful APIs, which will be consumed by our frontend engineers and our customers
  • Experience with Python / GitLab APIs / Google Cloud APIs
  • Familiarity with payment rails and financial systems
  • Knowledge of ISO 20022 or other financial messaging standards

Responsibilities

  • Develop services and utilities in Go
  • Design and implement robust, secure, and scalable payment processing systems supporting ACH, wire, MRDC, card, and real-time payment rails
  • Ensure high availability and fault tolerance of critical financial services
  • Enhance and maintain a double-entry ledger system to reflect financial transactions across accounts
  • Build integrations with third-party payment processors and vendors
  • Solve engineering problems as part of a small team
  • Advocate for development best practices, fostering knowledge-sharing across the team

Other

  • 4-6+ years of professional experience working as a Software Engineer
  • Experience being a part of early-stage, fast-moving engineering teams
  • Candidates must be located and authorized to work in the US or Canada as a precondition of employment.
  • Synctera does not sponsor applicants for work visas.
  • The base salary for this full-time position (USD: $162,000 - $190,000, CAD: $140,000 - $180,000) is determined by role, level, and location.