Senior Software Engineer, Payments

The role

You will join the core engineering team to design and implement back-end infrastructure for a blockchain-integrated banking platform. The role focuses on payment processing and operations to build financial infrastructure.

What you will do

• Design and implement robust back-end infrastructure
• Tackle high-visibility projects impacting financial products and customer experience
• Focus on payment processing and operations

Required qualifications

• 5+ years experience in software engineering
• Strong grasp of Golang
• Ability to own and drive engineering projects
• Extreme proactivity in identifying and fixing issues in the product and codebase
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and ability to diagnose complex system issues
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams
• Located in the US, UK, Spain or Portugal

Nice to have

• Conceptually familiar with financial systems, specifically payment processing
• Professional experience or strong interest in systems programming esp. Rust
• Proficient with LLMs and effective prompting techniques for major models, especially Claude
• Experience working at a fintech company or regulated financial institution
• Knowledge of accounting principles or accounting systems

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Fully remote working environment
• Coworking space monthly stipend
• Home office equipment stipend
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Regular team events and off-sites

About the company

Dakota is building a next-generation global banking platform by combining crypto and traditional finance. The company is fully remote with a distributed team across North America and Europe.