Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Product Engineering
Description For Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Product Engineering
Imprint is revolutionizing the co-branded credit card industry by creating modern, tech-forward financial products that enhance brand loyalty and drive growth. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Spend Team, you'll be at the forefront of developing sophisticated backend systems that power core functionality for cardholders.
The role involves building and scaling critical services that handle dynamic rewards configurations, intelligent redemption flows, and seamless API integrations. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies including Go, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, and Kafka, while ensuring systems are secure, performant, and highly available.
The position offers the flexibility of remote work or hybrid options from offices in San Francisco, Seattle, or New York. You'll join a well-funded company backed by prestigious investors like Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, and Khosla Ventures, working on transforming how people pay and how brands grow in the $300 billion U.S. co-branded card market.
Your impact will be significant as you own projects end-to-end, from technical scoping through deployment and iteration. The role requires strong technical leadership, with 8+ years of software engineering experience and proven expertise in financial platforms. You'll collaborate across teams, mentor others, and contribute to the technical roadmap while maintaining high engineering standards.
The compensation is competitive ($200K-$235K) with excellent benefits including equity, comprehensive healthcare, and generous parental leave. This is an opportunity to join a mission-driven company that's reimagining financial products while working with modern technologies and solving complex technical challenges.
Responsibilities For Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Product Engineering
- Build and scale backend services for Imprint Spend experience
- Design and implement secure, performant, and highly available systems
- Write clean, well-tested code and participate in code reviews
- Own projects end-to-end from technical scoping to deployment
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers
- Contribute to technical roadmap and system architecture
- Improve reliability, observability, and developer tooling
- Share learnings through mentorship, pairing, and design reviews
- Work with technologies like Go, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, databases, and APIs
Requirements For Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Product Engineering
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years experience working on Product Engineering teams building consumer facing products
- 3+ years experience leading architecture and design of systems
- 3+ years background in developing financial platforms
- Track record of building mission-critical production software systems
- Excellent project management and communication skills
- Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
Benefits For Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Product Engineering
- Competitive compensation and equity packages
- Leading configured work computers of your choice
- Flexible paid time off and 10 paid holidays
- Fully covered, high-quality healthcare, including dependent coverage
- Access to One Medical and option to enroll in FSA and HSA
- 16 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parent and 8 weeks for other parents
