Software Engineer

Job Description

Software Engineer

Role details

Salary

$180K - $230K

On-site work policy

4 days in-office in NYC, New York (Monday–Thursday, WFH Friday)

Full-time position

Location

New York, NY

Equity

Competitive equity

Visa sponsorship details

Open to visa transfers (e.g. OPT, H1B transfers)

Hiring Count

Looking to hire 3 - 4 candidates for this role

Tech stack

Go, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, gRPC, AWS

About this role

We are looking for a Backend / Full Stack Engineer with 2+ years of experience to join an engineering team building financial infrastructure that already processes billions of dollars in nonprofit payments. You'll own systems end to end – from architecture to shipping – working directly with founders and leadership with zero layers in between. This is a high-autonomy role where your judgment and opinions directly shape what gets built, not just how. We need engineers who have strong technical convictions, communicate clearly, and thrive in a fast-moving environment where whiteboarding, debating, and shipping are the norm.

What you will be doing

• Building and owning backend server applications and components that power Chariot's payment platform end to end – from design through production
• Contributing to architecture decisions across APIs, backend systems, and infrastructure – helping define team standards and best practices
• Collaborating directly with founders, product, and engineering through whiteboarding sessions and technical debates – strong opinions loosely held
• Improving real-time monitoring and alerting capabilities to better understand user behavior and iterate on the product
• Taking on a wide range of engineering projects across the platform – the team intentionally avoids siloed product lines so you'll work across the full stack.

Requirements

Baseline

Seniority

Required

2 -​ 10 years of experience in backend engineering

Work experience

Required

Experience at a reputable,​ growing company (Capital One-​tier or faster),​ preferably a VC-​backed startup

Required

Owned and built scalable backend systems end-​to-​end

Education

Required

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Hard skills

Required

Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Nice-to-have

Work experience

Nice to have

Fintech or payments infrastructure experience

Hard skills

Nice to have

Proficiency in Go or Node.​js

Nice to have

Experience with Terraform and AWS infrastructure