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Senior Staff Engineer, Payments Compliance

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 5,001-10,000Since 2007H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

9 days ago

Salary

$244K - $305K / year

Bachelor Degree15 yrs expEnglishJavaRubyGo

Job Description

• Own the end-to-end system design vision for the Compliance organization, setting the architectural direction for an engineering organization of nearly 30 engineers across multiple teams. • Drive foundational architectural shifts, including the move from an account-centric model to a customer-centric one — rethinking how we model identity, risk, and enforcement across the platform. • Lead the technical strategy for expanding KYC capabilities — supporting small and medium businesses, reimagining business onboarding and account structures, enabling KYC through third-party APIs, and extending verification to third-party payees. • Architect systems that adapt to the evolving digital identity landscape — including new verification standards, government-issued digital credentials, and shifting privacy regulations — without requiring costly re-platforming. • Ensure our technical foundations are flexible enough to absorb unforeseen regulatory mandates with aggressive timelines, without destabilizing existing systems or requiring disproportionate engineering investment. • Partner with technical leaders across multiple organizations to drive alignment on shared capabilities and cohesive system design, reducing duplication and compounding technical debt. • Work closely with Product, Design, Policy, Legal, Operations, and other cross-functional partners as part of a globally distributed team to define and ship impactful features. • Lead and mentor engineers — both inside and outside your immediate team — raising the technical bar and developing the next generation of technical leaders within Compliance. • Advocate for and drive systemic improvements by identifying patterns to streamline development, reduce toil, and increase technical quality and operational excellence over time.

Job Requirements

  • 15+ years of technical experience, with 10+ years of relevant industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment.
  • Prior knowledge of Regulatory Compliance standards (AML, KYC, sanctions screening) and demonstrated experience designing and implementing those controls at scale.
  • Proven track record of setting technical direction and architectural strategy for a large engineering organization, with the ability to drive alignment across organizational boundaries.
  • Experience designing systems that span multiple teams and domains, with a focus on cohesion, reusability, and long-term maintainability over initiative-by-initiative solutions.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence senior technical and non-technical stakeholders across the company.
  • Strong problem solver with deep experience operating and leading on-call for production systems at scale.
  • Technical leadership: hands-on experience leading large project teams, making high-stakes design tradeoffs, and translating regulatory requirements into scalable system architectures.
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Proficiency in one or more back-end server languages (Java/Ruby/Go/C++/etc.)
  • Deep understanding of architectural patterns of high-scale web and data applications.
  • Be future looking — we might be focused on immediate regulations, but need to build for the long term. You think in terms of platforms, not projects.
  • End-to-end ownership mentality that transcends team boundaries, with the credibility and judgment to make decisions that carry direct financial and legal implications.

Benefits

  • This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

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