Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Latitude is an early-stage payments fintech building modern infrastructure for global money movement using blockchain rails and enterprise-grade technology. The Senior Software Engineer will design and build scalable backend services and distributed systems for global payments, influence architecture, own projects end-to-end, collaborate across engineering and product, and mentor teammates.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable, production-grade backend services and distributed systems
- Develop core platform components including payment orchestration, ledgering, workflow engines, partner integrations, and public APIs
- Influence system architecture, engineering standards, and technical direction as the platform scales
- Own projects end-to-end, from technical design through deployment and long-term operation
- Collaborate closely with engineering and product to solve complex infrastructure and financial systems challenges
- Mentor teammates, raise the engineering bar, and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing culture
Skills
- • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems
- • Experience working in high-growth startups or fast-paced environments with significant ownership
- • Strong backend engineering fundamentals and experience building reliable, scalable distributed systems
- • Proven ability to independently drive complex technical initiatives and make thoughtful architectural decisions
- • Experience in one or more of the following areas: + Infrastructure / DevOps + Payments or financial systems + Blockchain / crypto infrastructure
- • Product-minded approach with a willingness to work across the stack when needed
- • Strong communication and collaboration skills
- • Authorization to work in the United States
- • Experience designing APIs, distributed systems, or event-driven architectures
- • Experience with modern cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code
- • Background in fintech, payments, banking, digital assets, or other regulated industries
- • Experience helping shape engineering practices, technical strategy, or scaling engineering organizations
- • Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows and modern engineering tooling
Benefits
- Meaningful early-stage equity and a 401(k)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance with generous company contributions
- Unlimited PTO
- 10 paid federal holidays
- Flexible remote work within the United States
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