Warp

Engineering

SeniorSoftwareEngineer,Payments

$195–245k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer, Payments at Warp. Skills: Payments infrastructure, Financial systems, Distributed systems. Own and scale Warp's core ledgering and payments. Develop and own the payroll engine”

Industry & Context.

Engineering
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

Work from NYC office five days a week

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of software engineering experience, 2+ years working on payments, fintech, or core financial infrastructure, Experience building highly reliable, fault-tolerant distributed systems, Expertise in strongly typed languages, Deep understanding of financial systems and their unique constraints

Nice to Have

Owned payments or fintech infrastructure at a high-growth startup

What You'll Do.

Own and scale Warp's core ledgering and payments

Develop and own the payroll engine

Develop and own the earnings engine

Develop and own the tax engine

Architect US and global payment rails

auditable financial systems

Define the payments architecture roadmap

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaboration with the CTO

Full Job Description

ABOUT WARP Warp is building self-driving employee management. Payroll, tax compliance across thousands of jurisdictions, benefits, IT, and HRIS that runs autonomously so companies never have to think about back-office operations again. We process hundreds of millions in payments across 1,000+ companies. Revenue has grown 5x+ YoY for two years. We're a team of ~40 in NYC in Flatiron, scaling fast, and expecting to be 100 people by end of year. The incumbents (ADP, Paylocity, Paychex) built their businesses by profiting from complexity. Even the modern players are bolting chatbots onto legacy systems. Warp is built from day one for AI to be the primary operator, not a feature. Every advance in LLM capability widens our lead. We hire people who ship constantly, own outcomes, and care about craft. We're in the office five days a week because speed and proximity are a competitive advantage at this stage. If you want to build something that automates an entire category of core work, not just another point solution, this is the place. Backed by $25M+ from Ashton Kutcher/Sound Ventures, Y Combinator, founders of Dropbox, Replit, SV Angel, and Homebrew Capital. Built by an obsessive team from MIT, Ramp, Brex, Google, Dropbox, Apple, and more. ABOUT THE ROLE As a Senior Software Engineer focused on Payments at Warp, you'll build and own the financial infrastructure that powers Warp. Core ledgering, US and global payment rails, payroll engine, earnings calculations, tax engines, and the compliance layer around all of it. This is deeply technical work with real financial stakes. Very few engineers get to work on problems like this, at this scale, this early. You'll work directly with the CTO and have outsized influence over how we architect one of the most critical systems in the company. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own and scale Warp's core ledgering and payments infrastructure - Develop and own the payroll engine, earnings engine, and tax engine - Architect US and global payment rails f

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