Warp
Engineering
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,Payments
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“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.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting
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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