Parafin
FinTech
StaffSoftwareEngineer,MerchantPlatform
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“Staff Software Engineer, Merchant Platform at Parafin. Skills: Platform engineering, System development. Design scalable systems. Build scalable systems”
Industry & Context.
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What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6+ years backend systems, 6+ years platform systems, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Nice to Have
Experience building asynchronous systems, Experience operating asynchronous systems, Experience building data pipelines, Experience operating data pipelines
What You'll Do.
Design scalable systems
Build scalable systems
Collaborate with cross-functional teams
Experiment with products
Identify infrastructure opportunities
Prioritize infrastructure opportunities
Execute infrastructure opportunities
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Engineering stakeholders; Non-engineering stakeholders
Full Job Description
About Us: At Parafin, we’re on a mission to grow small businesses. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, but traditional banks often don’t have their backs. We build tech that makes it simple for small businesses to access the financial tools they need through the platforms they already sell on. We partner with companies like DoorDash, Amazon, Worldpay, and Mindbody to offer fast and flexible funding, spend management, and savings tools to their small business users via a simple integration. Parafin takes on all the complexity of capital markets, underwriting, servicing, compliance, and customer service for our partners. We’re a tight-knit team of innovators hailing from Stripe, Square, Plaid, Coinbase, Robinhood, CERN, and more — all united by a passion for building tools that help small businesses succeed. Parafin is backed by prominent venture capitalists including GIC, Notable Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and Thrive Capital. Parafin is a Series C company, and we have raised more than $194M in equity and $340M in debt facilities. Join us in creating a future where every small business has the financial tools they need. About the Position: We are looking for an experienced platform-focused software engineer to join our Merchant Platform team in San Francisco to help build a scalable platform that will help power the suite of Parafin’s financial offerings. The Merchant Platform team owns the money movement infrastructure that powers all of Parafin as well as the suite of product-agnostic tools that enable product teams to delight the customers. You will work with engineering and non-engineering stakeholders across the company to launch several new products and regularly experiment with our existing products to improve the end-user experience. You will own our core platform and help identify, prioritize, and execute on infrastructure opportunities to accelerate product development and maintain high levels of reliability. The ideal candidat
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