Senior Software Engineer

About the Role

Pave Bank is building the next generation of programmable banking infrastructure. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Engineering team and work closely with Product, Compliance, Treasury, and Operations.

In this role, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the backbone of Pave Bank, delivering scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems that power our core banking operations. You will design distributed systems, implement features end-to-end, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across teams to drive high-quality software that accelerates the business.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services using Go or other strongly typed languages.
• Develop scalable, event-driven distributed systems that power critical banking operations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (Product, Compliance, Treasury, Operations) to define requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Write detailed design documents for new features and system improvements.
• Review pull requests and provide constructive technical feedback to peers.
• Implement end-to-end features: architecture → coding → testing → deployment.
• Ensure code quality through clean, maintainable, well-documented code and automated tests.
• Contribute to engineering best practices, tooling, and system reliability improvements.

Requirements

Technical Skills

• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Go, or proven exceptional ability in another strongly typed language.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Experience in a Tier 1 tech company (e.g., Stripe, Grab, Google, Deliveroo, Monzo, Shopee, Bytedance) or significant open-source contributions.
• Hands-on experience with Temporal, GCP, or Encore.dev is a plus.

Non-Technical Skills

• Collaborative, empathetic, and able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong interest in fintech, banking, or financial infrastructure.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and learning quickly in a fast-paced startup environment.

What It Takes to Excel

• Ownership mindset: proactive, resourceful, and end-to-end problem solving.
• Strong product thinking and curiosity about banking infrastructure.
• Commitment to building reliable, high-quality systems that scale.

Why Us?

• Work alongside a founding team from Monzo and BigPay, bringing top-tier fintech expertise to the company.
• Build scalable, cutting-edge programmable banking infrastructure that bridges traditional finance and digital assets.
• Make a real impact: help shape architecture, systems, and engineering culture at an early-stage, fast-growing fintech.
• Competitive salary and meaningful equity with room for growth.
• Be part of a well-funded startup backed by top global investors, with a clear path to scale.