[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, Payments

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Weave is on a mission to elevate the patient experience by providing healthcare practices with essential tools. As a Staff Backend Engineer on the Payments Team, you will lead complex projects, drive architectural decisions, and solve challenging technical problems in Weave's payments platform.ResponsibilitiesArchitect & Lead: Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services using Golang microservices in a cloud-native environmentSolve Complex Challenges: Address large, open-ended engineering problems such as reducing operational costs, optimizing system performance, and improving payment processing efficiencyDrive Multi-Team & Multi-Quarter Initiatives: Lead large, strategic engineering projects that impact multiple teams and require deep expertise in distributed systems, API design, and database optimizationImprove System Reliability & Scalability: Ensure our payment systems are resilient, highly available, and fault-tolerant, leveraging best practices in cloud infrastructure, monitoring, and alertingOptimization & Performance: Identify inefficiencies in our systems, propose solutions, and execute cost-saving and performance-enhancing initiatives in collaboration with engineering leadershipFoster Engineering Excellence: Mentor and coach engineers across multiple teams, sharing best practices and driving improvements in code quality, testing, and deploymentLead Migrations & Technical Transitions: Spearhead critical system migrations, ensuring smooth rollouts with incremental adoption, rollback strategies, and clear communication across teamsCollaborate & Align Stakeholders: Work closely with product, infrastructure, and security teams to align technical strategies with business objectives and ensure smooth executionEnsure Operational Readiness: Define monitoring, alerting, and incident response strategies to maintain system stability and performanceChampion Technical Strategy: Provide thought leadership on backend architecture, microservices best practices, and emerging technologiesSkills10+ years of backend engineering experience, with deep expertise Golang, Java, Python, Ruby, C#, or similar languagesStrong experience designing and building scalable, distributed systems with microservices architectureProficiency in inter-service communication protocols (REST, gRPC, protobufs, message queues like NSQ, Kafka, or similar)Expertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.) and optimization strategiesStrong experience in cloud environments (GCP preferred, AWS/Azure acceptable)Deep understanding of containerization, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm, etc.)Demonstrated ability to drive large-scale projects across multiple teams with clear communication, stakeholder alignment, and strategic decision-makingExperience leading technical migrations, ensuring smooth transitions with minimal disruptionStrong analytical skills with a data-driven approach to problem-solving and decision-makingPassion for mentoring and developing engineering talent within and across teamsExperience with building and architecting systems around integrated Payments solutions (e.g. Stripe, Braintree, etc.), or with other fintech and financial systemsKnowledge of payments industryDeploying into a public cloud service (especially GCP)Experience with protobufs/gRPCSolid understanding of distributed systems and building scalable/redundant serviceExperience with breaking up monolithic applications into microservicesExperience with service monitoring, metrics, alerting, log aggregation, and tracingExperience with functional/acceptance testingCompany OverviewWeave makes communicating with customers easier for businesses by integrating features like texting, phone service, fax, and reviews. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.getweave.com.Company H1B SponsorshipWeave has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 2 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 4 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.