Senior Software Engineer, Payments at Forter

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the role:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We’re on a mission to build the first holistic smart payment solution-one that maximizes authorization rates for our merchants by intelligently determining and executing the optimal strategy for every transaction. Our Payments team is designing and running highly critical, production-grade infrastructure, and <strong>we’re looking for a deeply technical engineer</strong> to help shape it from the ground up.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this role, you’ll lead the design and development of payment products, build resilient infrastructure, dive deep into technical complexity to solve production challenges, and work closely with teammates, stakeholders, and customers to understand their needs. You’ll have end-to-end ownership-from architecture and coding to deployment and monitoring-while helping set the technical direction for a growing initiative.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is an early-stage effort, giving you the chance to be a founding member, influence architectural decisions, and directly impact merchant success. We value thoughtful technology choices, resourcefulness, and a fast-moving, problem-solving mindset. Our engineers are creative, independent, and adaptable, working with a diverse stack of technologies to deliver maximum value to our clients.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you'll be doing:</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build and enhance payment products-creating new systems from scratch while improving and integrating with existing ones</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design and implement resilient, production-grade infrastructure that can handle critical workloads</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead technical initiatives within the Payments team, collaborating with teammates and stakeholders across Forter</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work across a diverse tech stack and programming languages</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Brainstorm and shape features with product managers and peers, guiding decisions with your technical expertise</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work closely with customers to understand their needs and translate them into impactful payment solutions</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mentor and support fellow engineers</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dive deep into technical complexity to diagnose and solve production issues</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Take initiative-if you see a way to make our systems or workflow better, own it and make it happen</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you'll need:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6+ years building and maintaining complex software systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6+ years backend experience, with a strong focus on production-grade systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1+ years JavaScript experience</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hands-on experience with critical production systems - high availability, reliability, and scalability</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with browser, networking, and security concepts</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Product, production, and growth mindsets</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Passion for solving technical challenges that directly impact users and operations</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Can-do attitude with ownership mentality</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Professional-level spoken and written English</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It'd be cool if you also have:&nbsp;</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Extensive experience with Node.JS</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience leading cross-team initiatives</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Frontend / React / Mobile experience</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Significant experience with databases/datastores (MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience from previous payments companies / projects</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience building Enterprise-grade SaaS products</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About us:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve.&nbsp; Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Trust is backed by data –&nbsp; Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, <a href="https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7039960">2025</a>)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fortune’s Best Workplaces in NYC (2022, 2023, 2024 and <a href="https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/new-york/2024?category=small-and-medium">2025</a>)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, 2022, 2023,&nbsp;</span>2024 and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/?sh=5675f5797d9c">2025</a>)</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anti-Fraud Solution of the Year at the Payments Awards (<a href="https://www.payments-awards.com/awards/winners24.php">2024</a>)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Life as a Forterian:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>We are a team of over 600 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Since 2013, we've raised $525 million from investors such as Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, March Capital and Salesforce Ventures. We're on a mission to bring trust to global digital commerce so that companies like Adobe, ASOS, eBay, Instacart, Priceline and Nordstrom can block fraud, drive revenue and improve customer experience.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At Forter, we believe unique people create unique ideas, and valuable experience comes in many forms. So, even if your background doesn't match everything we have listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply and tell us why your skills and values could be an asset to us. By welcoming different perspectives, we grow together as humans and as a company.</span></p> <div> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forter is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that will consider all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.</span></p> <span id="m_3593400593272708389gmail-docs-internal-guid-2d9065a4-7fff-73d5-abb3-44e64c8985b3" style="font-size: 12pt;">If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>. 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