Staff Software Engineer, Cash App Banking

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Cash App Banking based in United States.

The Staff Software Engineer will play a key role in shaping the future of consumer banking technology at scale. This position focuses on driving technical strategy, architectural excellence, and platform improvements across high-impact financial products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design reliable, scalable systems that improve how customers manage and move money. The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, mentoring, and long-term innovation. You will influence engineering standards, guide complex technical decisions, and help build a more accessible financial ecosystem. Working in a highly collaborative and distributed environment, you will contribute to products used by millions of customers worldwide.

Accountabilities:: The Staff Software Engineer will provide technical leadership across banking-focused engineering initiatives, helping teams deliver secure, scalable, and customer-centered financial solutions. This role requires a balance of hands-on development, architectural ownership, strategic thinking, and mentorship.

Partner with product managers, designers, engineers, and business stakeholders to define, communicate, and execute technical strategies that support banking product goals.

Drive cross-functional architectural decisions and infrastructure improvements that enhance system reliability, scalability, and performance.

Contribute directly to software design and implementation while maintaining strong engineering standards across the team.

Influence technical direction across multiple teams by identifying opportunities for optimization, alignment, and long-term improvements.

Design and deliver creative solutions for complex engineering challenges within large-scale financial systems.

Mentor and coach engineers, helping them expand their technical capabilities and increase their impact across the organization.

Promote an AI-first engineering mindset by exploring and applying modern AI capabilities to improve development practices and team productivity.

Champion quality, operational excellence, and best practices across software development processes.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced software engineering leader with a strong background in building large-scale systems and influencing technical direction across teams. You should bring deep engineering expertise, strong communication skills, and a passion for mentoring others.

12+ years of software development experience or equivalent technical expertise.

3+ years of experience leading large-scale engineering initiatives, including planning, execution, and delivery of complex projects.

Proven ability to identify, align, and implement optimal solutions across sophisticated, interconnected systems.

Strong experience designing and building scalable backend systems and distributed architectures.

Ability to solve complex technical problems with creativity, sound judgment, and strong engineering principles.

Demonstrated success in mentoring engineers and helping teams grow technically.

Experience with backend technologies such as Java, Kotlin, cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.

Familiarity with technologies including AWS, HTTP, JSON, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, Kafka, databases, caching systems, observability tools, and modern CI/CD practices.

Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Strong collaboration, communication, and leadership skills with the ability to influence teams across an organization.

Benefits:

Competitive compensation package with a salary range of $222,900 - $334,300 CAD , depending on location, experience, qualifications, and market conditions.

Remote-friendly work environment designed to support flexibility and productivity.

Comprehensive benefits package including medical insurance and wellness support.

Flexible time off policies to encourage sustainable work-life balance.

Retirement savings programs to support long-term financial goals.

Family planning and family support benefits.

Opportunities to work on impactful products used by millions of customers.

A collaborative culture focused on innovation, inclusion, continuous learning, and professional growth.

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