Staff Backend Software Engineer (Revenue Engine)

What this role involves

This Staff Backend Engineer role at Headway focuses on building and scaling the Revenue Engine platform, including payment and clearinghouse systems. The engineer will work on distributed systems, integrations with Stripe, Plaid, and payer clearinghouses, and set technical direction for two teams. The stack includes TypeScript, Python, and various AWS services.

Skills this posting asks for

• typescript
• python
• react
• remix
• next.js
• fastapi
• sqlalchemy
• postgres
• redis
• snowflake
• aws
• temporal
• kafka
• datadog
• sentry
• pagerduty
• cursor
• claude
• gemini
• eddy

Requirements

• Level: staff

From the employer’s posting

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