Hybrid Senior Software Engineer – Martech

at PayJoy

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer – Martech
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Microservices
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer designing architecture and driving technical decisions for PayJoy's MarTech systems. Influencing customer acquisition, engagement, and retention through innovative software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own medium-sized features and services end-to-end — including technical design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
• Write clean, performant, secure, and wel-tested code with strong observability and monitoring.
• Independently break down requirements, manage risks, and deliver high-quality outcomes with predictable execution.
• Improve system reliability, scalability, and maintainability by addressing technical debt and operational gaps.
• Participate in architectural discussions and provide constructive design and code review feedback across the team.
• Colaborate with Product, Marketing, Data, and Operations to deliver scalable solutions that drive measurable business impact.
• Communicate progress, trade-offs, and risks clearly to peers and stakeholders.
• Contribute to onboarding, documentation, knowledge sharing, and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Participate in hiring activities, mentorship, and building a strong, inclusive engineering culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 6–8+ years of software engineering experience, with ownership of production services and data-driven product features.
• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language or framework, and solid experience with cloud-native architectures, including APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems (AWS preferred).
• CRM / CDP integrations (Salesforce and at least one platform such as Marketo, Braze, or HubSpot)
• Support for paid media activation (search, social, display, programmatic)
• Personalization engines and retention tooling driving acquisition, engagement, and conversion
• Proven ability to execute independently, with strong judgment on when to raise risks, ask for help, or seek alignment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across Engineering, Marketing, Product, and Data teams, and contribute to an inclusive team culture.

Benefits

• Company-funded health, dental, and vision insurance for employee and immediate family
• Company-funded employee life and disability insurance
• 401k contribution
• Company holidays; 20 days of vacations; unlimited sick leave
• Commuter benefit ($270/month)