Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Veracross's Payments team as a full-time, staff-level software engineering technical lead and individual contributor. You will develop, improve, and maintain features for our online payments platform, VC Pay, and support payment integrations. This role involves technical leadership, mentoring other engineers, and collaborating with other technical leaders. Candidates with experience integrating payment processors are encouraged to apply. The position offers a remote-friendly environment and a competitive salary. Veracross is a growing SaaS company providing school information systems globally.

Requirements

• Experience integrating payment providers such as Stripe, BlueSnap, Braintree, etc
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent technical organization and planning skills
• Demonstrable understanding of the security and privacy requirements of payment related systems
• The ability to perform technical responsibilities remotely in a mostly asynchronous environment
• The ability to be flexible and adaptable
• 8+ years of professional programming experience
• Proven experience in system architecture, ensuring system scalability and performance
• Experience with the Ruby language, Rails framework, or similar languages and technologies; experience with modern JavaScript development a plus
• Passionate about writing testable code, with experience in unit/integration testing
• Experience with relational databases
• Experience with source control, especially git
• A service- and team-oriented mindset

Responsibilities

• Develop, improve, and maintain features using Ruby on Rails, SQL, and JavaScript
• Own technical architecture discussions and lead technical decisions for our payments product area
• Provide technical mentorship for team members
• Partner and collaborate with other technical leaders across teams
• Build new features within our flagship product, Axiom
• Enable other internal product areas, such as Admissions and Fundraising, to leverage our payments platform
• Expand our internal tools to automate and improve workflows
• Write and improve documentation for our FinTech systems and tools
• Integrate Veracross with third-party systems used by private K-12 schools

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of core accounting standards and concepts, including but not limited to: GAAP, General Ledger, and Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable
• Experience with accounting applications, such as Quickbooks, Freshbooks, Xero, or Sage
• Experience with financial aid, tuition management, or other school-related financial software

Benefits

• 3 weeks of vacation per year
• 14 paid holidays per year (including the week off between Christmas and New Year's Eve)
• 56 Hours of paid sick leave annually
• Medical, Dental & Vision (Blue Cross Blue Shield & EyeMed)
• Veracross LLC Fidelity 401(k) Plan - Managed by Sentinel Benefits
• Salary at Veracross is determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. The compensation range for this position is $140k to $170k (annualized USD) in addition to potential bonus