Description:

Astra processes payments at the speed of the Internet through its API, enabling developers to leverage accelerated settlement for various transfers, including account funding, peer-to-peer transactions, and business payments.
The platform simplifies the complexity of interfacing with payment rails and optimizes transactions for fast, secure, and automated payments.
The Astra API is central to executing financial automation for customers, and engineers are empowered to contribute to all aspects of product development, from strategy to shipping and operations.
The company is looking for key early team members to join its platform development efforts, offering competitive salary, health benefits, PTO, and equity compensation.
Responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining an API, third-party integrations, payments automation, internal tools, and enhancing payments monitoring and compliance programs.
The role also involves debugging production issues, improving engineering standards, and balancing immediate business impact with scalability.

Requirements:

Candidates should have a passion for solving complex problems and supporting a wide range of developer use cases.
Comfort in dynamic environments with fluid requirements and a rapid pace of iteration is essential.
Candidates must uphold best practices in engineering, security, and design.
Effective communication skills and a collaborative mindset are necessary.
A minimum of 5 years of backend engineering experience is required.
Proficiency in Python (Flask/Django), APIs (Authentication, REST, JSON), and databases/caches (Google Datastore, MemCache, Redis) is needed.
Experience with DevOps on Google Cloud Platform, queues (Google Cloud Tasks, Amazon SQS), and writing and maintaining test suites is required.
Familiarity with building and maintaining an OAuth server and knowledge of financial/payments technology is a bonus.

Astra offers a competitive salary and health benefits to its employees.
Paid time off (PTO) is provided to support work-life balance.
Equity compensation is part of the package for early team members.
The company fosters a diverse and inclusive work environment, promoting long-term professional growth and recognizing contributions from all employees.
Employees are part of a collaborative and creative environment, with opportunities for professional growth and the chance to have their voices heard and contributions celebrated.