{"id":893820,"url":"https://alion.io/job/inkind-senior-software-engineer","title":"Senior Software Engineer","company":{"id":679603,"name":"inKind","domain":"inkind.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/inkind","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"inferred_payroll_markers","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"inferred","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":160000,"max":185000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":185000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Django","optional":false},{"name":"Fastify","optional":false},{"name":"Platform Engineering","optional":false},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":true},{"name":"Node JS","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-10T21:48:56Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-10","last_verified_at":"2026-10-01T17:20:10Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":21,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":21},"description":"Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Reports to: Director of Engineering\nBuild the infrastructure powering the future of restaurant payments\nAt inKind, we’re building the financial infrastructure that connects restaurants, diners, and capital in entirely new ways. Our platform powers real-time financial transactions and operational workflows for restaurants across the country.\nWe’re looking for entrepreneurial, forward-thinking engineers who thrive in fast-moving environments and enjoy solving complex technical problems at scale. This is a hands-on role where you’ll design and build systems that support mission-critical financial workflows used daily by restaurants and partners.\nOur engineering team works with an AI-first mindset - leveraging modern AI tools to accelerate development, automate workflows, and unlock new product capabilities. We’re looking for engineers who are excited to experiment with emerging technologies while maintaining high standards for reliability and scalability.\nYou’ll collaborate closely with product, business, and engineering teams to build systems that directly impact the restaurants and partners who rely on inKind for real-time financial operations.\nWhat You’ll Work On\nYou’ll help design and operate the systems that power our financial platform.\nDistributed Systems & Platform Engineering\nDesign and implement scalable distributed systems supporting financial transactions and real-time events\nArchitect services that handle real-world scale, failure scenarios, and performance constraints\nEnsure strong data integrity and consistency across distributed workflows\nBuild secure infrastructure protecting sensitive financial data\nAI-First Engineering\nIdentify opportunities to leverage AI tools to accelerate development and improve engineering workflows\nContribute to AI-enabled product features and automation across the platform\nHelp evolve how our team integrates modern developer tools and AI-assisted engineering practices\nReliability & Production Operations\nDesign systems with observability, monitoring, and failure recovery in mind\nDebug complex production issues across distributed services\nImprove reliability and performance of mission-critical systems\nParticipate in on-call rotations to maintain platform stability\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nPartner with product and business teams to translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions\nLead architectural decisions through hands-on implementation\nMentor engineers and help raise engineering standards across the team\nWho Thrives Here\nThe engineers who succeed at inKind tend to be:\nBuilder Mindset You enjoy taking ownership, experimenting with new ideas, and shipping impactful solutions.\n\nSystems Thinkers You understand how complex systems interact and can design resilient architectures.\n\nForward-Thinking Engineers You’re excited about modern development practices and exploring how AI can improve the way we build software.\n\nPragmatic Problem Solvers You know when to refactor, when to optimize, and when to ship.\n\nCollaborative Teammates You communicate clearly and work well with engineering, product, and business partners.\n\nMinimum Qualifications\n8+ years of experience building and operating production systems\nStrong distributed systems design experience\nExpertise in at least one major web framework (Rails, Django, Express, Fastify, etc.)\nStrong database knowledge including indexing, query optimization, and transactional integrity\nExperience designing highly available production systems\nFamiliarity with authentication, authorization, and secure API design\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience scaling systems during periods of rapid growth\nBackground in payments, financial transactions, or regulated systems\nExperience implementing distributed patterns such as retries, circuit breakers, and event-driven workflows\nExperience working with or evolving large Rails applications\nExperience integrating AI tools into engineering workflows or building AI-powered product features\nWhy Engineers Like Working Here\nWork on real-world financial infrastructure used by restaurants every day\nHigh ownership and autonomy in architectural decisions\nOpportunity to help shape an AI-first engineering culture\nCollaborative environment working closely with product and business teams\nFast-moving startup environment where your work directly impacts customers\nSome of our Benefits:\nGenerous PTO and company holiday policy + company paid Short Term Disability\n100% employer covered health and dental insurance for our direct employees (a set plan is covered, with higher tier healthcare coverage available at employee's additional cost; dependent coverage is at employee's cost); vision plan available at employee's additional cost\nChild Care Benefits and generous parental leave\nDog-friendly workspace in a secure building with great views of downtown Austin\nDaily lunches and snacks for in-office team members\nSalary\n$160,000 - $185,000, DOE\nWho we are:\n inKind connects passionate diners with exceptional restaurants across the country. inKind partners with thousands of restaurants and has millions of users who want to discover great places, dine confidently, and earn meaningful rewards.\nThrough the inKind app, guests earn 20% back every time they dine, turning everyday meals into something more rewarding. From celebrated restaurant groups like José Andres and Michael Mina to beloved neighborhood favorites, inKind helps diners explore the best restaurants in town while supporting the restaurants and chefs who shape how their cities eat.\nRooted in hospitality and built on a win-win philosophy, inKind exists to help great restaurants thrive while inspiring guests to dine out more often. Every meal creates value on both sides of the table, empowering diners to savor more while strengthening the restaurant community.\n\ninKind is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diversity is vital to inKind's ability to provide our clients with the best recommendations and are committed to fostering a varied and inclusive work environment. Your race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status, veteran status, or any other protected category have no bearing on our hiring decisions.\nBy submitting this application, you acknowledge that inKind Cards, Inc. may share the information you provide with trusted third-party service providers, including fraud detection and application processing partners, to evaluate your application and ensure the integrity of our hiring process. Your information will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy. 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