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We’ve quietly built the fastest growing network in freight payments, compounding >400% year-over-year for 3 years running. We put billions of dollars into the pockets of trucking companies-automating the data collection, approval, and reconciliation of millions of freight invoices per year. We’re backed by top-tier Silicon Valley VCs, win industry awards & accolades, and serve a fiercely loyal customer base. We are post-product market fit and hiring to scale.\nWho we are\nWe are a lean, elite team of builders and sellers working in person in Austin, TX. The founders have worked together for over a decade, including 4+ years at Amazon. We have backgrounds ranging from startups to high tech; from Wall Street to logistics industry insiders. We love hiring former founders, and future founders are even better. Check out our team here!\nWho you are\nAll in on AI-using state-of-the-art tools in your daily life and work-and can’t miss the generational opportunity to bring AI into real world industry\n\n5+ years of experience as a full-stack or front-end software engineer\n\nProven track record in building highly scalable, reliable systems\n\nStrong understanding of cloud infrastructure, web technologies, and modern frameworks\n\nEntrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in an early-stage startup environment\n\nComfortable with learning new technologies and adapting quickly to changing requirements\n\nCollaborative, curious, and eager to work closely with other teams like product and design\n\nBonus points (but not required): Familiarity with our specific stack, fintech, or the logistics industry\n\nTechnical challenges you’ll work on\nYou will report directly to our co-founder and CTO. The roadmap moves fast, so within your first 90 days, you are guaranteed to work across multiple of the following dimensions:\nAdvanced AI Models: Implement AI pipelines for intelligent document processing, payment optimization, risk assessment, and business infrastructure.\n\nMoney Movement, at Scale: You'll build systems to securely and reliably move billions of dollars in payments, managing the complexity of financial transactions across multiple stakeholders.\n\nOperational Excellence: Optimize our systems to ensure high availability and fault tolerance, enabling 24/7 payments and avoiding downtime in mission-critical operations.\n\nFraud Mitigation: Build real-time fraud detection and prevention mechanisms to safeguard our payment infrastructure and mitigate financial risk.\n\nFront-end and Back-end: Develop a seamless and intuitive user experience on both the client side and behind-the-scenes architecture, ensuring a responsive, scalable platform.\n\nYou will work across a broad spectrum of technologies, from backend APIs to user-facing dashboards, providing variety and constant learning opportunities.\nWe prefer technology agnostic, full-stack engineers, but this is our current stack: A Python microservices backend running serverless on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, CDK), a React/TypeScript/Next.js/Tailwind web app, and a Flutter mobile app. Payments run on a variety of payment infrastructure providers and banks, including Stripe; we use a variety of AI models for code generation, document processing, and business infrastructure.\nBenefits\nCompensation: Competitive salary with flexible equity packages, allowing you to benefit directly from the company’s growth.\n\nHealthcare: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage-100% covered by us with multiple plan options to suit your needs.\n\nLearning & Development: A collaborative environment focused on mentorship, with opportunities to grow rapidly in scope and impact as the company scales.\n\nIn Person: We are building in-person in our HQ in downtown Austin! We believe that working together in the same space gives us a competitive edge, fostering deeper collaboration, faster problem-solving, and stronger team bonds. We love the energy of our office and believe it’s key to building a world-class company.\n\nAbout the interview\nOur interview process is designed to be transparent, efficient, and give you a clear picture of Tank Payments. We’ll give you an update within 48 hours of each step. Here’s what you can expect:\nIntro Call: An informal conversation for you to learn more about the role and evaluate whether Tank Payments is a good fit (30 min, virtual).\n\nGeneral Screen: Meet with one of our founders for a deep dive into your previous work and interests. We are looking for people who are interested in early-stage startups and are motivated to play a key role in their growth (60 min, virtual).\n\nTechnical Screen: A coding challenge with a senior engineer to assess your problem-solving, testing, and debugging skills. 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