Substack
Full Stack Software Engineer - Payments
$140K–$260K
San Francisco (HQ) +2 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco (HQ)
New York
Remote - Experience
- 3+ years of software engineering experience, including building and shipping web applications.
About the job
Builds and improves Substack’s payment features and backend systems, from product concept through implementation, experimentation, and measurement.
What you'll do
- Develop core payment surfaces and backend systems.
- Own work from product proposal through implementation, experimentation, and measurement.
- Build payment systems and features, including payout systems and subscription flows.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of software engineering experience, including building and shipping web applications.
- Independent and autonomous, with strong product sense and intuition.
- Passionate about building a better business model for the internet.
Nice to have
- Experience with TypeScript, especially Node/Express and React, and Postgres.
- Experience with payment processors, including Stripe.
Pay
$140,000 - $260,000 USD base salary
Tools
TypeScript, Node/Express, React, Postgres, Stripe
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