Software Development Engineer II - Payments

This role is on-site, 5 days a week, working from our Flatiron office in NYC.About SeatedSeated is the first dynamic pricing platform for restaurants. We help fill their empty seats while providing consumers incredible rewards to top brands and unique experiences. We are quickly expanding our offerings to cities across the country and are looking for talented and ambitious people to embark on the journey with us!Role OverviewWe're fast-paced, innovative, and metric-driven, with a team passionate about delighting our customers. We're looking for a mid-level Software Development Engineer with a strong foundation in card payment processing and payments infrastructure. You'll help build and scale the systems that manage Seated's growing network of restaurants and their transactions. You'll translate business needs into live features and partner directly with business owners who recognize the value of technology. You'll have a strong voice in product design and ownership across coding, QA, and production support.ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, and maintain scalable backend systems that reliably manage merchant accounts, transactions, and attribution logicPartner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into well‑implemented, deterministic workflows and servicesBuild reliable, fault‑tolerant distributed systems with strong coding, testing, observability, performance, and reliability practices Contribute to technical design for high‑performance, service‑oriented architecturesScale backend services and microservices for high throughput and low latency across fast‑growing payment datasetsRequirementsBachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering; 3+ years of experience shipping production payment/fintech systemsDeep understanding of payments infrastructure, including card network flows, authorization/settlement lifecycles, and payment processor/gateway integrationsAbility to quickly learn new payment technologies and apply them to real‑world solutions and product designProficiency in Java and the Spring Boot framework; or equivalent expertise in a similar object‑oriented language.Experience building high‑availability systems, including low‑latency APIs and distributed RESTful/gRPC services; practiced in backward compatibility, deterministic behavior, and idempotencyPreferred ExperienceSolid knowledge of distributed databases and scalable, fault‑tolerant cachingExperience with AI agents and prompt engineering; able to build web features using agentic workflows and modern frontend frameworksCloud experience (AWS or GCP), containerization (Docker); familiarity with AWS services such as ECS, RDS, and Kinesis, plus observability tools like DatadogPreferred: Experience with workflow orchestration engines (Temporal, Cadence, or AWS Step Functions)Benefits$160K - $180K + stock options401k with company matchMedical, dental, and vision coverageFSA, dependent care, and commuter benefitsPaid parental leave and unlimited PTOTeleDoc, One Medical, Talkspace, and WellHub accessCiti Bike membership$100 monthly Seated dining credit