Staff Software Engineer, Payments at Carrot

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

23 Dec, 25

Salary

202000.0

Posted On

24 Sep, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Development, Payments Infrastructure, Systems Architecture, Vendor Integration, SaaS Tools, Fintech, Backend Development, APIs, Frontend, C#, .NET Core, JavaScript, Typescript, React, Agile, Lean, AI Integration

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

About Carrot: Carrot is a global, comprehensive fertility and family care platform, supporting members and their families through many of life's most memorable moments. Trusted by many of the world’s leading multinational employers, health plans, and health systems, Carrot’s proven clinical program delivers exceptional outcomes and experiences for members and industry-leading cost-savings for employers. Its award-winning products serve all populations, from preconception care through pregnancy, IVF, male factor infertility, adoption, gestational carrier care, and menopause. Carrot offers localized support in over 170 countries and 25 languages. With a comprehensive program that prioritizes clinical excellence and human-centered care, Carrot supports members and their families through many of the most meaningful moments of their lives. Learn more at get-carrot.com. The Role: We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Payments to join our Product and Engineering Team. You will be the technical lead for Carrot’s financial systems, with a focus on payments infrastructure. In this highly visible and hands-on role, you will architect and build core systems that move money securely and reliably to our global members and customers. As a foundational member of our financial engineering function, you’ll shape the long-term direction of our payments architecture. You will own technical outcomes and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable solutions that meet evolving business needs. You thrive in fast-paced environments, take initiative in the face of ambiguity, and balance quick wins with long-term maintainability. You’ll report to a Lead Engineer of a new Payments financial team at Carrot and work closely with them, as well as our VP of Payments, to help define objectives and execute on strategy. You’ll partner with Product, Finance, and other teams to design and build secure, resilient systems. Your work will include integrating external SaaS tools and building internal infrastructure that is accurate, compliant, and easy to maintain. While the focus is backend and systems architecture, this is a full-stack role. You should be confident in contributing across the stack, including APIs, frontend, and infrastructure. The Team: We are a fast-moving, adaptable, and highly collaborative group of skilled Engineers, Engineering leaders, Product leaders, and Designers, working with teams across the organization cross-functionally to enable cohesive solutions across the product and business. Our engineers work closely with external vendors to move funds accurately and quickly to members, customers, and partners across global markets. We aim to build systems that are scalable, transparent, and easy to evolve as Carrot’s offerings expand. We favor a Lean approach to our product development, following the parts of agile that work best for us. We’re empowered to make local decisions, reducing the overhead of getting things done. We highly value having effective feedback mechanisms alongside empowerment to support continuous iterative improvements in all we do, to achieve better outcomes together. We welcome new technologies and are constantly self-evaluating our tools to ensure they are solving our needs. Minimum Qualifications: 5+ years of professional software development experience You have 2+ years of experience as a Staff or Lead-level engineer with full-stack responsibilities. Experience in fintech, payments, or financial systems. Strong technical skills across backend development, systems design, and vendor integration. Experience integrating with SaaS-based financial tools or payment platforms (e.g. Stripe, Airwallex, Modern Treasury, Plaid). You thrive in leading through complexity and ambiguity, adapting to emerging challenges and business demands, while thoughtfully but pragmatically considering tradeoffs to make informed decisions. You understand that there is not a one-size-fits-all decision engine for how we build Carrot’s product. A blank piece of paper doesn’t scare you, and you are excited to contribute to products from the ground up. You are comfortable interfacing across an organization, collaborating closely with various functions, and influencing the direction of solutions to meet goals. You build strong relationships and trust among your team and cross-functionally to enable higher impact of the work you are doing together. You understand that varying personalities and backgrounds will represent engineering competencies and principles in different ways. You celebrate your team, and you find the time to provide feedback to your teammates, understanding the value of feedback. You take pride in our mission: fertility care for all. Preferred Qualifications: Experience using AI tools and integrating AI into workflows and solutions Experience working in a startup environment or on lean teams where you’ve worn multiple hats. Familiarity with accounting, ledgering, or reconciliation systems. Experience working with international payments or multi-currency systems. Experience building an MVC framework based application C#, .NET Core JS + Typescript, React Compensation: Carrot offers a holistic Total Rewards package designed to support our employees in all aspects of their life inside and outside of work, including health and wellness benefits, retirement savings plans, short- and long-term incentives, parental leave, family-forming assistance, and a competitive compensation package. The starting base salary for this position will range from $165,000.00 - $202,000.00. Actual compensation may vary from posted base salary depending on your confirmed job-related skills and experience. Fraud and Security Notice: Please note that all communication regarding job opportunities at Carrot will come exclusively from an @get-carrot.com email address. If you receive messages from any other domain, please disregard them and report the incident to: securityreporting@get-carrot.com Why Carrot? Carrot has received national and international recognition for its pioneering work, including Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and World Changing Ideas, Inc. Power Partners, and Modern Healthcare’s Innovators. Carrot’s global workforce has been acknowledged with several accolades, including Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Healthcare, Great Place to Work, and Age-Friendly Employer certifications. Carrot is regularly featured in media reporting on issues related to the future of work, women in leadership, and healthcare innovation, including MSNBC, The Economist, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, National Public Radio, Harvard Business Review, and more. Learn more at carrotfertility.com.

Responsibilities

You will be the technical lead for Carrot’s financial systems, focusing on payments infrastructure. You will own technical outcomes and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable solutions that meet evolving business needs.