Software Engineer Backend

About Good Leap

Good Leap is a technology company delivering best‑class financing and software products for sustainable solutions, from solar panels and batteries to energy‑efficient HVAC, heat pumps, roofing, windows, and more. Over 1 million homeowners have benefited from our simple, fast, and frictionless technology that makes the adoption of these products more affordable, accessible, and easier to understand. Thousands of professionals deploying home efficiency and solar solutions rely on Good Leap’s proprietary, AI‑powered applications and developer tools to drive more transparent customer communication, deeper business intelligence, and streamlined payment and operations.

Our platform has led to more than $30 billion in financing for sustainable solutions since 2018.

Good Leap is also proud to support our award‑winning nonprofit, Give Power, which is building and deploying life‑saving water and clean electricity systems, changing the lives of more than 1.6 million people across Africa, Asia, and South America.

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our team that owns the core of our payments technology. In this role, you’ll help design, build, and scale both our payments platform and customer‑facing payment products, ensuring they are secure, reliable, and performant. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to deliver seamless payments experiences that power every transaction.

• Architect, design, and evolve scalable, high-performance APIs in a distributed environment that power Web, Mobile, and partner integrations
• Lead integrations with payment processors and alternative payment rails, ensuring reliability, compliance, and future extensibility
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Risk, Finance, and Operations to translate business requirements into resilient technical solutions
• Drive the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation through testing, deployment, and post‑launch support
• Mentor and guide engineers across the team, setting high standards for system design, security, scalability, and code quality
• Champion operational excellence by building and enforcing practices around observability, documentation, monitoring, and alerting
• Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues to maintain high availability and seamless customer experiences

• 7+ years of back‑end development experience with Node.js and Type Script
• Proven expertise in architecting complex distributed systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, and security
• Extensive experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs, including versioning, documentation, and performance optimization
• Hands‑on experience with cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), including microservices, serverless, and containerized environments
• Strong system design and architectural decision‑making skills, balancing trade‑offs between performance, maintainability, and business needs
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead engineering teams, fostering collaboration, knowledge‑sharing, and technical excellence
• Passion for writing clean, maintainable code and driving best practices in testing, CI/CD, and observability
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a proven track record of influencing technical direction at scale

• Knowledge of Stripe, Quick Books, or similar payment platforms
• Experience with C#
• Experience with Datadog or similar observability tools
• Experience in Fin Tech or other highly regulated industries
• Previous work with real‑time payment processing systems

• Work on impactful projects that enable sustainability and energy solutions.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity for professional growth in a collaborative, inclusive, and fast‑paced environment.
• Work with a passionate, forward‑thinking team dedicated to making a difference.

$173,000 - $200,000 a year. In addition to the above salary, this role may be eligible for a bonus and equity.