Senior Software Engineer, Teams

Position: Senior Software Engineer, Multiple Teams
Relay is a digital banking platform that gives self-made business owners the tools and know-how to be great with money—bringing clarity, confidence, and control to every dollar earned, so they can turn hard work into lasting success. We do this by replacing financial guesswork with real visibility, transforming cash flow from a constant source of stress into a clear signal owners can use to run stronger, more resilient businesses.

Our Engineering team is at the heart of building banking products that help millions of small businesses succeed. We’re on a journey to reinvent banking, and we’re looking for a curious, impact-driven Senior Software Engineer to join our growing team – someone who thrives on taking smart risks, experimenting boldly, and learning from every challenge.

You’ll tackle complex problems head-on, ship high-quality, robust code, and shape systems that power our products. This is a unique opportunity to work across our full product suite, influence technical decisions, and deliver end-to-end features that customers love. If you’re excited about building best-in-class fintech products in a fast-growing, collaborative environment, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

End-to-End Development:
Own features across the full development lifecycle – from design and development to testing, deployment, and monitoring – ensuring reliability and performance at scale

System & Infrastructure Ownership:
Manage production systems, optimize infrastructure, and contribute to the availability, scalability, and resilience of our platform

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Partner with Product, Design, and cross-functional teams to build solutions that meet customer and business needs

Innovation and Continuous Improvement:
Proactively identify areas for technical, process, and product improvement, helping the team raise the bar and influencing technical direction and long‑term strategy

Who You Are

You have 3+ years of full-stack software engineering experience

You have led the development of significant components or features, delivering them successfully with minimal oversight

You mentor junior engineers, sharing expertise and fostering the growth and skill development of the entire team

You proactively drive enhancements and lead initiatives to enhance code quality, optimize performance, and streamline development processes

You’re a lifelong learner, curious about new frameworks, best practices, and emerging technologies

You thrive in fast‑paced, dynamic environments and are comfortable navigating ambiguity and change

You’re a collaborative team player, eager to pitch in, ask questions, and provide and receive feedback

You take ownership end-to‑end, solving problems creatively and proactively, while keeping the customer and business impact front‑of‑mind

It’s a Bonus (but Not Required) If You

Have worked in startups or high‑growth tech companies

Have experience with JavaScript - we primarily use Type Script, React, and Node.js

Have working knowledge of AWS services (ECS, S3, RDS, Dynamo, Lambda) and continuous deployment pipelines

Our Tech Stack

Front‑end:
React, Typescript, React Native

Back‑end:
Node.js, Typescript, Terraform, AWS (DynamoDB, RDS Postgres, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, SES, Elastic Search, ECS)

Tools:
Cursor, Claude, Git Hub, Git Hub Actions, Datadog, Jira, Metabase

The Interview Process

Stage 1: A 45-minute Google Meet video call with a member of the Talent team

Stage 2: A 60-minute live coding exercise with two members of the Engineering team

Stage 3: A 60-minute Google Meet video call with two Engineering Managers

Stage 4: A take‑home system design challenge, followed by a 60-minute Google Meet video call review with two members of the Engineering team

Stage 5: A 45-minute in‑person interview…