Software Developer (Payments)

Who we are

Grovewell is a 2-person team running a niche online store for vintage audio parts. The founders built the first version of the site in 2010 on nights and weekends.

The role

Our team is growing and we are hiring a Software Developer (Payments). Our operations team is six engineers and we're adding one more. Most of the work is backend services, with some internal tooling. Contract role, full-time hours, paid in USD at the end of each month. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do

• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense

Requirements

• 2-4 years of professional software development experience
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI
• Comfortable working in Linux and on the command line
• Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure

Preferred qualifications

• Prior work at an early-stage startup
• Background in payments, fintech or another regulated domain

What we offer

Rate: $17.00 - $18.50 per hour

• Paid time off
• Annual rate review

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Grovewell.