As a Senior Software Engineer on the Money Movement - Innovation team, you'll build the systems behind NMI's bank-to-bank payments: public APIs, internal tools, and third-party integrations, using Scala, TypeScript, and C#, with TDD and containerized microservices on AWS (Docker, Lambda, ECS). You'll work AI-first, using tools like Claude Code daily and helping the team sharpen how it uses them. We're looking for someone who digs into ambiguous, high-stakes problems and owns them end to end.
About the team:
The Innovation team sits at the center of NMI's money movement strategy. Formed through NMI's acquisition of Dwolla, we build and evolve the bank payment platform NMI's partners rely on, spanning open banking, push-to-card, account verification, and new payment rail integrations.
We work asynchronously, communicate often, and expect blockers to be surfaced early. Psychological safety and continuous improvement are how we keep our high pace sustainable.
You will:
- Design and develop applications in Scala, TypeScript, and C#
- Use AI-first tools like Claude Code to research approaches, generate code, and strengthen review and testing
- Own code quality and production issues: reviews, bug reports, and troubleshooting
- Translate business needs into technical solutions with stakeholders and your team
- Participate in agile ceremonies (refinement, planning, standups, retros) and help improve how the team works
- Apply system design expertise across messaging (RabbitMQ), data at scale (SQL, S3), database/caching (RDS, Redis, DynamoDB), and CI/CD (Git, Jenkins, CloudFormation, Terraform)
You may be a fit for this role if you have
Minimum requirements:
- Strong grasp of programming languages, techniques, security, and architecture
- Ability to take ownership of assigned work and complete it without close oversight
- Experience with AI-first coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Copilot)
- Experience mentoring and participating in code reviews
- 4+ years developing applications with object-oriented or functional languages
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or related field), or 4+ years of additional equivalent experience
Preferred qualifications:
- Working knowledge of distributed system design: event-driven microservices, containerized apps, service discovery
- Experience with Agile practices
- Experience with TDD and Continuous Integration
- Experience with paired programming or mobbing
- Experience with Scala, cats, or other functional programming tools and libraries
- Experience building and sharing AI skills or similar
- Exposure to ACH, payments, or other reliable/secure systems is a plus
Do you feel like you have a slightly out of the ordinary career path or history? We are open to all walks of life and very willing to hear your story. Please don't feel like this should be a barrier to securing a great career at NMI! We appreciate success can come in all shapes and sizes. Fill in the 'Additional Info' box on our application to tell us more about your path.
As well as being a part of something exciting everyday, you will also receive the following benefits:
- Competitive salary + bonus
- A remote first culture!
- Flex PTO
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 13 Paid Holidays
- Company volunteer days
About us
NMI, a global leader in payment technologies, allows software and sales professionals to deliver payment innovations to their clients without having to build payment expertise in house. NMI enables our partners with choice, and challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to payments. You've probably used NMI in the last 24 hours without even realizing it. We're the platform that powers success for innovative tech created by SMBs, entrepreneurs and fintech startups. We're creative problem solvers who help visionaries smash through boundaries and think beyond what's possible so they can think about what's next. But we're not just built for the tech savvy. We democratize the latest payments technology so that everyone can realize the benefits of easy payments across the full spectrum of commerce. Our mission is to use our expertise to enable more payments, in more ways and more places. We provide ISOs, Fintech Innovators and Technologists the freedom to focus on what they do best, liberating them from restricted payment solutions and giving them access to the latest payment technology now and in the future.
Equal Opportunity
NMI is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation or sexual identity, genetic information, citizen status (except those that do not have the legal right to be employed in the United States), disability, military service, service member, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Please be aware that all offers of employment are made subject to receipt of satisfactory background and financial checks.
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Skills Required
- 4+ years developing applications with object-oriented or functional languages
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or 4+ years equivalent experience
- Experience with AI-first coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Copilot)
- Experience mentoring and participating in code reviews
- Ability to take ownership of assigned work and complete it without close oversight
- Strong grasp of programming languages, techniques, security, and architecture
- Design and develop applications in Scala, TypeScript, and C#
- Working knowledge of distributed system design: event-driven microservices, containerized apps, service discovery
- Experience with Agile practices
- Experience with TDD and Continuous Integration
- Experience with paired programming or mobbing
- Experience with Scala, cats, or other functional programming libraries
- Exposure to ACH, payments, or other reliable/secure systems
- Experience building and sharing AI skills or similar
NMI Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — Work setup is remote-first with flexible arrangements, and policies such as flexible or unlimited PTO and multiple paid holidays are emphasized. This supports work-life balance across remote, hybrid, and in-office options.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage are promoted alongside wellness initiatives and mental-health support resources. Company materials and benefits hubs describe solid core coverage, even as specifics vary by plan and location.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a U.S. 401(k) and pensions where applicable, with indications of employer matching. This provides meaningful long-term value as part of total rewards.
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What We Do
NMI is a leading global payment enablement platform, processing more than $180 billion in payments annually. We enable payments for over 3,200 partners and over 260,000 merchants around the world and across the entire commerce ecosystem: online, in-app, mobile, in-store, unattended and whatever’s next. We’re constantly innovating in order to power the next era of payments, building in the latest technology so ISVs, ISOs, banks and fintech innovators can focus on what they do best. NMI has offices in the US and UK and serves global customers. For more information, please visit nmi.com or email [email protected].
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