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Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Payments Reliability

South Jordan, UT

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Payments Reliability

Canopy, Remote in these states: AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, MI, MN, NC, OH, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA

About Us

Canopy is a fast-growing SaaS company in South Jordan, Utah building simple, efficient software for accounting firms. We are looking to revolutionize the accounting space with modern, user-friendly software for a neglected industry. 

We aim to help our clients unlock the firm they’ve always wanted with our Practice Management Suite. We place a strong emphasis on delighting our customers, spotting and solving problems, and being good people along the way. 

Click here to see why our clients love Canopy.

Interested in learning more about Canopy & the industry? Check out our blog here where you can find great information on our product features, industry news, practice management, and more!

The Opportunity

We are hiring a Senior/Staff Backend Engineer to help evolve and strengthen Canopy’s payments and billing infrastructure.

As our platform grows, we are investing in building a robust, scalable payments foundation with strong engineering standards, operational controls, and reliability best practices. This role will be a key technical leader in shaping how payments workflows are designed, implemented, and maintained across the organization.

You’ll work cross-functionally with product, engineering, QA, and operations to ensure payments systems remain resilient, observable, and easy to safely extend as new capabilities are introduced.

What You'll Do:

  • Lead the design and development of core backend services supporting payments and billing workflows
  • Implement microservice endpoints using Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, and anything else you need to get the job done
  • Establish and enforce engineering patterns for safe payment execution, including idempotency, auditability, and fault tolerance
  • Build shared infrastructure and APIs that enable teams to integrate with payments in a consistent, reliable way
  • Improve observability through logging, monitoring, tracing, and operational alerting
  • Develop testing strategies and harnesses that validate real-world failure scenarios and edge cases
  • Partner with product and engineering leaders to define a long-term roadmap for payments platform improvements
  • Mentor engineers and raise the bar on backend quality, resilience, and technical decision-making
  • Participate in architectural reviews and guide best practices across teams
  • Participate in interviews of candidates to help us continue to hire the best

Your Skills Include:

  • At least 5 years of web development experience (Python required, Java/Kotlin preferred)
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Strong experience working with payment processors as well as building and operating distributed systems in production
  • Deep understanding of backend reliability principles, including safe retries, consistency, and fault tolerance
  • Knowledge of RESTful API principles and conventions
  • Passion for building innovative, scalable solutions that have real customer impact
  • Ability to work well on a highly collaborative team and with other cross functional stakeholders
  • Able to coordinate and lead out on large initiatives that can span several teams
  • Ability to communicate well across teams and departments to promote ideas while showing mutual respect for others’ opinions

Bonus Points If You Have: 

  • An interest for AI development and following the latest updates in the space
  • Experience working with microservices
  • Experience with leveraging 3rd party APIs and integrations

We know many women do not apply for a job if they don't perfectly fit the description. We want you to apply anyway.

Why You Want to Work Here:

🌴 Flexible Paid Time Off - you’re actually encouraged to use, plus 10 company holidays! 

❤️‍🩹 Health Benefits - including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA Match. 

💰 401(k) - we match 100% up to 3% of your contribution. Eligibility is immediate with 100% vesting.

🧠 Mental Health -  all employees have access to Impact Suite & to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

👶 Paid New Parent Leave & Birthing Parent Leave - so you’re able to care for your little ones.

➕ Supplemental Benefits - including 100% company paid Basic Life & AD&D insurance and long & short-term disability coverage.

🌟 Nectar - our peer-to-peer recognition program to help our employees recognize the amazing work being done by other Canopians!

🥳 Company Events - including monthly company-wide meetings, summer parties, and more.

💡 ERG Committees - to plan initiatives around continuing education, community outreach, recruiting, onboarding, and more.

☕ Fully-stocked kitchen - Keto? Vegan? Flexitarian? Mandalorian? We’ve got you covered. 

Our Values:

We approach our work every day with a few things in mind:

🔑 Own - we own this place! We focus on outcomes, holding ourselves & each other accountable.

🏆 Win - we win by delighting our customers with the very best products and services.

👍 Do Good - we work hard to be good people!

💡 Embrace Curiosity & Candor - we approach everything with curiosity & we understand that candor is kindness and give the gift of feedback.

To learn more about us & our values, click here.

Interviewing @ Canopy:

Application processes can be a little stressful. Here are the stages of a typical interview process at Canopy:

  • Once your application is received, we will review it and get back to you if we feel like it’s a mutual fit! 
  • 20 minute phone call with the People Team
  • 45-60 minute video or in-person interview with the Hiring Manager
  • 2.5-3 hour panel interview that includes a mix of cultural and technical questions

Interview processes can vary depending on the role. The People Team will give you a role-specific overview of the process during your first phone call. 

Remember: This is your interview too! We know candidates are evaluating us just as much as we are them. We encourage you to bring questions to each of your interviews—our hiring teams will always make sure to save time for questions at the end! 

Canopy is an equal-opportunity employer. Canopy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or veteran status.

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