About Us  

Venmo was founded on the principles of breaking down the intimidating barriers around financial transactions to make them intuitive, friendly, and even fun. And it worked: people love sending money with Venmo, and we’re growing by leaps and bounds! 

Engineering at Venmo 

Engineering is a craft, and at Venmo we want the internals of our software to be as elegant as the end user experience we are designing. 

The Engineering Team at Venmo is a tightly-knit group of contributors, service owners, architects, managers, and operations. We spend our days scaling our platform and building features that are data-driven and human-centered. We teach and learn from one another, and push each other to be at our creative and analytical bests. 

The Role - Principal Software Engineer 

The teams you will support are the Web team and the Internal Tools team. The Web team is responsible for our Venmo.com experiences and webviews, while the Internal Tools team is responsible for the applications and services that are critical to Venmo’s operations, including Fraud and Venmo customer support. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will assist us in creating delightful user experiences for both internal and external customers.  

Things you’ll do: 

• Lead the design and development of full stack features and components for Venmo.com and internal web applications 
• Design and implementation of highly available and performant applications to meet business-critical SLAs 
• Work with our UX and Product teams to bring features from conception to launch 
• Collaborate with Platform, Infrastructure and InfoSec teams to ensure web apps operate at scale and meet security requirements  
• Write clean, high-quality code and tests while keeping the user experience fast and reliable 
• Build the optimal design and model for the UI, including responsive design and accessibility concerns
• Help triage bugs, track software defects, and ensure their timely resolution 
• Define and steward technical standards and code quality 
• Provide mentorship to fellow Web engineers and conduct peer code reviews  

What we are looking for: 

• Extensive experience in delivering large-scale web applications, with relevant experience working with modern web technologies. 
• Experience with ReactJS, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Bootstrap, and cross-browser and device development. 
• Extensive experience working with distributed services and backend systems, using technologies like AWS, Kubernetes, MySQL, RedShift, etc. 
• Experience mentoring and developing software engineers  
• Have a passion for quality and writing clean, solid, readable code that scales and performs well. Strong desire to learn, think creatively, and share knowledge with others. 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience 

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.