Software Engineer

Job title: Software Engineer
Reports to: Director, Engineering
Department: Development
Location: Alpharetta, GA
Grade: 19

About Priority:

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. is a leading financial technology company on a mission to deliver a personalized, easy-to-adopt financial toolset that accelerates cash flow and optimizes working capital for businesses. Our vision is to eliminate the barriers to unlocking revenue - empowering businesses to grow faster and operate smarter.
We achieve this through the Priority Commerce Engine, an innovative platform that combines payables, acquiring, and banking and treasury solutions. This unified approach allows businesses to streamline financial operations, reduce unnecessary costs, and uncover new revenue opportunities.

At Priority, we're driven by results. We expect our people to be known for results - bringing expertise, momentum, and relentless focus to every challenge, helping our clients and each other thrive.

Job Summary:
The Software Engineer contributes to the design, development, and delivery of features and platform improvements within Priority's core fintech systems. This role works closely with product, architecture, UX, quality, and operations teams to build secure and maintainable software in an agile environment.

You will focus on delivering reliable, well-tested solutions while strengthening platform stability, performance, and operational health. The role balances feature development with quality, operational awareness, and continuous learning, and includes responsible use of modern development tools, including AI-assisted engineering practices.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement secure, well-tested, and maintainable features and improvements for our products.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture, UX, Quality, and Operations in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Write high-quality code and unit tests that follow internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, give and receive constructive feedback, and help maintain code quality.
• Ship small-medium features and improvements with minimal guidance; contribute to larger projects as part of the team.
• Analyze and solve technical problems with appropriate scope and complexity, with support from the team when needed.
• Learn from and share knowledge with other engineers; contribute to team best practices.
• Support improvements to product quality, security, and performance.
• Participate in support and maintenance of delivered solutions.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends and apply them where relevant.
• Participate in a shift-left approach: write unit and integration tests, contribute to test automation, and take part in contract testing where applicable.
• Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., AI pair programming, code generation, refactoring aids) to improve productivity and consistency while applying sound design and owning your code.
• Apply AI tooling to support code review, documentation, test ideas, and repetitive tasks, and adopt responsible use of these tools as part of the team.

What Success Looks Like:

• Features are delivered reliably with minimal defects and clear maintainability.
• Code meets team standards for readability, testing, and documentation.
• Production issues are diagnosed and resolved efficiently within scope of ownership.
• Collaboration across product and engineering teams improves delivery predictability.
• Platform stability and performance improve over time through incremental improvements.
• The engineer demonstrates growing autonomy, technical judgment, and ownership of their work.

Candidate Requirements:

• 3-5 years of professional software development experience.
• Experience in C#, JavaScript, or comparable programming languages.
• Experience with modern web technologies (e.g., React or similar frameworks) and server-side development (.NET, Node, or similar).
• Experience working with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server• Familiarity with cloud or hybrid infrastructure environments (preferably AWS).
• Experience working in an agile development environment.
• Ability to analyze technical problems and implement solutions within defined scope.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills within cross-functional teams.
• Commitment to code quality, testing, and maintainability practice.

Preferred

• Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with secure coding and application security concepts.
• Experience working in regulated environments or transaction-based systems.

Bonus:

• Experience or interest in fintech, payments, or banking platforms.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tooling or automation workflows.
• Interest in AI-driven software capabilities or intelligent automation systems.

Work Environment & Culture:

We believe that performance and experience go hand in hand - an exceptional employee experience is earned through contribution. We are a results-driven team, grounded in our core values: ownership, authenticity, service, trust, innovation, and camaraderie.Our culture is built for those who want to make an impact. We challenge each other to grow, celebrate progress, and support one another through shared goals and real connection. Whether you're building technology, serving clients, or supporting internal teams, you'll be part of a company that empowers you to perform at your best and be known for results.

Compensation and Benefits:

Compensation range: $98,500--$134,242

We invest in the whole employee - personally and professionally. Our benefits package is designed to support your well-being, growth, and success - both inside and outside of work

Financial Wellness

• Bonus programs
• 401(k) match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• HSA and FSA options
• Financial wellness resources and employee discount programs

Health & Well-being

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Mental health support for employees and dependents through Lyra Health
• Family planning and women's health benefits through Carrot
• Gym membership reimbursement and virtual wellness programs (including yoga)

Time Off

• 3 weeks PTO to start, with unlimited PTO after year one

Growth & Development

• Education expense reimbursement
• Leadership development programs
• Certified Payments Professional (CPP) certification support

We believe great performance starts with feeling supported - and we've built our benefits with that in mind.

Traditional Physical Requirements:

• Requires prolonged sitting, standing, bending, stooping and stretching.
• Requires the ability to lift 10 pounds.
• Requires eye-hand coordination, manual dexterity and a normal range of hearing and vision(with or without correction).

Join our team at Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. and be part of a dynamic and innovative company that is transforming the financial technology landscape. Together, we can shape the future of payments and banking solutions while providing unmatched value to our clients.