Sr. Software Engineer (Payments)

Recruiter / Account Manager @ Lead Strategy Ventures | Full-Cycle Recruitment Expert Who We Are: At Favorited, we are redefining mobile live-streaming as a fully interactive, gamified experience. We’re dedicated to fostering deeper connections between creators and their communities through play, and ensuring that creators are compensated well in the process. Our App: iOS Apply to This Position If You: Have a passion for building reliable and scalable payment systems that solve real-world problems. Enjoy collaborating with product and finance teams to ensure seamless user experiences. Thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments where your contributions have a direct impact. Take pride in writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Want to be part of a team that empowers creators and innovates in mobile live-streaming. Who You Are: Passionate about building innovative systems that enable creators to be compensated fairly. Detail-oriented and organized, with a strong ability to troubleshoot and debug issues. Excited by the opportunity to take ownership of mission-critical features. A quick learner who can adapt to shifting priorities and technologies. What You Will Do: As a Sr. Payments Systems Software Engineer at Favorited, you will play a key role in building and maintaining the payment and billing systems that power our mobile live-streaming platform. This includes taking over critical logic for billing, payouts calculations, and the associated UI systems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth, seamless payment processes for our creators and users. Responsibilities : Designing, implementing, and maintaining billing and payouts logic for our mobile platform. Building and optimizing user-facing payment UI systems using React and TypeScript . Integrating and managing payment systems with Stripe and App Store in-app payments . Identifying and mitigating payment failure modes, ensuring reliability and accuracy. Partnering with product, finance, and backend teams to streamline payouts and billing flows. Troubleshooting, testing, and iterating on features in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment. What We Are Looking for: We are seeking a proactive engineer with a deep understanding of payment systems and the experience to build and maintain mission-critical billing infrastructure. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise along with a solutions-oriented mindset. Proficiency in React and TypeScript for front-end development. Hands-on experience with Stripe and App Store in-app payments systems. Strong knowledge of payment failure modes and their mitigation strategies. Familiarity with corporate finance basics and payout systems is a plus. Experience in building, scaling, and maintaining payment or billing platforms. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment . A collaborative, problem-solving attitude with excellent communication skills. Where You’ll Work This is a full-time hybrid position based in Santa Monica, CA . You will work at least 2-3 days per week in our office , collaborating closely with a passionate and talented team. Health Insurance Unlimited PTO Company holidays At Favorited, we value the creativity and hard work of every team member. Join us as we redefine mobile live-streaming and empower creators to build thriving communities. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Software Development Get notified about new Senior Software Engineer jobs in Santa Monica, CA . We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr favorited