Software Engineer
US$159,000 – US$275,000 / yr base salary
Posted 14 Jul 2026
Advertised as “Software Engineer - Infrastructure ”
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Remote
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$159,000 – US$275,000 / yr |
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OVERVIEW
This position can be based out of San Francisco, New York, or remote (we accept candidates from the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, MA, MD, MI, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, WA, WI).
Modern Treasury is expanding deeper into money movement. We’re building new products that will let customers move funds across both traditional rails and emerging technologies, including stablecoins. You’ll help design, deploy and operate the infrastructure that makes this possible.
This is a hands-on devops role with strong ownership over infrastructure architecture and platform automation.
ABOUT THE ROLE
This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure, platform engineering and security. You’ll define how Modern Treasury scales and operates our infrastructure, and guide teams toward cohesive architectural patterns.
You will set direction and build for infrastructure systems that support:
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Multi-rail money movement
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Real-time payment flows
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Ledger-backed transaction processing
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High-availability payment orchestration
This is a staff individual contributor role with broad influence across Product, Platform, and Infrastructure teams.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
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Lead architecture for AWS infrastructure, container orchestration, and CI/CD to support scalable payment systems
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Standardize automation and infrastructure-as-code to provision, scale, and operate high-volume ledger and transaction platforms
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Reduce operational overhead through tooling, streamlined workflows, and engineering standards uplift
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Optimize performance, reliability, and observability across real-time and rails-specific infrastructure
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Define service ownership and operational models, aligning platform and product teams on scalable rail architecture
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Contribute to infrastructure and security strategy for new payment rails, including FBO structures, stablecoin integrations, and compliance-focused features
WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE
Required
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8+ years in Devops, or infrastructure engineering
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Strong track record of setting technical direction without direct authority