Software Engineer

### Why Join Us

* **Opportunity**: Be an early member of a fast-growing YC startup that's modernizing payments in one of the largest industries in the US. You’ll have a crucial role in scaling the business while accelerating your career.
* **Timing**: Tank Payments has hit a key inflection point with 5x revenue growth YoY, but we’re still early enough to offer significant upside with reduced risk.
* **Team**: Join a world-class founding team that is ambitious, experienced, and tight-knit. We maintain a high bar for talent, ensuring a supportive, high-performance culture as we grow.

### Requirements

* 1+ years of experience in software development (internships or personal projects welcome)
* Basic understanding of cloud infrastructure, web technologies, and modern frameworks
* Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in an early-stage startup environment
* Comfortable with learning new technologies and adapting quickly to changing requirements.
* Collaborative, curious, and eager to work closely with other teams like product and design.
* **Not required**: Previous experience with our tech stack or in the logistics/trucking industry

### Technical Challenges You’ll be Working On

* **Money Movement, at Scale**: You'll build systems to securely and reliably move millions of dollars in payments, managing the complexity of financial transactions across multiple stakeholders.
* **Operational Excellence**: Optimize our systems to ensure high availability and fault tolerance, enabling 24/7 payments and avoiding downtime in mission-critical operations.
* **Advanced AI Models**: Implement AI pipelines for intelligent document processing, payment optimization, and risk assessment.
* **Fraud Mitigation**: Build real-time fraud detection and prevention mechanisms to safeguard our payment infrastructure and mitigate financial risk.
* **Front-end and Back-end**: Develop a seamless and intuitive user experience on both the client side and behind-the-scenes architecture, ensuring a responsive, scalable platform.
* **Variety**: Work across a broad spectrum of technologies and challenges, from backend APIs to user-facing dashboards, providing variety and constant learning opportunities.

### Benefits

* **Compensation**: Competitive salary with flexible equity packages, allowing you to benefit directly from the company’s growth.
* **Learning & Development**: A collaborative environment focused on mentorship, with opportunities to grow and build world-class software.
* **Healthcare**: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage—100% covered by us with multiple plan options to suit your needs.
* **Time-off**: Enjoy a self-managed, uncapped PTO policy for a healthy work-life harmony.

### In Person

We are building in-person in our HQ in downtown Austin! We believe that working together in the same space gives us a competitive edge—it fosters deeper collaboration, faster problem-solving, and stronger team bonds. We love the energy of our office and believe it’s key to building a world-class company.