Lead Software Engineer

Alternative Payments is building the financial operating system for SMBs, consolidating the disconnected tech stack that holds service-based businesses back. Starting with MSPs, we've spent five years perfecting accounts receivable, and we're now expanding into accounts payable, AI-powered analytics, and beyond. We're at an inflection point: closing the loop on money movement and laying the foundation for a platform that will reshape how service businesses operate financially. We're growing fast, thinking big, and building a global team that wants to be part of something that lasts. We believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, deep collaboration, and a shared obsession with customer impact. If you're energized by real problems, real customers, and real impact, we want to hear from you! What you'll do We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer who's as comfortable talking about how a business makes money as they are designing a distributed system. This is a hands-on technical leadership role: you'll own initiatives end-to-end, partner closely with product, and help set the technical direction for a team that moves fast and operates with high autonomy. You'll report to our VP of Engineering and work in a flat structure where ICs lead projects, not just contribute to them. We run parallel initiatives at any given time in small, two-person tribe structures. We expect the people who join us to be the kind who step up, make decisions, and take accountability for outcomes, technical and otherwise. Own complex technical initiatives from conception to delivery, including architecture decisions, implementation, and cross-functional coordination with product and business stakeholders. Lead cross-functional efforts (tiger teams and initiative-based squads) and serve as the technical point of accountability for the initiatives you're running. Design and implement scalable microservices solutions, with particular attention to reliability, performance, and maintai