Senior Software Engineer, Platform

About us: Branch is on a mission to empower workers with financial freedom. We do this by helping companies accelerate payments and providing working Americans with accessible, free financial services. We’re committed to building and delivering more inclusive, transparent, and frictionless financial products. Our goal of empowerment extends to our own employees, too. Have a great idea? Share it today and it might just get implemented tomorrow. As a member of our team, your voice and creativity matter—and they can directly impact our products, company, and culture.  We not only focus on attracting great talent from across the country, but also on building teams that help that talent thrive. That means valuing a diversity of opinions and working styles, while creating a shared belief in innovation, initiative, and winning together. Come join our team as we develop new ways to improve the lives of working Americans. About the role: In this Senior Software Engineer role at Branch, you will be responsible for developing core components on our TipCalc team.  TipCalc is Branch's automated tip pooling and distribution platform for restaurants. It integrates with Point of Sale systems to ingest real-time check and shift data, calculate tip distributions based on customer-configured rules, and disburse payments directly to workers' Branch wallets, or their direct debit cards - replacing manual end-of-night spreadsheets and cash runs. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Java and microservices, with a focus on designing and optimizing scalable backend services and RESTful APIs. This position requires a solid foundation in computer science and a passion for upholding high engineering standards through code reviews and collaborative teamwork.   Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Measure and optimize the performance, scalability, and uptime of backend services Demonstrate and promote a culture of engineering excellence Conduct design and code reviews and push the bar for engineering rigor and standards Collaborate with product management, customer success, and customer support to deliver the best experience for our users Focus on consistent, cohesive REST APIs and domain driven service design to facilitate and orchestrate service contracts Qualifications: Attention to detail and passion for doing great work 5+ years of experience in building clean, well architected, distributed, and scalable software Strong computer science fundamentals, with deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design Strong command of Java and Java ba