PayJoy

Staff Software Engineer - Marketing Tech

PayJoy • US
Hybrid
About PayJoy

PayJoy is a mission-first credit provider dedicated to helping under-served customers in emerging markets to achieve financial stability and success.  Our patented technology for secured credit provides an on-ramp for new customers to enter the credit system.  Through PayJoy’s point-of-sale financing and credit cards, customers gain access to a modern quality of life.  PayJoy’s credit also allows our customers to seize opportunities as micro-entrepreneurs, and provide safety acts as insurance for tough times. Through our cutting-edge machine learning, data science, and anti-fraud AI, we have served over 18 million customers as of 2025 while achieving solid profitability for sustainable growth.

This role

The Staff Software Engineer – MarTech Systems is responsible for defining the architectural direction and making high-impact technical decisions that will shape the development of platforms for MarTech Systems, which drive global customer acquisition, activation, engagement, and retention.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and own PayJoy’s marketing-technology platforms, including attribution pipelines, tracking frameworks, lifecycle automation engines, personalization systems, and CRM/CDP integrations. 
  • Lead medium-to-large, multi-team engineering initiatives end-to-end, including problem definition, architecture design, planning, risk mitigation, execution, testing, deployment, and ongoing monitoring. 
  • Make high-impact technical contributions across complex distributed systems, unblocking teams and elevating system reliability, performance, and scalability.
  • Define technical direction, standards, and best practices for MarTech systems, driving alignment across Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Data. 
  • Ensure operational excellence by establishing SLOs, improving observability, reducing incidents, managing technical debt, and maintaining high code quality. 
  • Represent MarTech systems in cross-functional forums, clearly communicating architectural trade-offs, risks, timelines, and business impact to senior stakeholders while influencing roadmap decisions.
  • Requirements

  • Relevant Bachelor's degree (or equivalent practical experience) plus 12 years of relevant industry (or additional academic) experience.
  • 12+ years of software engineering experience, with ownership of MarTech platforms, distributed systems, or large-scale data pipelines.
  • Strong, hands-on experience in MarTech / Growth Engineering, including attribution, event tracking, analytics, marketing automation, personalization, and CRM/CDP integrations.
  • Proven experience working with Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) and Adobe Experience Cloud (identity, audience management, data activation).
  • Experience with Salesforce and at least one lifecycle marketing platform (Marketo or Braze).
  • Ability to design end-to-end architecture, define a technical roadmap, and turn ambiguity into clear, scalable solutions.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures, APIs, event-driven systems, and data modeling (AWS preferred).
  • Strong technical leadership as an individual contributor: influence, ownership, and decision-making.
  • Excellent collaboration with Marketing, Product, and Data teams.
  • Nice to Have

  • Experience integrating CPQ / contract systems (DealHub, Ironclad).
  • Experience building in-house personalization engines or CMS.
  • Exposure to AI/ML models for growth, targeting, or recommendations.
  • Background in fintech or data- and marketing-heavy environments.
  • Benefits

  • 100% Company-funded health insurance for employee and immediate family
  • Company-funded employee life and disability insurance
  • 20 Paid vacation days, Flexible sick leave
  • $2,000 USD annual Co-working Travel perk
  • $2,000 USD annual Professional Development perk
  • Headphone benefit, home office equipment allowance and wellness perks
  • $340 Company-funded Commuter benefit
  • Catered lunches