Staff Engineer - Payments - Melbourne

TRAILD: Who are we? 

TRAILD is a dynamic, fast-growing SaaS company that streamlines, automates and protects Accounts Payable functions for all types of organisations.  

Just as your bank provides always on risk protection for your credit card, TRAILD provides a similar security capability to help businesses protect their B2B payments from fraud, errors and mistakes.  

Our specialised Accounts Payable software integrates with leading business ERP systems like SYSPRO, Acumatica, MYOB, and EPICOR to support our customers in running their AP process. 

We have a rapidly growing customer base, so you are about to board the rocket ship at an incredibly exciting time. This is an opportunity to make a real impact and with your help we can support more businesses to optimise their operations with enhanced automation and security. 

Hear how TRAILD customers speak about us here. 

The Role: Want to be a part of our exciting growth journey? 

This is a new role in our payments team, you will have the opportunity to take ownership of end-to-end capabilities providing seamless payment services to our customers utilizing a variety of payment infrastructure, from bank transfers to card networks. 

We expect you to be passionate about highly scalable, fault tolerant, globally distributed systems., Our systems are built on a micro-services, event driven architecture using Google Cloud. 

You need to be comfortable with high levels of agency, and care about the outcomes you deliver for TRAILD and its customers.  

We are a company that places our customers at the centre of our product development process using feedback to enhance how our software can aid them in running their business more effectively. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead the design and development of highly scalable, reliable, secure, and fault-tolerant systems using state-of-the-art technology 

• Develop and execute against both short and long-term roadmaps. Make effective trade-offs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation 

• Drive projects from idea formulation, to implementation across our global infrastructure and customer base 

• Collaborate with product managers, finance/revenue teams, and other engineering teams to build new features and products creating impact for our customers 

Who You Are:  

• 8+ years of experience working in hands-on technical roles, with a strong background in software engineering and architectural design. 

• Strong communication skills with a knack for breaking down technical details and decisions for non-technical audiences. 

• Demonstrated ability to go deep, understand both the domain and complex customer needs 

• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment, where you are continuously honing your craft 

• Experience in dotnet core & C# working in a cloud-native environment or experience with other modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Go, C#, etc).

• Strong collaborator with an attitude embracing growth, hands-on execution, adaptability, and the scale-up spirit. 

• Very nice to have - direct experience in fintech with experience in B2B payments in the US and EMEA 

The Perks of Working at TRAILD 

• Flexibility: we offer a range of remote, hybrid and flexible working options. 

• Global team: we are growing across APAC, NA and EMEA and have team all across the world. 

• Ownership and career opportunities are limitless in this early stage rocket ship 

• Our team genuinely loves working at TRAILD: we scored a 78 on our 2025 eNPS survey.  

Please note that the final applicants for this job will be asked to consent in writing to a police check / criminal background check to the extent permitted by law in your jurisdiction of employment