Software Development Engineer II

This role is on-site, 5 days a week, working from our Flatiron office in NYC.About SeatedSeated exists to help restaurants thrive in an industry defined by thin margins and underutilized capacity. We connect thousands of restaurants with millions of high-intent diners through demand-driven pricing and rewards, helping restaurants fill empty tables, reach new guests, increase visit frequency, and drive profitable incremental revenue.Since launching, billions of dollars in restaurant spend have flowed through Seated, and hundreds of millions of dollars in rewards have been paid to Seated consumers. Today, Seated operates across 20+ U.S. markets and continues to expand nationally.Our core marketplace is thriving. Now, we're focused on expanding the value Seated creates for restaurants and consumers and building the company's next major growth engine.See it for yourself: seatedapp.io (restaurant side) getseated.seatedapp.io (diner side) Seated on iOS Seated on AndroidRole OverviewWe're fast-paced, innovative, and metric-driven, with a team passionate about delighting our customers. We're looking for a mid-level Software Development Engineer with a strong foundation in backend systems and distributed architectures. You'll help build and scale the systems that power Seated's growing platform.You'll translate business needs into live features and partner directly with business owners who recognize the value of technology. You'll have a strong voice in product design and ownership across coding, QA, and production support.ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, and maintain scalable backend systems that power our core platform servicesPartner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into well‑implemented, deterministic workflows and servicesBuild reliable, fault‑tolerant distributed systems with strong coding, testing, observability, performance, and reliability practices Contribute to technical design for high‑performance, service‑oriented architecturesScale backend services and microservices for high throughput and low latencyRequirementsBachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering; 3+ years of experience shipping production payment/fintech systemsStrong understanding of backend architecture and distributed systems designAbility to quickly learn new payment technologies and apply them to real‑world solutions and product designProficiency in Java and the Spring Boot framework; or equivalent expertise in a similar object‑oriented languageExperience building high‑availability systems, including low‑latency APIs and distributed RESTful/gRPC services; practiced in backward compatibility, deterministic behavior, and idempotencyPreferred ExperienceSolid knowledge of distributed databases and scalable, fault‑tolerant cachingExperience with AI agents and prompt engineering; able to build web features using agentic workflows and modern frontend frameworksCloud experience (AWS or GCP), containerization (Docker); familiarity with AWS services such as ECS, RDS, and Kinesis, plus observability tools like DatadogPreferred: Experience with workflow orchestration engines (Temporal, Cadence, or AWS Step Functions)Benefits$160K - $180K + stock options401k with company matchMedical, dental, and vision coverageFSA, dependent care, and commuter benefitsPaid parental leave and unlimited PTOTeleDoc, One Medical, Talkspace, and WellHub accessCiti Bike membership$100 monthly Seated dining credit