Senior Software Engineer

About Meadow

Meadow is the first modern fintech platform transforming the $500 billion U.S. higher education payments industry by solving the dual complexities of the tuition payment process for students and accounts receivable for universities. We are bringing the entire student financial experience online.

Our mission is simple: empower students financially and improve economic mobility through higher education. We are building an ambitious, thoughtful, and execution-focused team to tackle a historically analog industry with modern technology. Our founders are former leaders at Amazon, Outschool, and Amex. Investors include Giant Ventures, Matrix Ventures, AlleyCorp, Treble Capital, and more.

Employees join Meadow for the opportunity to work on meaningful problems in a rapidly scaling company that values ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Overview

Meadow is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale our student financial engagement platform, Meadow Pay. As we continue expanding to universities nationwide, this role will be critical in delivering reliable, scalable product experiences for students and institutional partners.

You will design, build, and operate core systems across our backend and frontend stack, partnering closely with Product, CX, and Integrations to deliver high-quality software. This role requires strong technical judgment, a high bar for quality, and a desire to take ownership of meaningful product areas from concept through production.

Role and Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of product features from design through deployment and ongoing support.
• Architect and build scalable backend services and APIs (TypeScript/Node.js).
• Contribute to frontend development using modern frameworks (React preferred).
• Design systems with reliability, observability, and maintainability in mind.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, CX, and Integrations teams to deliver customer-facing functionality.
• Participate in code reviews and uphold high standards for code quality and system design.
• Improve engineering processes, tooling, and documentation to support scale.
• Help shape technical decisions and engineering culture as we grow.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience in a team environment.
• Ability to manage projects independently and deliver high-quality work on tight timelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Strong backend development experience (TypeScript/Node.js preferred).
• Experience building modern frontend applications (React preferred).
• Experience with relational databases and writing performant SQL queries.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and modern deployment practices.
• Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability best practices.

The Extras We’d Love to See

• Experience in fintech, edtech, or other regulated industries.
• Experience working at an early-stage or high-growth startup.
• Familiarity with payment systems or financial infrastructure.
• Experience designing systems that integrate with external partners or APIs.
• Interest in higher education and Meadow’s mission.

Compensation and Benefits

The initial annual salary for this position is expected to range from $150,000–$190,000. This range represents the anticipated base salary for a NY-based position. Actual compensation will depend on experience, skills, qualifications, location, and other job-related factors.

• The opportunity to positively impact students while building within a $500B market
• Equity in an early-stage, high-growth company
• Subsidized health, dental, and vision coverage with HSA & FSA options
• Flexible work environment, with hybrid and fully remote roles and multiple on-sites each year
• Generous parental leave policy
• Flexible PTO plus 10 paid company holidays
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Budgeted productivity stipends
• A collaborative, ambitious, and no-drama team environment

Meadow is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and encourage employees to participate as their authentic selves in our work environment. We strive to build better for all, toward a more open and inclusive space. Come as you are.

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