We know that paying bills isn’t fun. At Papaya Pay, we work tirelessly to help make that experience better. With our app, users can snap a photo of any bill and it’s paid - no more calls, mailing checks, or tedious web forms. 

If you want to build great technology to make people's lives easier, then we need your help.
We’re looking for a Principal Backend Engineer to join our development team. The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience working with Java, and will be excited to architect Papaya's backend systems to support our next generation products and initiatives.
Flexibility, communication, and a willingness to learn are of the highest importance. Papaya believes that diversity helps build an inclusive culture where all team members can grow, contribute, and feel valued. If you agree, we’d love to hear from you!
What you would be doing: 

• Build RESTful APIs and optimize systems
• Develop backend applications and components, and integrations with third party systems
• Bring an architectural perspective, you will lead the design of medium to large projects 
• Report directly to our VP of Engineering and CTO
• Architecture, coding, unit testing, bug fixing and manage the deployment to production as well as anything else that may pop up

We'd like to hear from you if you: 

• Have 5+ years of Java experience
• Have knowledge of REST, Spring, Gradle/Maven
• Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL (MongoDB)
• Have experience using Git for version control
• AWS Cloud Services knowledge a plus

About Papaya:
The Papaya app is revolutionizing the way people pay their bills. We are one of the fastest-growing startups in Los Angeles, backed by successful investors including Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank. 

Papaya has already made payments to tens of thousands of businesses in all 50 states and our goal is to expand mobile share of the $4T US consumer bill payment space. We’d love for you to try it yourself — search the App or Play Store for Papaya Payments or visit ppaya.com. 

Our impact-driven team receives competitive salary, benefits, and equity. Come join our mission!