Senior Software Engineer, Payments/Fintech

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant’s sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

Versant is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our FinTech team and help design, build, and scale high-quality global software solutions that handle high-volume payment processing and fund distribution.

In this role you will collaborate closely with product managers, finance, compliance, engineering peers, and our QA team to drive technical initiatives, being responsible for ensuring money flows reliably, securely, and on time across our platform and that everything meets or exceeds strict performance and regulatory standards. This role is ideal for engineers who have an open mind for innovation and expansion but also a clear understanding and appreciation for regulations and standards.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will:

• Design, implement, and maintain reliable systems for processing payments, scheduling payouts, and reconciling transactions.
• Ensure funds distribution happens on time and at scale, with strong SLAs and monitoring.
• Collaborate with Finance, Compliance, and Product teams to build features that meet regulatory, tax, and reporting requirements
• Integrate with third-party payment processors, banks, and financial networks (ACH, wire transfers, card processors, digital wallets)
• Architect systems for auditability, security, and fault tolerance across distributed services
• Implement and improve automated reconciliation, ledgering, and reporting pipelines
• Lead technical discussions on scalability, reliability, and fraud prevention in payment systems.
• Work closely with first party and third party integrators, contribute to code reviews, and promote engineering best practices.
• Drive process improvements in CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and observability for financial workflows.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

• 5+ years of experience building backend systems, with at least 2 years in a senior/lead capacity
• Strong proficiency in C#, ASP.NET (Web API) and SQL Server
• Hands-on experience with payment processing, banking integrations, or financial transaction systems
• Deep understanding of databases and transactional integrity (SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, or NoSQL systems)
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, queues, and schedulers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS/SNS, etc.)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code
• Knowledge of security and compliance standards for payments (PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR)
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, finance, and business teams
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

BONUS POINTS FOR:

• Experience with NodeJS, TypeScript and Angular. Experience with Mobile development (.NET MAUI, Objective-C, Android, etc.)
• Experience working with ACH, SEPA, card networks, or real-time payment rails
• Background in ledgering systems, accounting workflows, or treasury operations
• Familiarity with fraud detection and risk mitigation strategies

Fully Remote: This role has been designated as fully remote, meaning it is expected to be performed from a non-Versant worksite, typically an employee’s residence. Occasional travel is required and can range from within the country (typical, various times of the year) to global (not typical but still possible). #LI-Remote

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.