Software Engineer, Payments Infrastructure at Sierra
About the role
Salary: $211,000 - 251,000 per year Requirements: We want 7 years of experience building backend, platform, or infrastructure systems, with a history of delivering and operating highly reliable production services at a strong engineering organization. We value a strong security mindset: you should design as if every component may eventually be compromised, and think naturally about blast radius, least privilege, and preventing bad states rather than merely responding to them. You should be flue…
Interview process at Sierra
General interview process (this company's specific loop isn't published - reach out if you have insider info).
- Recruiter phone screen - typically 20-40 min
- Technical screen - 1 coding problem or take-home; format varies by company
- Onsite / virtual loop - typically 4-6 rounds over 2-3 weeks; exact split of coding, systems design, and behavioral varies by role and location
Platforms used: unknown — MiPrep tested compatible with major platforms
How to prepare
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