About Sezzle

With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We’re not just transforming payments; we’re redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values.

If you’re excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping!

Compensation

For this principal development role, with 12+ years of experience, the compensation range is $6,000 - $11,000 per month. This range acknowledges the extensive expertise, leadership capabilities, and significant contributions expected at this level, offering a competitive salary to reflect the value of advanced skills and experience.

Interview Process

We believe transparency is important at Sezzle. Regularly providing feedback while setting expectations is part of our culture starting with the interview process. Advancement through each step is not guaranteed.

• Application submitted (you are here)
• Wonderlic test (30-40 min)
• Interview with recruiters (30 min)
• Coding assessment (~1.5 hours)
• Interview with engineers (1 hour)
• Interview with engineering leadership (30-45 min)
• Offer!

About The Role

We are seeking a talented and motivated best-in-class Principal Software Engineer. This role presents an exciting opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within a rapidly growing team, with abundant prospects for career advancement.

As a Principal Software Engineer with Sezzle, you will work with highly-motivated teams to tackle interesting and challenging problems across multiple areas of the organization. Your experience and guidance will help other members of the team level-up their own skills as well.

What You'll Do

• Architect, design, and build scalable backend services and APIs primarily in Golang.
• Lead Sezzle’s AI enablement efforts.
• Drive consistency and scalability across a distributed microservices architecture.
• Mentor engineers and champion a culture of learning, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business goals into technical roadmaps.

What We Look For

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant backend experience.
• Strong proficiency in Golang.
• Expertise with SQL-based RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

About You

• You have relentlessly high standards.
• You’re not bound by convention.
• You earn trust.
• You deliver results.

What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome?

At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers; we are skilled musicians, yogis, cyclists, and more. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks but rather by the passionate, unique individuals we hire.