About Knot

Knot’s mission is to empower consumers and businesses alike with connected merchant and banking experiences. Knot is like “Plaid for merchant connectivity.” We are building the platform connecting merchants to the many applications that consumers and businesses interact with everyday. Our flagship product allows consumers to instantly update & manage their cards on file with online merchant accounts (e.g. Netflix or PayPal). We are building many new products on top of our novel merchant connectivity platform and we hope you choose to come build them with us!

Founded in 2021, Knot was founded by two brothers - Rory and Kieran O’Reilly - and today powers connected online payment experiences for hundreds of thousands of consumers. Companies like Current, BILT, and Fizz choose to embed Knot’s SDK in their apps to power best-in-class experiences for their customers.

Knot is proudly backed by a select group of investors, including Nava Ventures, 8VC, American Express, Plaid, and co-founders & CEOs of prominent companies like Twitter, Warby Parker Allbirds, Casper, Intercom, Deel, Italic, DraftKings, and many more, along with Lydia Jett of SoftBank Group.

Working at Knot

We’re a world-class team hailing from all over the globe with the vast majority of the company in engineering roles. We are looking to further solidify our presence in NYC to be at the heart of the financial services ecosystem.

Our team is relentlessly focused on building for our customers and every member of the financial services ecosystem. We take our work seriously and have fun while doing it. Both are equally important.

What you’ll do

• Lead & manage a team to build Knot’s novel merchant connectivity platform, the backbone for all user-facing products.

• Work closely with the team’s product lead to deliver on an ever-evolving product roadmap and develop processes that make the team successful.

• Be accountable for making and delivering on team commitments, as well as pivoting when necessary in order to keep the team focused on the most impactful work.

• Foster a culture of deep care for industry-leading performance and scalability.

What you’ll need to get the job done

• 1+ years of experience managing other engineers

• Track record of shipping high-quality code with proficiency in Node/Typescript, Python, and CloudSQL (or similar relational database).

• Excited to work with the product team on high level team direction, as well as dive into the details of individual problems on a day-to-day basis.

• Ability to tailor your management style to suit your team’s needs, identifying where some people might succeed with a more hands-off approach than others.

• Expert communication and ability to collaborate seamlessly with product teams.

• Experience with backend web scraping a major plus.

Tech

• React-query/Axios for API calls

• PHP/Laravel, Typscript/Node, Python, Socket.io in the backend

• CloudSQL & Redis

• Hosted on Google Cloud Functions and k8s

• Github, Linear, Slack, Notion

What we offer

• Interesting and challenging work

• Competitive base salary + generous early employee equity + benefits

• 100% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents (U.S.)

• Unlimited PTO

• Parental leave

• Beautiful NYC office in the heart of Flatiron