Jobs at Astra

• Astra's core API platform: authentication, versioning, pagination, rate limiting, error taxonomy, and the developer contracts that customers build on
• The control plane product: configuration surfaces, rule engines, programmable routing logic, and the levers customers use to customize money movement behavior

• Own pieces of core platform infrastructure, including the Terraform migration (VPC, IAM, networking), CI/CD pipelines, and environment provisioning, as part of a growing infrastructure team
• Build and maintain the tooling and abstractions that let product engineers ship and run their own code without solving infrastructure problems from scratch

• Lead frontend architecture decisions including component design, state management, performance, and scalability as our platform grows
• Design and implement React and TypeScript interfaces for our payments dashboard, reporting surfaces, and embedded product experiences

• Architect Critical Financial Systems: Design and implement payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance systems that handle millions of dollars daily with strict regulatory requirements
• Lead Cross-Domain Solutions: Coordinate complex interactions between payments, fraud detection, user management, and compliance systems

• Architect Critical Financial Systems: Design and implement payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance systems that handle millions of dollars daily with strict regulatory requirements
• Lead Cross-Domain Solutions: Coordinate complex interactions between payments, fraud detection, user management, and compliance systems

• Set the strategy for Astra’s enterprise compliance program and continuously improve its policies, procedures, risk assessments, controls, testing, training, and reporting.
• Serve as Astra’s designated BSA/AML Compliance Officer, overseeing KYC/KYB, customer due diligence, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, alert and case management, and financial-crimes risk.

• Become an expert in all things payments, from how the Astra platform works to the various payment rails and routes.
• Take charge of the entire sales process, starting from identifying potential leads all the way to signing contracts.

• Own financial strategy and capital planning

Monitor cash flow, runway, and capital needs. Build forecasting frameworks that ensure Astra can make informed investment decisions while maintaining financial discipline.

• Monitor cash flow, runway, and capital needs. Build forecasting frameworks that ensure Astra ca...

• Own and resolve inbound technical support tickets across our full client base — API errors, integration questions, configuration issues, transaction discrepancies, and similar day-to-day technical problems
• Meet defined response and resolution SLAs, prioritizing by severity and client impact

• Lead and Develop Your Team: Manage a team of backend engineers, running a rigorous delivery process, conducting regular 1:1s, and supporting career growth across all levels of the team.
• Manage Delivery: Own sprint planning, milestone tracking, and velocity. Catch slipping projects early, remove blockers, and balance technical quality with business speed so the team ships reliably.

• Serve as a front-line technical contact by answering customer support inquiries, troubleshooting integration issues, and payment ops.
• Partner closely with the Integrations team to support onboarding of new customers, helping them configure and validate integrations.