Principal Software Engineer

<p><strong>About Relay Payments</strong></p> <p>Relay Payments is a modern, digital payment network for the trucking and logistics industries. Trusted by&nbsp; more than 500,000 drivers, 100,000 carriers, and 3,000 truck stops nationwide, Relay has brought efficiency and automation to an industry historically reliant on cash, checks, and cards. Relay has joined forces with industry leaders like Pilot, Love’s, Maverik, Schneider, Old Dominion, Lineage Logistics, and others to provide secure, reliable over-the-road transactions. Founded in 2019, our Atlanta-based fintech includes more than 150 team members and has won awards for product innovation, customer service, and organizational culture. For more information about Relay, visit relaypayments.com.</p> <p><strong>About The Role</strong></p> <p>As a Principal Software Engineer at Relay, you’ll be responsible for building the next generation payments network for an industry that has seen little innovation in the last 50 years. You’ll help drivers save hours each week by making transactions painless. You’ll help everyone in the transaction chain get visibility into spending, perform accurate accounting, and save money. You’ll build fast and reliable payment products for an industry that keeps America running.<br><br>You will play a critical role in designing resilient systems, driving complex projects to completion, mentoring engineers, and solving some of the most challenging technical problems across Relay’s platform. This role is ideal for an engineer who combines deep technical expertise with strong ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to influence technical direction.</p> <ul> <li>Design, implement, and deliver high-quality systems, services, APIs, libraries, and infrastructure.</li> <li>Take direct ownership of complex project work, including breaking down ambiguous requirements, identifying risks, sequencing technical execution, and driving work through completion.</li> <li>Write production code and contribute hands-on across the stack, with a strong focus on Golang.</li> <li>Lead by example through strong engineering execution, thoughtful design, clear communication, and reliable delivery.</li> <li>Partner with product managers, designers, engineering managers, and other engineers to translate business needs into practical, maintainable technical solutions.</li> <li>Mentor and coach other developers through design discussions, code reviews, technical guidance, pairing, and feedback.</li> <li>Identify and proactively address technical debt, architectural risks, operational issues, and opportunities to improve developer productivity.</li> <li>This role works a hybrid schedule and is in-office at Cobb Galleria Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What Makes You a Gr