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Sezzle

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2016

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

Fintech • B2C • eCommerce

Sezzle is a financial technology company that offers a "buy now, pay later" service, allowing consumers to purchase products and pay for them in four interest-free installments over six weeks. The Sezzle app provides users with a flexible financing alternative to traditional credit cards, enabling instant approval decisions without impacting credit scores. Sezzle partners with various top brands, including Amazon, Walmart, and Target, to offer in-app and in-store payment options. The company's mission is to empower consumers financially by providing more financial freedom and control. It is available as a mobile app, with millions of downloads and high user ratings, and works towards accessibility and inclusion on its platform.

📋 Description

• Own the banking platform roadmap supporting accounts, deposits, cards, and lending on a single ledger and account model • Evaluate core banking platforms and processors, conduct vendor diligence, model cost and time-to-market, and support build-versus-buy decisions • Shape account hierarchies, sub-ledgers, chart-of-accounts mapping, posting rules, holds, interest and fee accrual, and general ledger integration • Own product requirements for transfers, ACH, card issuing and network settlement, real-time rails, returns and reversals, exception handling, cutoff windows, and settlement reconciliation • Ensure reporting, traceability, controls, reconciliation breaks, balance attestation, and complete transaction history for Finance, audit, and regulators • Partner with Compliance and Legal to translate regulatory requirements into platform capabilities • Own data mapping, parallel-run strategy, validation criteria, rollback plans, and phased cutover for migrations • Write detailed technical specifications, API contracts, event schemas, data models, user stories, and release plans • Write SQL, define platform KPIs, and monitor posting latency, reconciliation break rate, settlement accuracy, and failure rates • Anticipate technical risks, edge cases, race conditions, and dependencies • Deliver against evolving regulatory and business timelines with incomplete information

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or another technical discipline (required) • 5–10 years of product experience, including meaningful financial infrastructure experience • Real ownership in ledgers, general ledger or balance and transaction systems; payments processing or money movement; card issuing; deposit, wallet or account platforms; lending platforms; or processor, BaaS provider or core banking vendor product work • Comfort with double-entry accounting concepts, including debits and credits, sub-ledgers, accruals, and reconciliation, or genuine willingness to learn them quickly • Deep technical understanding of APIs, event-driven architecture, idempotency, distributed-system failure modes, batch versus real-time processing, and data flows • Strong SQL skills and ability to query and interpret data independently • Experience working directly with Compliance, Legal, Finance, or Treasury stakeholders • Ability to work in ambiguity and make sound, documented decisions with incomplete information • Strong written and verbal communication • Hands-on familiarity with AI tools, data models, or generative AI applications

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Career advancement opportunities