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5d ago

Staff Backend Engineer

Technology / Software, US only
FunctionEngineering
SeniorityLead
WorkRemote
Experience7-10 yrs
EquityRSUs
Headcount501–1,000
About the job Own the payments core end to end, from architecture to what ships to millions of users. Small senior team, no layers between you and the decision, and the room to set the standard others follow.
$240k–$290k
Base
Refer and earn$1,800–$2,175
No walls

Any company.
Any role.

Not limited to where you work. Know the role, refer the right person, and be honest about the fit. Understanding the job and referring well is what gets people hired, anywhere.

Senior Product Manager
Refer and earn $2,700–$3,300
Staff Backend Engineer
Refer and earn $1,800–$2,175
Head of Design
Refer and earn $3,600–$4,650
The shortlist

How they work.

Companies don't want another stack of résumés. They want a short list of reliable people and how they work.

Referred shortlist Senior Product Manager, Stripe, SF, $220–280k
Alex Rivera Senior PM, prev. Airbnb, Square
Referred by youWorked together 3y

Took the developer-payments surface from 3 to 11 integrations in a year.

Priya Natarajan Senior PM, prev. Plaid
2 referrersID verified

Ran risk and compliance for a two-sided payments marketplace.

Marcus Lee Group PM, prev. Shopify
Former managerUS work auth

Shipped checkout to 40 markets; engineers ask for him by name.

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Alex Rivera Senior PM, prev. Airbnb, Square
Referred by you Worked together 3y ID verified US work auth
How they work

Ships in tight loops and keeps engineering unblocked. Owned the payments-developer surface end to end and is the PM engineering escalates to when a release is on the line. Calm under ambiguity, direct in writing, generous with credit. Runs the kind of discovery that kills bad ideas early, so the team builds the right thing once.

What stands out
  • Took the developer-payments surface from 3 to 11 integrations in a year.
  • Trusted across the eng–product line. The rare PM engineers ask for by name.
  • Writes the spec the room actually agrees on.
You
Referred by you, former colleague, 3 years to 2024 You worked alongside Alex on the payments team at Square. You'd take them onto your team again.
9y product Payments infra Developer tools 0→1 fluency
AvailabilityOpen to talk
Avg tenure3.6 years
LocationSF, hybrid
Last role3.4y, promoted
ReferrersYou + 1 verified
3 of 5 referred names
The reward

Hired.

When they land and stay 90 days and the employer has paid, you get paid.

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Standardshare of fee
  • Refer up to 5 people at a time
  • Standard share success fee
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  • Up to 10 referrals at a time
  • 12.5% increase in success fee
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  • Up to 20 referrals at a time
  • 25% increase in success fee
  • Reached after 10 successful referrals
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Questions, answered

Frequently
asked questions.

01How much can I actually earn?
The first question every referrer will ask. It depends on the role. On a real professional hire, the share is meaningful. Not a small thank-you bonus. A real share of what the company pays. Strong referrers, over time, earn more on each one. The first hire you refer successfully is the proof. The second pays more.
02What do I actually have to do?
You may see a job that someone in your network would suit. You put their name forward with a short, structured note on why you're referring them. Why this person, this role. What they're strong at, what might be hard.
03What if the person I refer is not picked?
Nothing happens to you by referring someone strong who happens not to be the right fit for one specific role. The platform distinguishes between careful referring and careless referring. You are protected as long as you are honest. The point is whether you referred them well, not whether they got the job.
04What if I refer someone and they turn out to be a bad hire?
Once is not a problem. Patterns are. The system reads your record over time. One unexpected outcome is normal. The world is full of them. Repeatedly referring people who do not work out reduces the weight of your word on the next one. Honesty is the protection. If you flag a risk in your referral and the risk turns out to matter, your record is not affected.
05Will the person know I referred them?
Yes. That person will have to accept your referral before it moves to the next step.
06Can I refer anyone, for any company?
Yes. Across every company on the platform. Your record travels with you. Referring well at one company makes the next name you refer worth more everywhere. You do not need to know the hiring manager or anyone at the company. Your relationship is with the person you are referring. rollcall.work handles the rest.
07Do I need to know the hiring manager?
No. The whole point of the platform is that you do not need to. On most platforms, a referral only works because the referrer knows someone inside the company who can put the application forward. On rollcall.work, the system does that. The company opens the application because your referral carries weight, not because you and the manager went to the same school. This is what changes the moment your network and the company's network do not overlap.
08How does the system know my referral is worth listening to?
It learns over time. The first name you refer is weighted as a baseline. As you refer more people, and as the outcomes come in, the platform learns what kind of work you recognize well. Engineers who succeed in startup roles. Salespeople who thrive in regulated industries. Designers who deliver under pressure. Whatever your specific area of judgment is, the system gets sharper at reading your word in that area, and pays you more for it.
09Do I get paid even if the person doesn't stay at the job?
The payout structure rewards tenure that works. If someone you refer is hired and leaves within the first ninety days, the system reads a signal worth listening to. Repeated short-tenure outcomes affect your record. A single short tenure does not. The platform is built to reward referrers who refer people who succeed, not just people who get the job offer.
10Is there a limit to how many people I can refer?
No limit on the total, only on how many people you have in flight at once, and that grows with your level. The platform is built to reward the careful, not the frequent. The system reads the relationship between volume and outcome. Someone who refers ten people a year, all of whom they actually know, builds a stronger record than someone who refers a hundred people they barely know. Volume without signal does not pay. Volume with signal pays a lot.
11Does the background check affect my payout, or say anything about me?
No. The check applies to the candidate, not to you, and it runs only if the company decides to unlock and move forward. It has no effect on your fee, your standing, or your record. If you're wondering whether referring someone means their history becomes your responsibility, it doesn't. Your name is on the introduction, not the verdict.

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