Senior Software Development Engineer
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- UTA is seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE) to build scalable, high-performance services that power the agency’s next-generation financial platform
- This includes applications for deal execution, invoicing, payment distribution, and financial reporting
- You’ll play a critical role in architecting backend systems, integrating with external platforms, and delivering features that support complex revenue and transaction workflows across the business
- Design and implement services that support revenue workflows, payment logic, and invoicing pipelines
- Build robust APIs and full-stack features using Node.js, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL, leveraging type-safe ORM tooling (Drizzle or Prisma preferred) for schema management and query composition
- Own integration with internal systems (e.g., Salesforce, NetSuite) and external providers (e.g., banks, payment processors)
- Implement structured financial logic such as contingent payments, commission calculations, and milestone-based billing
- Integrate AI/LLM capabilities using Claude (Anthropic) and leverage Cursor as a core development tool to accelerate delivery
- Build and deploy infrastructure in AWS using services like Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, SQS, and EventBridge
- Implement CI/CD workflows and monitoring across environments
- Ensure systems are fault-tolerant, scalable, and auditable, with proper instrumentation and alerting
- Work closely with product managers, architects, and finance stakeholders to deliver end-to-end features
- Translate financial and contractual rules into deterministic, reusable service logic
- Drive quality, automation, and performance in a domain where correctness and compliance are critical
- Familiarity with Salesforce, NetSuite, Concur, or related business platforms
- Familiarity with event-driven systems (Kafka, SQS, or similar), API integrations, and microservice patterns
- Deep experience with Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL in production environments
- Experience with serverless architecture and FaaS patterns
- 7+ years software engineering experience with a focus on backend/full-stack development
- Familiarity with Anthropic’s Claude API and AI-assisted development tools like Cursor; experience integrating LLM capabilities or shipping AI-powered features
- Experience with a TypeScript-native ORM in production (Drizzle or Prisma strongly preferred); comfort owning schema migrations, relations, and query optimization
- Comfortable working across systems where compliance, auditability, and financial accuracy are critical
- Prior exposure to platforms with complex domain logic — deal tracking, contingent compensation, or booking systems
- Hands-on expertise with AWS services: EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM
- Strong understanding of data modeling, transaction workflows, and secure service architecture
- Experience with financial systems (payments, trust accounting, GL integration, revenue recognition)