Senior/Staff Software Engineer
Description
About the Role
Join the platform engineering team at an AI-powered finance automation company. You will build foundational systems used across the product, helping engineering teams deliver reliable financial workflows as the company grows.
What You'll Do
Build and own platform capabilities such as agent frameworks, orchestration, verification, observability, and developer tooling.
Design data infrastructure that ingests, normalizes, and reconciles information from financial and business systems.
Work directly with customers and finance teams to understand workflows and turn them into reusable platform capabilities.
Guide architectural decisions, identify technical bottlenecks, and ship solutions across the stack when needed.
Lead cross-functional engineering projects that improve the capabilities of the broader team.
What We're Looking For
Four to twelve years of backend or platform engineering experience, with strong Python skills.
Deep expertise in distributed systems and data infrastructure, including experience building foundational systems used at scale.
Experience delivering high-impact engineering projects across teams and into production.
Ability to build with TypeScript and React when needed, alongside experience with AWS.
Familiarity with AI coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar.
Strong computer science fundamentals, supported by a relevant degree or equivalent experience.
Experience working directly with customers on technical solutions; experience in fintech, accounting, ERP, payments, ledger systems, or enterprise integrations is useful.
Background in a high-growth technology company, startup, or quantitative technology environment.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $180,000 to $270,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in New York, New York, United States.
Skills
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