Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Platform

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join the platform engineering team at an AI-powered finance automation company. You will build foundational systems for AI agents and financial data, enabling engineering teams to deliver reliable tools for finance workflows.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Build and own platform capabilities, including agent frameworks, orchestration, verification, observability, and developer tooling.
• Design data infrastructure to ingest, normalize, and reconcile information from enterprise resource planning systems, banks, billing, payroll, and customer relationship management platforms.
• Work with customers and finance professionals to understand workflows and turn them into reusable platform abstractions.
• Make architectural decisions in ambiguous situations, identify bottlenecks, and deliver full-stack solutions where 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 that scale across teams.
• Experience delivering high-impact engineering projects in production and working directly with customers on technical solutions.
• Ability to contribute to TypeScript and React applications when needed.
• Comfort using AI coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar.
• Strong computer science fundamentals, supported by relevant education or equivalent experience.
• Experience in an early-stage startup or in fintech, accounting, ERP, payments, ledger systems, enterprise integrations, or financial data pipelines is useful.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Base salary: $180,000 to $270,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. Equity is not specified.

LOCATION

On-site in New York, New York, United States.