Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Platform

ABOUT THE ROLE Join the platform engineering team at a fintech company building AI-powered finance automation. You will develop foundational systems used across the product, helping engineering teams deliver reliable tools for finance workflows. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build and own core platform capabilities, including agent frameworks, orchestration, verification, observability, and developer tooling. - Design financial data infrastructure that ingests, normalizes, and reconciles information from ERP, banking, billing, payroll, and CRM systems. - Work directly with customers and finance professionals to understand workflows and turn them into reusable platform capabilities. - Guide architectural decisions, identify bottlenecks, make technical tradeoffs, and contribute across the stack when needed. - Lead cross-functional engineering work that improves the platform and enables product teams to build and ship effectively. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Four to twelve years of backend or platform software engineering experience, with strong Python skills. - Deep expertise in distributed systems and data infrastructure, including experience building foundational systems that operate at scale. - Experience delivering high-impact, cross-functional engineering projects in production. - Ability to build with TypeScript and React when needed, alongside experience with AWS. - Comfort using AI coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar. - Experience speaking directly with customers, such as finance teams, controllers, or CFOs, about technical solutions. - Strong computer science fundamentals and experience in a high-growth technology environment; fintech, accounting, ERP, payments, ledger systems, or enterprise integrations are helpful. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary range: $180,000 to $270,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in New York, New York, United States.