Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Platform

About this role

About the RoleJoin 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 DoBuild 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 ForFour 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 & BenefitsBase salary range: $180,000 to $270,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LocationOn-site in New York, New York, United States.