SrStaff Software Engineer
Job Summary
Full-time On-site New York City NY
About the Role
Our client is a venture-backed AI software company building intelligent automation solutions for enterprise finance teams. They are seeking a Sr/Staff Software Engineer with 412 years of experience to own the foundational platform systems that power every product and engineering team.
Youll build agent frameworks context systems orchestration and data infrastructure while working directly with customers finance teams and company founders to solve complex technical challenges and build scalable infrastructure that enables the entire engineering organization.
What Youll Do
- Build and own the core platform layer including agent frameworks orchestration verification observability and developer tooling that every engineering team builds upon.
- Design financial data platforms that ingest normalize and reconcile data from ERPs banks billing platforms payroll systems CRMs and other enterprise systems into a trusted source of truth.
- Work directly with customers and finance teams to understand business workflows and translate them into scalable platform capabilities.
- Lead architectural decisions under ambiguity by identifying technical bottlenecks making key engineering decisions and contributing across the full stack when needed.
- Drive cross-functional platform initiatives that increase engineering velocity and support the companys continued growth.
Qualifications
- 412 years of backend or platform software engineering experience using Python.
- Experience building foundational platform infrastructure or framework systems that support multiple engineering teams or production workloads.
- Proven success delivering high-impact cross-functional engineering projects at scale.
- Experience working in an early-stage startup environment (pre-Series B preferred).
- Experience within fintech accounting ERP payments ledger systems or related financial technology platforms.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor Claude Code or similar.
- Strong expertise in distributed systems and data infrastructure.
- Comfortable contributing across the stack using technologies such as TypeScript and React when needed.
- Experience building enterprise integrations APIs and financial data pipelines.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work directly with customers and translate business challenges into technical solutions.
Tech Stack
- Python
- TypeScript
- React
- AWS
- Cursor
- Claude
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary: $180000$270000
- Meaningful early-stage equity (0.10.5%)
- Medical dental and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Visa sponsorship available (OPT H-1B transfers and H-1B sponsorship)
- Full-time onsite position in New York City (5 days per week)
Why Join
- Join a venture-backed AI company building technology that transforms enterprise finance operations.
- Work directly with experienced founders and technical leadership in a highly collaborative environment.
- Own foundational platform systems that have a company-wide impact.
- Competitive compensation meaningful equity and comprehensive benefits.
- Help shape the future of AI-powered enterprise software at an exciting stage of growth.
Required Skills:
Qualifications 412 years of backend or platform software engineering experience using Python. Experience building foundational platform infrastructure or framework systems that support multiple engineering teams or production workloads. Proven success delivering high-impact cross-functional engineering projects at scale. Experience working in an early-stage startup environment (pre-Series B preferred). Experience within fintech accounting ERP payments ledger systems or related financial technology platforms. Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related technical field. Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor Claude Code or similar. Strong expertise in distributed systems and data infrastructure. Comfortable contributing across the stack using technologies such as TypeScript and React when needed. Experience building enterprise integrations APIs and financial data pipelines. Excellent communication skills with the ability to work directly with customers and translate business challenges into technical solutions. Tech Stack Python TypeScript React AWS Cursor Claude