Senior Software Engineer, Finance Technology – Forward Deployed

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with the Finance team as their dedicated engineer, gaining insights into workflows related to fund accounting, treasury, tax, and financial closing.

• Transform vaguely defined finance challenges into clear product requirements and design documents.

• Decompose tasks into manageable deliverables.

• Design, develop, and manage finance applications, automations, and AI experiences from start to finish on Vista's platform.

• Integrate various systems, including Snowflake, SharePoint, and Smartsheet.

• Collaborate with Finance Technology experts by sharing platform capabilities, reviewing code and designs, tackling complex problems together, and aligning efforts with platform standards.

• Transition business-user finance applications to Vista's enterprise platform while adhering to security, SDLC, and operational standards.

• Lead user testing, implementation, and go-lives in collaboration with finance stakeholders.

• Oversee scope, trade-offs, status updates, and user adoption.

• Take ownership of deployed software, including releases, defect management, and continuous improvement.

• Ensure accuracy, auditability, and data security for financial workflows.

• Address Finance requirements through Enterprise AI & Automation, suggesting platform enhancements and reusable patterns.

• Utilize modern AI tools throughout the delivery process while upholding high code-review and quality standards.

• Participate in the on-call rotation for production applications and platform services.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years of software engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated expertise.

• Practical experience with TypeScript and Node.js, including the design and operation of APIs.

• Proven history of managing software in production post-launch, covering support, defect resolution, and iterative improvements.

• Strong SQL skills with experience in building on a cloud data warehouse; Snowflake is preferred.

• Experience with cloud-native delivery on a major cloud platform; Azure is preferred.

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code, CI/CD, identity management, and observability practices.

• A well-established AI-native engineering practice utilizing AI coding tools beyond simple autocomplete.

• A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Working knowledge of private equity finance, encompassing fund structures, capital calls and distributions, management fees and carried interest, fund accounting, and investor reporting.

• Ability to quickly learn finance workflows and communicate effectively with accountants, controllers, and treasury teams.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• A product-oriented mindset with experience guiding a product or feature set from inception to adoption.

• Experience engaging directly with non-technical stakeholders regarding requirements, trade-offs, and implementations.

• A collaborative approach, including technical reviews and pair programming.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and change while demonstrating a high level of autonomy.

• Preferred: experience in private equity, fund administration, or financial services technology.

• Preferred: experience in forward-deployed, solutions engineering, or customer-embedded engineering roles.

• Preferred: familiarity with fund accounting, treasury, or ERP systems and their APIs.

• Preferred: experience with generative AI applications, including RAG and evaluation of answer quality.

• Preferred: experience in supporting or governing citizen developer or low-code initiatives.

• Preferred: proficiency in React or Terraform.

• Preferred: knowledge of agent frameworks or Model Context Protocol (MCP).

🏝️ Benefits

• An annual cash bonus may be part of the total compensation package.

• A comprehensive benefits package is offered.