Software Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Develop, test, and sustain backend product functionalities, primarily utilizing Python, Django, and relational databases.

• Leverage AI coding tools to troubleshoot issues, implement modifications, create tests, and enhance documentation.

• Conduct critical evaluations of AI-generated code to ensure accuracy, security, performance, and maintainability.

• Convert customer feedback into reproducible technical challenges, address root causes, determine if customer data was impacted, and make necessary updates.

• Transform vague customer input into reproducible technical issues and actionable product enhancements.

• Take full ownership of tasks from initial investigation through to implementation, testing, quality assurance, deployment validation, and follow-up.

• Construct and oversee APIs, asynchronous tasks, integrations, internal utilities, and data processing workflows.

• Produce clear, maintainable code with suitable automated test coverage.

• Engage in code reviews and technical discussions with the engineering team.

• Enhance system reliability, observability, documentation, and development methodologies.

• Safeguard financial accuracy, tenant separation, data integrity, auditability, and customer confidentiality.

• Gradually assume responsibility for larger features and technical decisions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Professional software engineering experience at an early to mid-career level.

• Strong proficiency in Python.

• Experience in designing, querying, and debugging applications supported by relational databases.

• Familiarity with APIs, automated testing, Git, and collaborative software development practices.

• Practical experience with AI-assisted coding tools in real-world development tasks.

• Capability to assess and validate generated code rather than accepting it without scrutiny.

• Strong debugging abilities, including within unfamiliar codebases.

• Understanding of authorization, concurrency, retries, idempotency, and failure management.

• Clear communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Careful approach to systems managing sensitive business and financial data.

• Comfort in working within a small team that has broad responsibilities and evolving priorities.

• Curiosity, humility, and a willingness to ask questions, accept feedback, and learn new systems.

• Nice to have: Experience with Django or another Python web framework.

• Nice to have: Experience with PostgreSQL, query analysis, and optimizing database performance.

• Nice to have: Familiarity with Celery or similar asynchronous job processing systems.

• Nice to have: Experience with AWS, ECS, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Nice to have: Familiarity with observability tools such as ClickStack, Sentry, or OpenTelemetry.

• Nice to have: Experience with TypeScript, Angular, or other modern frontend frameworks.

• Nice to have: Experience in building or maintaining fintech, accounting, accounts payable, payments, or ERP integration software.

• Nice to have: Experience interacting directly with customers, support teams, or non-engineering stakeholders.

• Nice to have: Familiarity with access controls, audit trails, data remediation, and safe bulk data operations.

• Nice to have: Experience supporting production systems or participating in incident investigations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and other Company-Subsidized Benefits for you and your family.

• Employer-sponsored 401(k) with company matching.

• Paid Time Off (with encouragement to utilize it).

• Philosophy of promoting from within.

• Close collaboration and mentorship from seasoned engineers.

• Autonomy to creatively tackle challenging problems.

• Freedom to explore work that inspires you.

• Infrastructure designed to ensure ongoing challenges and personal development.

• Diverse and inclusive workforce.

• Safe environment for employees to be their authentic selves at work.

• People-first leadership approach.

• Opportunities for growth.