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Senior/Staff Software Engineer

Recruiting From Scratch
York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 6/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/2/2026
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Senior/Staff Software Engineer

  • Location: New York City, NY (SoHo)
  • Company Stage of Funding: Series B / High-Growth AI Fintech
  • Office Type: On-site (5 days/week in NYC)
  • Salary: $175,000 – $250,000 Base
  • Equity: Competitive
  • Bonus: Competitive total compensation package
  • Visa: Open to most visa sponsorships (except new H1B cases with significant sponsorship costs)

Company Description

  • Our client is building the leading AI-native revenue platform for modern finance and accounting teams.
  • The platform automates the entire contract-to-cash lifecycle including billing, collections, revenue recognition, reporting, and compliance.
  • Founded in 2023 and already scaled to approximately 150 employees.
  • Raised over $92M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and Primary Ventures, including a $55M Series B.
  • Strong product-market fit with substantial overperformance against revenue targets.
  • Customers include Cursor, Statsig, and other fast-growing technology companies.
  • AI is deeply embedded into the product rather than existing as a standalone feature.
  • Engineering challenges involve financial infrastructure, ERP integrations, commercial graph construction, billing systems, reconciliation engines, and AI-driven automation.
  • Company is in the critical 1-to-10 scaling phase where architecture and engineering decisions will shape the future of the business.
  • Leadership expects senior engineers to challenge assumptions, influence direction, and contribute to engineering culture.

What You Will Do

  • Own complex technical projects from architecture through implementation and production deployment
  • Design highly reliable, scalable, secure, and performant systems
  • Build AI-driven financial workflows and automation platforms
  • Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Executive leadership
  • Contribute technical direction across multiple engineering domains
  • Build systems supporting billing, payments, ERP integrations, revenue operations, commercial graph infrastructure, AI/ML workflows, frontend platforms, and core infrastructure
  • Drive technical discussions and challenge architectural decisions when appropriate
  • Help define engineering standards and best practices
  • Mentor engineers and elevate overall team performance
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Finance, and GTM teams
  • Build production-grade systems operating at significant scale and complexity
  • Shape engineering culture during a critical scaling phase
  • Lead through technical excellence rather than direct people management
  • Spend the majority of time writing code and solving technical problems
  • Help establish long-term technical foundations for future company growth

Ideal Candidate Background

  • 7–15 years of software engineering experience
  • Experience building complex products at high-growth B2B SaaS, AI, or fintech companies
  • Experience working at Series A–C startups or renowned engineering organizations
  • Strong individual contributor background at Senior or Staff level
  • Experience influencing architecture, product direction, and technical strategy
  • Strong TypeScript and Python engineering skills
  • Experience with AWS and modern cloud-native systems
  • Familiarity with NestJS, Next.js, distributed systems, and backend infrastructure
  • Strong computer science fundamentals including algorithms, distributed systems, and system design
  • Experience working in highly collaborative cross-functional environments
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers while remaining hands-on technically
  • Ability to challenge decisions constructively and defend technical opinions
  • Strong engineering judgment and architectural thinking
  • Experience operating during high-growth scaling phases

Strong Signals

  • Staff Engineer or Senior Staff Engineer experience
  • Experience at companies such as Ramp, Brex, Rippling, Datadog, Alchemy, Stripe, Cursor, or similar high-growth technology companies
  • Prior fintech experience, especially AI-native fintech products
  • Experience scaling systems during Series A through Series C growth stages
  • Strong technical leadership without moving fully into management
  • Demonstrated history of promotions and career progression
  • Experience building financial infrastructure, billing systems, ERP integrations, or accounting platforms
  • Strong system design and distributed systems expertise
  • Experience mentoring and leveling up engineering teams
  • Strong opinions on architecture and product direction backed by technical reasoning
  • Experience building AI-powered workflows and automation systems
  • Track record of owning critical company initiatives
  • Deep understanding of engineering tradeoffs at scale
  • Strong product partnership and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Consistent tenure and career stability

Compensation and Benefits

  • Base salary: $175,000 – $250,000
  • Flexibility up to ~$275,000 for exceptional candidates
  • Competitive equity package
  • Backed by top-tier investors with strong financial position
  • Opportunity to shape engineering culture during a major scaling phase
  • High ownership and visibility across the organization
  • Work directly with experienced engineering and product leadership
  • Exposure to challenging AI, fintech, and financial infrastructure problems
  • Significant influence on company architecture and technical direction
  • Fast-moving startup environment with strong product-market fit

Why Join

  • This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing AI-native fintech companies in the market.
  • The company has already achieved meaningful scale while still maintaining startup velocity and ownership.
  • Engineers are expected to influence architecture, challenge leadership, and help shape company direction.
  • The technical problems involve financial infrastructure, AI workflows, distributed systems, and large-scale integrations.
  • The company is entering a critical scaling phase where strong engineers can leave a lasting impact.
  • If you enjoy difficult technical problems, fintech infrastructure, AI-powered products, and high-autonomy engineering environments, this role offers exceptional scope and career upside.

Salary : $175,000 - $250,000

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