Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer | $250K–$400K + Equity | AI-First Fintech | Series A | San Francisco (4 Days Onsite)

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Salary: $250,000 - $400,000 per year

A bit about us:

We are working with a profitable, fast-growing Series A fintech company building technology that is transforming how private markets operate. The company is developing infrastructure for private-market pricing, data intelligence, and institutional transactions.

With a small, highly capable engineering team, the company is focused on building sophisticated products and solving complex problems across financial technology. This is an opportunity to join at an important stage of growth and have a direct impact on the technology and products being built.

Why join us?

Join a small, highly technical team building innovative AI and identity infrastructure.

Work directly with engineering leadership and have meaningful influence over technical direction.

Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to take on a high-impact engineering role with significant ownership and influence over the direction of the technology.

You will work directly with the CTO and collaborate with a small team of exceptional engineers, helping shape architecture, build core products, and make important technical decisions.

The team takes an AI-first approach to software development, using advanced coding agents and AI-assisted workflows to move quickly without compromising engineering quality. There is a strong emphasis on autonomy, technical excellence, and building products from the ground up.

You will have the opportunity to make meaningful architectural decisions, work on challenging technical problems, and help scale a business that is already profitable and growing.

Job Details

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer with strong architectural judgment, exceptional problem-solving skills, and a track record of building sophisticated production software.

You will take ownership of critical systems and work closely with engineering leadership to bring complex ideas from initial design through production and scale.

Responsibilities:

• Design and architect scalable backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and financial-market workflows.
• Take ambiguous product and technical challenges from initial concept through development, production deployment, and continued iteration.
• Use AI coding agents and advanced development tools to accelerate engineering workflows while maintaining high standards for code quality and reliability.
• Partner directly with the CTO to influence technical direction, architectural decisions, and engineering priorities.
• Help establish and improve engineering practices across a small, highly technical team.
• Build and scale core products and infrastructure that support the company's growing platform.

What We're Looking For:

• Strong experience in backend engineering, distributed systems, platform engineering, data infrastructure, or full-stack architecture.
• Exceptional systems thinking, architectural judgment, and problem-solving abilities.
• A track record of personally building and shipping significant products or platforms into production.
• Experience operating in fast-paced environments where ownership, autonomy, and accountability are essential.
• Advanced hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or autonomous and parallel coding agents.
• Ability to effectively direct, review, validate, and integrate AI-generated code.
• Strong experience with Python and/or TypeScript is relevant, but there is no strict programming language requirement.
• Experience with financial data, payments, transaction systems, AI agents, or early-stage startups is a plus.

Compensation & Location:

Base Salary: $250,000 - $400,000

Equity: Meaningful equity participation

Location: San Francisco, CA

Work Arrangement: 4 days per week onsite

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