Job Description
Job DescriptionAbout the Role
Join a small, remote engineering team building AI-powered tax and financial software. You will own product features end to end and help turn AI workflows into dependable experiences for users handling sensitive financial information.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and operate full-stack features, from backend data models and services through user-facing interfaces.
- Help shape backend services, data pipelines, and event-driven architecture as the product grows.
- Work with AI engineers to integrate agent workflows into reliable, polished product experiences.
- Build security, auditability, and access controls into systems that handle sensitive financial data.
- Use AI coding tools in day-to-day development and help improve how the team works with them.
What We're Looking For
- A degree in computer science or a related STEM field, with at least 5 years of full-time software engineering experience after graduation and 10+ years building backend or full-stack systems at scale.
- Production experience delivering and operating full-stack features, including TypeScript with Node.js and React or Next.js.
- Experience with Python services, Kafka or event-driven data pipelines, distributed systems, and microservices.
- Background building fintech systems such as payments, billing, ledgers, or risk products.
- Experience on an early-stage startup team or a startup-like team, plus familiarity with security and compliance for sensitive data.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder. This is a full-time employee role, not a contract position.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $185,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
Remote within the United States, with Chicago as the primary location.