# Software Engineer

**Company:** [ModernFi](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/modernfi)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Python, FastAPI, Sqlalchemy, TypeScript, React, Postgres, AWS, Pulumi, Auth0, Datadog
**Posted:** 2026-03-31

> Builds scalable backend services and integrations for fintech platform using Python and AWS. Collaborates with product team on features, upholds best practices, and contributes to engineering culture. Requires 4+ years experience, ideally in Python/AWS.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable, maintainable, and correct backend services to support ModernFi’s core products and bank integrations.
- Lead or contribute to technical initiatives, with opportunities to define architecture, lead projects, and mentor teammates.
- Partner closely with Product to define requirements, translate business needs into technical specs, and ship elegant, impactful features.
- Uphold and evolve engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, CI/CD pipelines, and documentation.
- Participate in design discussions, conduct code reviews, and contribute to technical decisions that scale with our business.
- Tackle challenging technical problems with innovative and pragmatic solutions.
- Help cultivate an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture grounded in trust, ownership, and collaboration.

**Tech Stack:**
Python (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy), Typescript Retool (React, Vite, Tailwind), PostgreSQL Database, AWS / Pulumi IaC, Tools: Auth0, Datadog, Fern

## Requirements
- Proven ability to independently design, develop, and maintain backend systems.
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, with tangible experience writing high-quality, production-ready code.
- Experience leading or contributing significantly to complex engineering projects (for more senior candidates).
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities.
- High level of empathy, integrity, and calmness under pressure.
- 4+ years of software engineering experience (flexible depending on level), ideally with Python, AWS, or similar modern technologies.
- Interest in financial systems and the opportunity to work on meaningful problems with real-world impact.

## Benefits
- Generous salary, unlimited PTO, 401(k), and premium health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Significant equity as an early hire.

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