Backend Software Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Build Core Backend Systems: Develop and maintain backend features, APIs, and business logic that power our AI agents and user-facing applications.
• Own Integrations: Build integrations with ERPs, banks, CRMs, HRIS, payroll, billing systems, and other finance data sources.
• Create ETL Pipelines: Develop and maintain ETL processes that ensure smooth, reliable data flow from external systems into our database.
• Optimize Backend for Scale: Work with the AI team to ensure backend systems support high-volume AI queries with strong performance and reliability.
• Take Ownership of Product Components: Own large areas of the backend with a high degree of autonomy and an ownership mentality.

Requirements

• 2+ years of backend engineering experience delivering production systems and features.
• Strong experience building REST APIs, working with databases, and developing backend services (TypeScript/Node.js preferred).
• Comfortable building integrations, reading API documentation quickly, and connecting disparate systems with urgency.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, schema design, and moving data across siloed systems.
• Excellent problem solver who enjoys debugging, prototyping, and thinking creatively through technical challenges.
• Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and is able to self-direct, move quickly, and operate with high ownership in a startup setting.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with financial systems (ERPs, billing, payroll, or other systems) or fintech products.
• Experience with data warehouses (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery), ETL tools (Fivetran, Airbyte).