# Software Engineer (Product)
**Company:** [Numeral](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/numeral)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Salary:** $175K-$300K
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Node.js, Postgres, Redis, AWS, GraphQL, Kafka, Terraform, APIs, Distributed Systems, CI/CD
**Posted:** 2025-07-16
> Builds scalable backend services, APIs, and infrastructure for an AI-native tax platform. Requires 7+ years backend experience with Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, and strong product sense in a fast-growing startup.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable, secure backend services and APIs from scratch.
- Make architectural decisions that optimize for speed, data integrity, and long-term maintainability.
- Collaborate closely with product, design, and data teams to develop performant systems that power key customer workflows.
- Own infrastructure, observability, and performance for the services you build.
- Help shape engineering best practices, code quality, and our overall backend culture.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of experience building backend systems in high-growth environments.
- Fluency with backend technologies like **Node.js**, **PostgreSQL**, **Redis**, and cloud services (**AWS** preferred).
- Experience designing robust APIs and distributed systems at scale.
- Strong product sensibility—able to balance performance, flexibility, and speed.
- Startup mindset: Not scared of ambiguity and hungry for rapid growth.
- Intensity & Ownership: This is not a 9-5 — we’re scaling rapidly and have a massive opportunity ahead of us.
- Customer Obsession: You deeply care about the user experience and solving their problems.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience in payments, tax, accounting, or regulatory tech.
- Infrastructure or platform engineering background (e.g., **CI/CD**, observability).
- Experience scaling monolith-to-service architectures or event-driven systems.
- Familiarity with **GraphQL**, **Kafka**, **Terraform**, or container orchestration tools.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity - you'll share directly in the company's success.
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Wellness perks like Headspace and the Peloton One App.
- 401(k) to help you build long-term financial security.
- Lunch and snacks when you're in the office.
- Regular team offsites and company events as we grow.
- A culture built on ownership - your work matters and people will see it!
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