Senior Software Engineer

About 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.