Senior Software Engineer

Recruiting From Scratch

New York(remote)

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Building Systems, Cash Applications, Consumer Packaged Goods, Customer Relations, Data Management, Data Processing, Demand Forecasting/Planning, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Engineering, Finance, Financial Operations, Financial Systems, Funding, Juniper Networks M-Series, Large-Scale Systems, Performance Management, Product Design, Product Engineering, Product Shipments, Relational Databases (RDBMS), Resolve Customer Issues, Software Engineering, Software as a Service (SaaS), Spreadsheets, Startup
LOCATION
New York
POSTED
30+ days ago
 
Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers, software, and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire.
 

Title of Role: Senior Software Engineer (Platform/Core)

Location: New York, NY (On-site, 5 days/week)
Company Stage of Funding: Series A (~$20M raised; $15M Series A led by Footwork Ventures + YC)
Office Type: On-site
Salary: $210,000 – $280,000 + Equity (0.075–0.15%)
Visa: Open to H1-B transfer, TN, and STEM OPT (no new sponsorship)

Company Description

Our client is building the AI-powered financial infrastructure layer for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands.

Their platform automates complex financial operations including cash application, deductions, disputes, forecasting, demand planning, and analytics — helping brands streamline workflows that have historically relied on spreadsheets and fragmented systems.

Trusted by 200+ brands managing $20B+ in revenue, including OLIPOP, Tropicana, Simple Mills, and Dr. Squatch, the company has achieved best-in-class growth and recently raised a $15M Series A to accelerate product expansion.

This is an opportunity to join a category-defining vertical SaaS company modernizing financial operations for a massive industry.

What You Will Do

Build and scale core platform infrastructure

Develop backend systems for financial workflow automation

Design large-scale data ingestion pipelines

Build APIs powering analytics and forecasting systems

Implement AI-powered document processing workflows

Build financial data extraction systems

Improve platform performance and reliability

Design scalable product architecture

Build systems for retailer and ERP integrations

Ship product features end-to-end

Collaborate directly with product and engineering

Occasionally work directly with customers to solve workflow problems

Help shape technical architecture as the company scales

Ideal Candidate Background

4–8 years of production software engineering experience

Strong backend systems engineering depth

Experience building scalable data-heavy systems

Strong TypeScript or Python backend expertise

Experience working with relational databases

Experience building production APIs

Strong product engineering instincts

Ability to work across backend + product systems

Experience shipping customer-facing features

Comfortable working fully onsite in NYC

Preferred

Experience with financial systems

Data pipelines / ETL systems

Snowflake / warehouse architecture

Postgres performance optimization

Rails / TypeScript stack

AI-powered workflow systems

Document processing systems

Vertical SaaS experience

Series A/B startup experience

Customer-facing engineering collaboration

Strong Signals

Built platform/core infrastructure

High-scale data processing systems

Financial systems engineering

Strong startup execution

Full product ownership

Backend architecture leadership

Operationally complex software systems

Fast-paced startup environments

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary: $210,000 – $280,000
Equity: 0.075–0.15%
Visa support for transfers / TN / STEM OPT
Direct product ownership
Strong technical growth trajectory
High-impact platform work
Meaningful equity upside

Why Join

This is an opportunity to build the financial infrastructure powering modern CPG brands.

You’ll work on technically challenging systems involving large-scale financial data pipelines, AI-powered workflows, and mission-critical platform infrastructure used by hundreds of brands.

If you enjoy backend platform engineering, product ownership, and building systems that solve real operational complexity, this role offers exceptional technical depth and upside.

About the Company

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