Senior Software Engineer; Tech Lead

Position Type: Full-time
Location: Boston-Based Hybrid
Work Authorization Requirement: Applicants must have permanent authorization to work in the United States and must not require current or future sponsorship for employment authorization. Deal Room does not sponsor or support work visas, student visas, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, or any other temporary employment authorization programs.

Deal Room is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to partner closely with a Product Manager and build a product end-to-end while staying hands‑on in the code. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you will work hand‑in‑hand with a Product Manager to understand customer problems, shape technical solutions, and ship software that drives customer and business impact.

This is a builder‑leader role, not a people‑management role. You’ll start as a two‑person team with your PM, building hands‑on: you set the technical bar, write code regularly, and turn a shared product direction into shipped software. As the product gains traction, this becomes the seed of a team you help grow and lead.

At Deal Room, engineers are builders who think in customer outcomes. You will spend time understanding the people who run M&A deals, turn that understanding into shippable software, and set the pace and quality bar for the product you and your PM own.

Deal Room is a dynamic Fin Tech innovator revolutionizing the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) landscape. We’re transforming complex financial processes with cutting‑edge technology, and we’re looking for passionate trailblazers to join our high‑energy team. If you thrive on challenges and want to make a tangible impact in finance, Deal Room offers an exhilarating career launchpad. We’re not just changing the game – we’re redefining it.

Founded in 2012 by former M&A advisor Kison Patel, Deal Room addresses technological gaps hindering deal success in the financial industry. With a client‑oriented culture, Deal Room has grown to 50+ employees, remains self‑funded, and is expanding rapidly. Our growth encompasses both Deal Room’s software solutions and the M&A Science Podcast, which recently celebrated its 300th podcast episode!

• Partner day‑to‑day with your PM to learn from customers, shape solutions, and iterate quickly

• Stay hands‑on: write the code and own the technical execution of your product area

• Own technical quality end‑to‑end through architecture, code review, testing, monitoring, rollback planning, and technical guidance

• Adopt AI‑native development practices to ship more with a small team

• Help define and grow the engineering team as the product scales

• 5+ years building production systems, with strong backend architecture experience

• Experience shipping production SaaS software end‑to‑end

• Strong product sense and a genuine interest in partnering with Product, understanding customer problems directly, and communicating with customers, peers, and leadership rather than leaning on the PM

• Clear judgment on when to move fast, when to invest in robustness, and when to simplify

• Comfort working across the stack, including frontend, infrastructure, or tooling

• High ownership mindset and ability to drive outcomes, not just output

• Experience leading a team or major technical project

• Experience mentoring engineers and reviewing others’ work

• Experience with Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Type Script, Vue, AWS, or similar technologies

• Experience shipping AI‑powered features

• Ability to provide technical direction through architecture, code quality, delivery standards, and clear tradeoffs

• Strong judgment on when an LLM is the right tool and when it is not

You will thrive here if you are a strong engineer who still wants to be in the code. You think like a product person, ask why and for whom before jumping to how, and enjoy turning unclear problems into shipped software.

You are comfortable with ambiguity. You can pick a direction, ship something small, learn from real usage, and adjust.

You lead by example. Your influence comes from the quality of your thinking, the code you write, the standards…