Senior Software Engineer: Core Platform

Overview

Frame is a compliance infrastructure company powering payments for complex, highly regulated industries. We enable businesses to move money with confidence by embedding compliance and payments into a single, intelligent platform. Our ambition is to become the infrastructure layer that regulated businesses rely on to operate, scale, and access services globally.

At Frame, how we build matters as much as what we build. Our values shape how we work, make decisions, and support our merchants. We’re headquartered in Los Angeles with a globally distributed team. We’re committed to running an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any adjustments along the way, let us know.

Let’s solve problems together.

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build the product surface that merchants and developers actually touch. You will work primarily in Rails, Go, and Type Script across everything from backend services to frontend components and the SDK layer merchants use to embed Frame into their products. The surface area is wide. The problems are deep. You will work across Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Product on systems where the experience is the differentiator.

• Build core Frame
  
  OS platform features including merchant onboarding flows, capabilities and requirements systems, and compliance workflows.
• Own Frame.js, our Type Script SDK and web component library used by merchants to embed compliance‑aware payment flows.
• Ship developer‑facing APIs and documentation.
• Build internal operations tooling including dashboards, case management, and workflow automation that make our team fast and precise.
• Build AI‑powered pipelines for adverse media classification, underwriting automation, and document processing.

• 4+ years of software engineering experience with strong Ruby on Rails and Type Script skills, or comparable framework experience.
• Track record building platform infrastructure where reliability and correctness matter, with the instinct for clean abstractions.
• Experience building developer‑facing APIs or SDKs that other teams liked using.
• Strong background in fintech, payments, or regulated infrastructure is a strong plus.
• Experience with compliance or KYC/KYB systems, AI/ML pipelines for classification, document processing, or automation, or Go are also valued.

• Doesn’t wait for permission and finds a way around blockages.
• Treats consequences as feedback and holds a high bar for yourself and teammates.
• Carefully balances speed with quality, aiming for APIs that click on first read.
• Moves before it’s perfect but still ensures the outcome is good.

• Salary: $160,000 – $220,000 base + equity
• Unlimited PTO, with trust to manage your own time.
• A wellness budget covering dental, vision, and a free Equinox membership, plus team‑led running and spin groups.
• Daily lunch and a fully stocked snack kitchen in our Los Angeles office.
• Apple hardware, Frame branded merch, regular company offsites, and a relocation package if you’re not already local.

• Start with Why – We ensure clarity of purpose before acting, building, or automating.
• Bias to Action – We take ownership, move quickly, and iterate rather than waiting for perfect answers.
• Rooted in Integrity – We do the right thing with data, money, partners, and decisions, especially when no one is watching.
• Be Decent, Be Direct – We collaborate with respect, clarity, and care, even in disagreement.
• The Discerning Eye – We care deeply about quality, detail, and craft in how things look, feel, and work.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we celebrate diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or disability status.