Senior Software Engineer

About Boosted.ai

Boosted.ai is building AI purpose-built for finance to help teams do more. Our mission is to optimize investing and boost productivity. We’re already trusted by leading enterprises and developers with over $5T under management with Boosted.ai. From the fastest growing hedge funds to global financial institutions, our tool lets our users stay ahead of the competition with AI that works for them.

We believe that modern investment professionals will win the future of finance by using the best tools; a unique competitive edge powered by data, experimentation, and automation. Boosted.ai is the platform they use to cut through data overload, outpace competitors, and reclaim their time. We’re looking for sharp, low-ego people to help teams find their edge.

• Our product is used every day by investors at the world’s largest financial institutions and most popular investment platforms
• We’re scaling quickly. We have ramped roughly 5× over the past year and growth is accelerating
• We’ve built a culture people actively want to be part of. Many of our strongest applicants come from firms that already use Boosted.ai
• We’re well-capitalized and long-term focused, backed by investors who have helped define modern fintech and enterprise software, including Spark Capital, Ten Coves Capital, Portage Ventures, and RBC.

Boosted.ai is seeking a highly motivated and results-driven Senior Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in designing and building advanced software solutions that empower organizations. Working closely with senior members of Boosted.ai’s engineering and management teams, the ideal candidate will excel at developing scalable, high-performance systems to support our cutting‑edge analytics platform. As part of a dynamic and collaborative engineering team, this role requires someone excited by tackling complex challenges, strategizing innovative approaches, and delivering robust, impactful solutions.

You will thrive in a fast‑paced environment, owning projects from ideation to implementation, writing clean and maintainable code, and contributing to our ambitious growth goals. The ideal candidate is a results-oriented engineer with a strong technical foundation, outstanding problem‑solving skills, and a history of delivering high-quality software. You will be responsible for leading key initiatives, mentoring junior developers, and collaborating cross-functionally to scale our platform and deliver value to clients.

If you are a highly motivated, entrepreneurial self-starter with a natural curiosity and a passion for technology – we’d love to chat!

• Take ownership of the full software development lifecycle, including designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software solutions.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including product managers, data scientists, and other engineers, to develop scalable and high‑performance systems.
• Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to understand their needs and design solutions that optimize workflows and address complex technical challenges.
• Work with large datasets, ensuring efficient processing, manipulation, and analysis.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, proposing and implementing innovative solutions to technical problems.
• Mentor and guide junior team members to promote growth and knowledge sharing within the engineering team.
• Continuously evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to improve system performance and scalability.
• Maintain a strong focus on writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code while adhering to best practices and coding standards.

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of professional programming experience, with a strong focus on Python.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and their applications.
• Experience building and optimizing distributed, scalable systems and high-performance applications.
• Proficiency in working with large-scale datasets and implementing solutions for efficient data processing.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability…