Software Engineer Equity at YC W23 AI-powered accounting startup

Job Title

Staff Software Engineer

$200K - $250K + Equity

YC W23 AI-powered accounting startup backed by Scrum Ventures and Soma Capital

Join a high-growth team building AI-native workflows that automate financial reporting and bookkeeping. As a staff-level engineer in our San Francisco headquarters, you will architect complex data systems, lead technical direction, and mentor a growing team. You will directly influence the product strategy that is modernizing the back-office for startups.

San Francisco, USA

• Significant ownership and equity as an early team member at a fast-growing YC W23 company backed by top-tier firms like Scrum Ventures and Soma Capital.
• Build the "AWS for the back-office," leveraging cutting-edge LLM technology and OpenAI APIs to transform how private market infrastructure operates.
• High-impact, in-person culture in San Francisco's Financial District with bi-annual off-sites in NYC and SF to foster a 10x team multiplier.

• Architect and develop scalable software solutions that leverage AI technology to reimagine traditional bookkeeping and complex finance processes.
• Collaborate directly with founders to define the technical vision, product roadmap, and foundational engineering culture of the company.
• Build and manage critical technical infrastructure, including high-performance databases, servers, and APIs required to support data-intensive financial services.

• Over 11 years of professional experience building world-class web applications using Type Script, React, and frameworks like Next.js or Nest.js.
• Deep expertise in architecting data-intensive distributed systems and working with relational databases such as Postgre
  
  SQL or MySQL.
• Strong startup pedigree, preferably with previous founder experience or a history of shipping products end-to-end in highly ambiguous, early-stage environments.