Software Engineer Equity at Truewind

Job Title

Staff Software Engineer

$200K - $250K + Equity

Truewind is a 34-person, YC W23-backed startup building AI-native accounting software to modernize the financial back office. Backed by Scrum Ventures, Beat Ventures, and Soma Capital, Truewind is doing for finance what AWS did for computing by automating bookkeeping and financial reporting for high-growth startups.

Join Truewind as a Staff Software Engineer to architect and build the future of AI-powered financial workflows. You will work directly with the founders in San Francisco, shaping both technical foundations and product strategy. This is a high-impact role for an experienced engineer who thrives in the fast-paced, high-ownership environment of an early-stage startup.

San Francisco, USA

• Work as a foundational technical leader at a YC W23 startup that is fundamentally reimagining the financial infrastructure for private markets and startups.
• High-density talent environment in San Francisco’s Financial District, offering a 10x multiplier for collaboration and the chance to shape engineering culture from the ground up.
• Backed by top-tier investors including Scrum Ventures, Beat Ventures, and Soma Capital, with a significant equity stake in a rapidly scaling fintech company.

• Architect and develop complex software solutions that leverage LLMs and vector databases to automate traditional bookkeeping and finance processes.
• Collaborate directly with founders to define the product vision, strategy, and technical roadmap while managing infrastructure for distributed, data-intensive systems.
• Lead and mentor a growing team of engineers and data scientists, establishing the technical standards and practices required for world-class product delivery.

• At least 11 years of professional experience building production web applications using Type Script/JavaScript and frameworks like Next.js, Nest.js, or Express.
• Deep expertise in architecting data-intensive distributed systems and working with relational databases like PostgreSQL to handle mission-critical financial data.
• Strong background in early-stage startups or founder experience, with a passion for innovation and a preference for building LLM applications using OpenAI APIs.