Senior Software Engineer, Banking

Why Join Angel List

We’re solving some of the hardest problems in venture capital and private markets. You’ll work with a team that values precision, urgency, and long‑term thinking. If you want to shape how startups are funded and built, this is the place.

We exist to accelerate innovation by increasing the number of successful startups in the world. We do this by building the financial infrastructure that makes it easier for more people to invest in world‑changing companies.

Angel List is the nexus of venture capital and the startup community. We support $171B+ in assets and have powered investments into over 13,000 startups—over 300 of which are unicorns. Today, 57% of top‑tier U.S. VC deals involve investors on Angel List. While our scale is large, our ambition is larger.

If you're excited to build the future of private markets, come build with us.

Nova is building the banking and payments network for private markets. This infrastructure moves money between funds and investors for subscriptions, capital calls, and distributions. Nova currently supports $1.2B+ in deposits, $100M+ in weekly transfers across six bank integrations, and ~150k verified investors. Moving large sums between funds and investors is among the highest‑stakes work in private markets. Getting every transaction right is how Nova earns and keeps the trust of GPs and LPs.

If you’re a Senior Software Engineer who wants to build the financial infrastructure behind private markets, Nova Foundations gives you the opportunity to own significant parts of these systems end to end. The team owns the ledger, bank and payment integrations, KYC, and secure PII storage across money movement and risk and compliance. You’ll take difficult money‑movement and identity problems from ambiguity through launch and operation.

The team will rely on you to get every detail right in a domain where correctness and auditability are non‑negotiable.

• Design, build, and operate core Foundations systems, including the ledger, bank and payment integrations for ACH and wires, KYC, and secure PII handling. You’ll own meaningful parts of these systems end to end.
• Take difficult problems from design through rollout and on‑call operation. You’ll own the operational tail, not just the initial release.
• Model complex financial and identity domains precisely in relational data, then build the service contracts and APIs that Product teams depend on.
• Build for correctness, auditability, security, and reliability. Help catch predictable failures before they become incidents.
• Improve the team’s work through thoughtful code reviews and design feedback, and mentor other engineers.
• Work with the Product teams that build on your systems and with Compliance/Risk to keep the platform coherent across team boundaries.

• 5+ years building backend or full‑stack systems, including meaningful experience with backend services that other teams or users depend on.
• Senior‑level impact. You’ve owned significant systems or features from an ambiguous problem through launch and operation, and your team relies on you to get difficult work right in your area.
• Experience with financial systems, payments, ledgers, or banking/KYC integrations. We also consider a strong record in another domain where correctness and reliability are non‑negotiable and "close enough" isn’t good enough.
• Strong data‑modeling skills. You can model complex, evolving business domains precisely in relational databases.
• Comfort working in a Ruby on Rails environment, or evidence that you’ll ramp quickly. You’re also comfortable with service‑oriented systems, real bank and payment‑rail integrations, and workflow orchestration.
• Comfort working in a startup environment. You can apply the rigor…