Software Engineer, Accounting (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Fintech): Building and optimizing high-load backend services for hirify.global’s accounting platform, syncs, and rules engine with an accent on processing millions of transactions and ensuring data integrity. Focus on laying the technical foundation for AI agents, improving developer tooling, and upholding correctness and auditability in financial systems.

Location: U.S.-based. This role is primarily onsite/hybrid in New York, NY (HQ) or San Francisco, CA. Relocation support to NYC or SF is provided as needed.

Salary: $168,000–$275,100

Company

hirify.global is a financial operations platform designed to save companies time and money by combining payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping with built-in intelligence.

What you will do

• Own backend services that power hirify.global’s accounting platform, syncs, and rules engine.
• Build scalable systems that process millions of transactions across card, bill pay, reimbursements, treasury, and more.
• Lay the technical foundation for AI agents to suggest and enforce accounting categorizations.
• Improve internal developer tooling and interfaces to accelerate the team.
• Uphold the highest standards around correctness, observability, and auditability.

Requirements

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally in fintech, accounting tech, or transactional systems.
• Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems with high data integrity requirements.
• Strong understanding of system design, reliability engineering, and service observability.
• Fluent in Python or a comparable modern backend language.
• Comfort working closely with accounting teams and product stakeholders to translate business needs into clean code.
• Passion for building infrastructure that balances precision, performance, and extensibility.
• English: B2 required.

Nice to have

• Background in compliance-heavy systems or regulated domains.
• Familiarity with financial integrations (e.g. NetSuite, QuickBooks, Oracle).
• Interest in working with AI/ML teams on intelligent accounting features.
• A desire to move fast but hold the line on accuracy, especially when real dollars are involved.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, partially covered for your dependents, and One Medical annual membership.
• 401k including employer match on contributions.
• Flexible PTO.
• Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year) and Parental Leave.
• Pet insurance.
• Centralized home-office equipment ordering for all employees.
• Health and Wellness stipend.
• In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more.