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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.\nIf 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.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign, 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.\nTake difficult problems from design through rollout and on-call operation. You'll own the operational tail, not just the initial release.\nModel complex financial and identity domains precisely in relational data, then build the service contracts and APIs that Product teams depend on.\nBuild for correctness, auditability, security, and reliability. 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