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Compliance is critical for FIs to get right, but most of their work still happens manually, in legacy technology or Excel.\nBanks, credit unions, and fintechs across the country use Kobalt to run third party due diligence, screen marketing collateral, and stay current with the ever-changing regulatory landscape. Since our Series A, we've grown revenue more than 5x and work with some of the most notable names in financial services, including Chime, Upstart, and Affirm.\nThe Role\nEngineers at Kobalt own products end-to-end, from understanding the customer problem and shaping the technical approach through building, shipping, and operating the solution in production.\nAs a Backend Software Engineer, you'll build the systems that power Kobalt's products, from the data models and APIs behind complex risk and compliance workflows to the infrastructure that powers our AI. 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