Software Engineer - Platform, Accounting

Meanwhile is looking for a Software Engineer to build the multi-organization multi-currency general ledger working directly with accounting and to deliver reconciliation and reporting surfaces

You will design and build a multi-organization, multi-currency double-entry ledger that runs the company's books, working side by side with the accounting team to understand how they close a period. You will make the hard modeling decisions, build reconciliation and reporting tools, and write production code across the stack.

• Design and build the multi-organization, multi-currency general ledger including chart of accounts, journal entries, postings, period close, intercompany, FX and BTC revaluation, and reconciliation
• Work directly with the accounting team to elicit and refine requirements
• Make modeling decisions on idempotency, immutability, correction semantics, precision, rounding, audit trails, and effective dating
• Build reconciliation and reporting surfaces for accounting, finance, and auditors
• Make the ledger legible to other engineering teams so product verticals can post to it correctly
• Write production code in Python, React/TypeScript, and PostgreSQL
• Use AI tooling to move faster with good judgment
• Participate in a business-hours on-call rotation

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Direct experience building or operating accounting, ledger, or double-entry financial systems, or adjacent experience with owned accounting semantics
• Strong backend engineering foundation with ability to ship frontend surfaces
• Experience working directly with non-technical domain experts such as accountants and auditors
• Fluency with AI development tools
• Comfort with ambiguity and self-directed domain learning
• Low-ego approach and high bar for precision
• Based in the SF Bay Area with ability to work in-office 3 days per week

• Fully covered health, dental, and vision for you and your family
• Meals provided in office
• Two annual company off sites (fully paid)