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What we ship shows up directly in our customers' books.\nAs a Senior Software Engineer on the team, you'll own projects end to end, from design through rollout. You'll work closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and accounting experts to ship changes that are safe, well-tested, and easy to reason about.\nPilot's backend is written in fully typed Python, and our frontend stack includes JavaScript, TypeScript, and Vue.js. We use Terraform to manage infrastructure, deploy containerized services on AWS, and rely on Postgres and modern observability tooling in production.\nKey Responsibilities\nBuild, test, and deploy software in a continuous manner (we deploy daily or more often)\nWork with PMs and Product Designers, and participate in product and design reviews\nCreate and contribute to technical specs and testing/rollout plans\nWrite clear technical designs, contribute thoughtful code reviews, and maintain high engineering standards\nWork with internal customers and stakeholders to ensure we're solving the right problems\nMentor and sponsor your teammates to help them grow\nInvestigate production issues, improve system reliability, and support services as needed\nAbout You\nEven if you don't have experience with every part of our stack, we'd still love to talk.\nWe're looking for someone who has:\n5+ years of experience as a software engineer\nExperience with Python or Vue (or other Javascript frameworks) in production\nStrong coding fundamentals and the ability to write clean, maintainable, well-tested code\nGood product and systems judgment, especially in ambiguous or evolving problem spaces\nStrong communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally\nExperience working effectively on a remote team, including strong async and written communication habits\nDemonstrated ability to mentor and teach others\nThis position is only available for remote employment in the United States in the following states: CA, GA, NY, NC, TN, TX, and WA\nAdditionally, we're interested in engineers with specialties or backgrounds in accounting as well as fintech and related fields.\nNice to Have\nExperience with Vue in production\nExperience with accounting systems, double-entry bookkeeping, or revenue recognition\nFamiliarity with agentic or AI-assisted systems in production environments\nExperience integrating with third-party APIs and external systems (e.g. payment processors)\nAbout Pilot\nPilot launched in 2017 to bring the back office into the modern era. Pilot provides small businesses with dedicated finance experts - which Pilot hires as full-time, U.S.-based employees - who learn the ins-and-outs of their business. Pilot integrates directly with the billing, banking, expense, and payroll systems customers already use. With a special blend of custom software and expert bookkeepers, Pilot delivers accurate, consistent bookkeeping and financial management and tax services that give entrepreneurs the freedom to focus on their business.\nPilot has over 3,000 customers and has raised over $170 million in financing from Sequoia, Index Ventures, Stripe, Bezos Expeditions, and Whale Rock. Our investors also include a long list of world-class entrepreneurs, including Patrick and John Collison, Drew Houston, and Diane Greene. Our most recent funding round doubled our valuation to $1.2 billion - Meet Fintech’s Newest Unicorn.\nWhy Pilot?\nWe invest in our employees’ development and happiness because our employees are the keys to our success and ensuring happy customers\nThe opportunity to join a seasoned founding team that has led companies through two prior successful startups and acquisitions (by Oracle and Dropbox).\nFlexible vacation/time-off policy\nAll federal holidays are observed\nCompetitive benefits package including additional wellness benefits\nParental leave for birthing or non-birthing parents - 100% pay for 12 weeks\n401(k) plan\nThe base pay range target for the role seniority described in this job description is $133,000 - $192,000 in most remote locations, and between $166,000 - $240,000 in San Francisco, CA and New York City, NY. Final offer amounts depend on multiple factors such as candidate experience and expertise, geographic location, total compensation, and market data. In addition to cash pay, full-time regular positions are eligible for equity, 401(k), health benefits, and other benefits; some of these benefits may be available for part-time or temporary positions.\nPilot commits to provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment, as well as equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. You may view all of Pilot’s recruiting notices here, including our EEO policy, information about requesting a reasonable accommodation in the job application process, recruitment agency policy, recruitment scam notice, and important E-Verify information. You may view our job candidate privacy policy here.\nAs part of Pilot's commitment to fair and transparent remote hiring, Pilot uses light identity verification steps, such as briefly waving on camera and/or recording interviews, to confirm that candidates are representing themselves. For some roles, we may also invite finalists to our San Francisco office for onsite interviews. 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