Senior Software Engineer (Ruby)

Senior Software Engineer

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $120,000-$180,000 + Benefits

Location: Onsite - Austin, Texas

Company Overview: A series A, venture-backed startup is building a suite of financial tools designed to bring greater flexibility and transparency to a historically underserved market. The company supports both individuals and businesses through a platform that simplifies key financial and operational workflows.

Founded by experienced operators with prior startup success, the team is backed by top-tier fintech and consumer tech investors. The company is entering a new phase of growth and is expanding its engineering team to support increased demand and an ambitious product roadmap.

Role Overview: The Senior Software Engineer will play a key role in designing and scaling the platform’s core systems. This is a high-impact position with direct exposure to leadership and an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to product direction, technical standards, and team culture.

Location: Candidates should be based in Austin, TX, as the product and leadership teams operate locally in an in-office model.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable backend systems and user-facing products
• Contribute to evolving system architecture with a focus on performance and reliability
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure technical work aligns with business needs
• Promote engineering best practices including code reviews, testing, and documentation

Ideal Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
• Strong backend experience, ideally with Ruby or similar languages
• Familiarity with React or other modern frontend frameworks is a plus
• Experience with infrastructure tools like AWS and Terraform is a bonus