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Our platform runs the entire workflow for accounting firms - client intake (Collect), data entry into their tax software (Connect), AI-native return prep (Prepare), and delivery with e-sign and payments (Deliver).\nHere's how we move: our product engineers build the MVP, ~80% of the way there, validated against a clear roadmap. Your job is to take those MVPs to production: fast, and properly. Reliability, tests, scale, and the kind of UX polish that makes a skeptical CPA trust AI. This is the highest-leverage engineering work in the company. We need more builders who are great at it.\nThis is in-person 5x a week in Chandler, Arizona.\nWhat you'll actually work on\nNot \"product features.\" Real problems, this quarter:\nProduction-harden MVPs across our four products against a roadmap that's already scoped - you'll rarely wonder what to build, the bar is how well and how fast.\n\nMake document pipelines reliable at scale - classification and extraction across W-2s, the 1099 series, multi-page K-1 packages, 1098s, 1095-As - feeding a human-in-the-loop review flow where accuracy is the product.\n\nTame AI non-determinism - the hard, interesting part. Evals, regression tests, confidence/provenance on model outputs, and guardrails so a fallback or a truncated context never quietly ships a wrong return.\n\nBuild backend systems that hold up - messy real-world PDFs, integrations with UltraTax, Lacerte, Drake, and CCH Axcess, and throughput that scales with the busy season.\n\nEarn CPA trust through small UX decisions - reviewers approve our AI's work side-by-side with the source documents. The interface either makes that fast and trustworthy or it doesn't.\n\nThe first 90 days\nWeek 1-2: Ship a real fix to production. Get deep on the codebase and the AI pipelines.\n\nBy day 30: Own a slice of one product/project. Take an MVP feature from \"works in the demo\" to \"works for every firm\" - tests, edge cases, error states.\n\nBy day 60: Lead the production-hardening of a roadmap feature end-to-end, and measurably improve the reliability of one AI extraction or review flow.\n\nBy day 90: Own a product surface, ship meaningful improvements every week, and move a number that matters.\n\nWho thrives here\nBackend strength is non-negotiable. Data modeling, APIs, reliability, performance. Ruby on Rails is a plus, not a requirement - we care that you can build a solid backend, not which framework you've used.\n\nProduct and UX judgment is non-negotiable. You feel it when a flow is clunky and you fix it without being asked. React / React Native experience is a plus; UX sense is the actual requirement.\n\nYou're AI-native. You already build with AI tools every day. You know the best practices of AI-first development - when to let the model draft and when to take the wheel, and you never ship confident-sounding slop. AI-generated code gets tested and guardrailed, always.\n\nLow ego, team-first. You want the team to win. You'll happily spend a day hunting a bug because shipping something solid matters more than your line count. No heroes, no territory.\n\nFast and careful at the same time. You move quickly against a clear roadmap and still build it properly. Both, not one.\n\nYou're a builder. You've shipped things - ideally things that weren't assigned to you. Side projects with real users, a product you launched, a startup you started, substantial open-source work, indie-hacking revenue. If you build because you can't help it, you'll fit right in.\n\nHow we work\nOur values aren't wall art - they describe how decisions actually get made here:\nMission focused. The mission is our north star. We stay focused on what moves it forward and tune out the noise.\n\nDefault to action. Move quickly and iterate. Progress over perfection. Learn by shipping.\n\nSolve with data. Instinct gets us asking the right questions - data gets us to the right answer.\n\nAutomate first. Automate the repetitive work so we can focus where we add the most value.\n\nBonus points\nYou've built tax, accounting, or other financial software.\nYou've worked directly with a founder before.\nYou've started or shipped your own product - and you can show it.\nA note on fit\nWe're looking for people who are running toward what we need - not just looking for the next role. The engineers who do their best work here chose Soraban deliberately: they want the pace, the ownership, the AI-first way we build, they love the intensity and hard work culture. If that's you, we should talk. We’re currently receiving 100s of applications so help us identify you, tell us why you standout for this position.\nHow to apply\nSkip the cover letter. Send links to what you've built - products, repos, case studies, demos. Show us, don't tell us.\n\nWe're an onsite team in Tempe, AZ and San Francisco, CA, and we're excited about our new office. This role is in person.\nYou must be legally authorized to work in the US. We're not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time.\nPrincipals only - no recruiters, please.\nWe move fast at Soraban so we've designed our interview process to look for candidates who can hit the ground running quickly.\nBelow is what to expect in our interview process.\nQuick phone screen\nTake home assignment\nTechnical interview over Zoom\nConversation with the CEO\nOffer\nThe typical interview process should take 14 days from start to finish. That said, we have moved more quickly and look to accommodate candidates who might have a short timeline or competing offers. 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