Finch · 15 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
10+ years expFinch is a Series B company on a mission to revolutionize employment by building the infrastructure that powers every facet of work. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Backend to design and maintain services that process high volumes of data and to lead initiatives across teams to ensure impactful solutions for their customers.
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Responsibilities
Live by and champion our values: empathy, execution, humility, curiosity
Design, build, and maintain powerful services to enable processing high volumes of data across a wide array of complex employment system integrations
Influence organizational direction by driving alignment on strategic initiatives and architectural best practices and leading by example
Lead the charge on product reliability and expansion initiatives, including horizontal expansion of existing integrations to increase data coverage and depth as well as greenfield development in entirely new product verticals
Lead large initiatives that may span across multiple teams, including activities ranging from problem definition to engineering scoping to execution to ensure the successful and smooth delivery of valuable and impactful solutions for our customers
Deploy code daily
Understand roadmap priorities and build systems focused on scalability, testability, and maintainability
Quickly debug issues throughout our stack using modern observability tooling and your solid foundation of engineering knowledge
Qualification
Required
10+ years of relevant backend development experience in a high growth environment
Customer-obsessed mindset. Customer needs always take priority
Track record of executing and delivering on large projects with high ambiguity
Detail-oriented approach to large scale challenges with the ability to work cross-functionally and cross-team as needed to drive initiatives from inception through to launch
Strong, but loosely held, opinions of what it takes to build a healthy and smooth operating engineering organization
A collaborative mindset with experience mentoring and leveling up engineers around you
Exposure to high-growth start-ups. You thrive in fast-moving environments where your work directly impacts company success
Technical understanding of the software development process
Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, including technical peers, leaders, and executive management
Deep experience working with APIs and back end technologies
Strong system-design skills and deep expertise working with distributed systems
Knowledge of data tools and ETL/ELT processes
Experience working with NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Redis
Familiar with various API authentication and authorization methods; particularly OAuth
Experience using a cloud provider. AWS is a bonus
Strong knowledge of testing frameworks and best practices. TDD is strongly encouraged
Benefits
Full medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% for employees, 85% for dependents)
Unlimited PTO (with a 3-week minimum)
401(k) plan
Regular team offsites and meetups
Hybrid work: 2+ days/week in our SF or NYC
Company
Finch
Finch is the #1 API for Employment Systems. Gain access to 200+ HRIS, Payroll, and Benefits systems through Finch's unified API.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$62.12MKey Investors
IntuitMenlo VenturesGeneral Catalyst
2023-06-07Series Unknown· $3.5M
2023-02-22Series B· $40M
2022-06-08Series A· $15M
Leadership Team
Jeremy Zhang
CEO + Co-Founder
Ansel Parikh
Co-Founder
Recent News
Menlo Ventures
2025-12-29
General Catalyst
2025-12-29
generalcatalyst.com
2025-12-29
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