Software Engineer - Back-End

👋 Welcome — Finch is on a mission to empower innovators to access the global employment ecosystem and connect the world's employers under a single API.

Finch is the API to access payroll and HR systems. Our platform allows employer admins to grant developers access to their systems in a compliant and secure manner. Finch integrates across providers enabling developers to access a previously closed system and reach the source of truth for employee data and money flow. Our API powers use cases across lending, insurance, benefits, FP&A, and HR applications.

We are a Y-Combinator company backed by top investors like General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, BoxGroup and angel investors from firms like Plaid, Brex, Digits, Ramp and Mercury.

Software Engineering at Finch

We are on a mission to empower innovators to access the global employment ecosystem and connect the world's employers under a single API. To do this, we're looking for individuals who think about problems holistically and in-depth, who are relentlessly curious, self-starters, and determined to drive ideas from inception through to completion.

Finch is a Y Combinator company and backed by a fantastic set of firms, angels, and our developers including General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, Homebrew, BoxGroup, YCombinator, Charley (1st business hire at Plaid), Sima (ex-Head of Biz Dev at Plaid), Henrique + Pedro (co-CEOs at Brex), Jeff + Wayne (co-CEOs at Digits), Immad (CEO at Mercury), Sam (CEO at Vouch Insurance), Karim (CTO at Ramp), and more.

About Our Team

We're a team of problem solvers. We value curiosity, empathy, and diverse perspectives. Everyone on the team is excited about the scope of the problems we address and the potential impact our work can have on the global workforce. We realize that the value we provide comes with great responsibilities, and therefore make security and privacy our highest priorities. We come from a diverse set of backgrounds and each member brings different skills to the group. We're passionate about our individual crafts, the hobbies we keep, and the relationships that we build. We are excited to get to know you and learn how we can work together as a team.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for architecting and maintaining large portions of the infrastructure
• Working with our developers to scope products and features on our infrastructure
• Setting up and maintaining engineering processes as the company scales.
• Hiring, cultivating, and mentoring new engineers (and other team members) as they join the team.
• Set a high bar for execution, both in terms of quality and speed.
• Join the founding team and be a part of all major future decisions
• Triage bugs discovered in the API platform through error tracking and performance monitoring

Who You Are

• 2 - 10 years of experience as an individual contributor with modern programming language like Javascript, Ruby, Python, Elixir, Go, etc.
• Have a strong demonstrated ability to ship high-quality products, both at work and outside of work. We love engineers that build side-projects or contribute to open-source repos.
• A passion for trying out APIs and a taste for good developer experience.
• Able to think through customer requirements and prioritize what is a must-have, nice-to-have, or irrelevant.
• Strong ability to design large scale systems and infrastructure.
• Have a strong technical skill set but also the willingness and ability to take over tasks outside your core competency.

Nice to Haves

• Previous founding experience
• Experience working at an API company or on an external facing API team.
• An itch to start a company in the future. We will invest in you!

Benefits

• Health/Dental/Vision
• Unlimited vacation policy (with mandatory minimums)
• Paid lunches
• Wellness stipend
• Book and education budget

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Node, React, AWS, Postgres, Docker