Software Engineer

Quanto; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a VC-backed startup in downtown Toronto as their first engineering hire. You'll shape the future of Quanto by building AI-powered solutions for bookkeeping, working closely with a tight-knit team. This role offers competitive salary, equity options, and a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Above-average early-stage equity

Competitive pre-seed stage salary

Take-what-you-need paid vacation

Expensed weekly team lunches

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in full-time engineering roles.
• Experience at a Seed stage startup as a founding engineer.

Responsibilities

• Own the stack and ship features end-to-end.
• Build with AI to automate bookkeeping.

Skills

Machine Learning

Full Stack Development

Problem Solving

Tools

LangChain

AWS

GitHub

Job description

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Building AI agents to 2x accounting firm's capacity

Quanto is a VC-backed pre-seed startup redefining bookkeeping with AI-powered automation. We are building the second brain for accountants to streamline knowledge sharing and financial data analysis. Our vision is to help accountants automate more of their job using AI-powered solutions.

We’re backed by top institutional VCs in San Francisco and Toronto, including Flair Ventures, Good News Ventures, Scale Shift Ventures, and Sterling Road.

We’re on track to raise our Seed round in early Q1 2026.

How are we trying to change the world?

Business owners are the backbone of the economy, yet many fail due to a lack of timely financial insights. Traditionally, they rely on accountants, but the industry is in crisis:

• 75% of accountants are expected to retire in the next 5 years
• The number of new accountants coming out of college is declining by 8% annually

With rising fees and a shrinking workforce, many businesses can no longer afford professional bookkeeping or are left without support altogether.

We’re solving this by building AI Agents that automate bookkeeping, giving business owners the financial clarity they need to make smarter decisions.

We’re already working with 15+ accounting firms and e-commerce businesses, and we’re looking for someone to help us tackle hard but fulfilling technical challenges.

Who will you be working with?

We’re a tight-knit team of four, building in-person in downtown Toronto.

Co-Founders

Anderson Petergeorge, CPA - A trained CPA with 8 years of experience, Anderson saw firsthand the challenges business owners face with bookkeeping, both as an accountant and as an e-commerce founder. Before starting Quanto, he was immersed in the AI ecosystem at Harvard and Oxford University. Learn more - https://www.apetergeorge.com/

Mathuran Sadagopan - Prior to Quanto, Mathuran worked as a software engineer at Amazon and Microsoft, where he saw firsthand how complex and outdated accounting processes were for Amazon sellers. That experience sparked his mission to make bookkeeping smarter and more accessible. Learn more - https://github.com/Mathuran

Our Story

We grew up hearing stories of how the internet boom was the most exciting time to build. We were too young then and thought we had missed our chance, until AI changed everything. We knew we’d regret it forever if we didn’t build something in this moment.

So we left big tech and Ivy League schools to take this leap.

If that resonates with you, you’ll probably be a great fit.

Who are we looking for to join our team?

As our first engineering hire, you won’t just write code, you’ll shape the future of Quanto. From product roadmap to team culture, you’ll have a say in it all. If you love moving fast, building with AI, and taking ownership, you’ll fit right in.

What will you do?

• Own the stack – Ship features end-to-end, from backend to frontend.
• Build with AI – Work with ML, embeddings, and LLMs to automate bookkeeping.
• Move fast & pivot – Whether from startup experience or your own projects, you thrive in fast-changing environments.
• Think like a founder – You see problems, you fix them, no need for permission.
• Learn from the best - Connect with industry thought leaders in AI and accounting

What are we looking for?

• A mid to senior level full stack engineer 3+ years of full-time experience
• Must have experience working at a Seed stage start-up as a founding engineer or co-founder
• Experience building products using machine learning, embeddings, and/or LLMs
• You know what vibe coding is and are leaning into it
• Experience moving fast and pivoting either through your own start-up or projects
• Excited about working in person 5 days per week with a collaborative team in our downtown Toronto office (111 Peter Street) (option to work from home when required)
• (Bonus) Prior experience building tools for accounting or other financial services
• Libraries: LangChain, LangGraph, Vercel AI SDK, LlamaIndex
• Infra: Github, Vercel, Supabase, AWS, Fivetran, Hasura
• Tools: Cursor, Bolt, Warp

What are the other benefits?

• Co-founder potential – If you're interested, there's an opportunity to discuss an expanded leadership role during our next raise
• Above-average early-stage equity (1-5%)
• Competitive pre-seed stage salary - full-time role ($100-120k with increases as we grow)
• Take-what-you-need paid vacation
• Expensed weekly team lunches
• Flexibility to try bleeding-edge tech

One of the best parts of joining a company this early is that you become a part of defining it. If you are feeling that itch seeing all this innovation happening in AI and are passionate about positively impacting the lives of everyday business owners, send your resume to [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Accounting

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