Founding Software Engineer

Withacclaim; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Acclaim is building the financial infrastructure powering the global insurance industry. We seek a Founding Software Engineer to own features from concept through production and help establish our engineering culture.

You will work directly with founders and collaborate with Product and Customer Success to launch new payment capabilities for insurers worldwide. This is an opportunity to solve complex problems where quality, precision, and scalability matter.

Qualifications

• Experience building production web applications and APIs.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Desire to own problems from start to finish.

Responsibilities

• Own features from technical design through production.
• Build secure, scalable APIs for global payment workflows.
• Develop intuitive customer and internal experiences using React.
• Improve platform performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Participate in architecture and technology decisions.
• Review code and help raise engineering standards.
• Write clear technical designs and documentation.
• Help launch new payment products for customers.

Skills

Production web apps & APIs

Strong software engineering

Ownership mindset

Startup experience (nice to have)

Tools

Symfony

React

AWS

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Acclaim is building the financial infrastructure that powers the global insurance industry.

Insurance companies move billions of dollars every year across claims, premiums, commissions, and reimbursements, yet much of the underlying financial infrastructure remains fragmented and manual. We're building a modern platform that helps insurers move money globally, manage treasury, and automate financial operations.

We're an early-stage company with experienced founders, growing customers, and the opportunity to define the future of insurance payments.

About the role

We're looking for a Founding Software Engineer to help build the core platform powering global insurance payments. You'll own features from concept through production, influence technical direction, and help establish the engineering culture that future teammates will inherit.

This is an opportunity to solve complex technical problems where quality, precision, and scalability matter. When software moves money, getting it right isn't optional.

Who you'll work with

You'll work directly with the founders and collaborate closely with Product and Customer Success to design, build, and launch new payment capabilities for insurers around the world.

What you'll do

• Own features from technical design through production.
• Build secure, scalable APIs for global payment workflows.
• Develop intuitive customer and internal experiences using React.
• Improve platform performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Participate in architecture and technology decisions.
• Review code and help raise engineering standards.
• Write clear technical designs and documentation.
• Help launch new payment products for our customers.

What success looks like

Within your first year, you'll have:

• Become the owner of one or more core areas of the platform.
• Delivered multiple customer-facing capabilities from idea to production.
• Improved the quality, scalability, and maintainability of our systems.

What we're looking for

• A genuine passion for building software.
• Experience building production web applications and APIs.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• A desire to own problems from start to finish.

Nice to have

• Startup experience.
• Payments or fintech experience.
• Experience with Symfony, React, AWS, Docker, or Terraform.

Why Acclaim

Joining Acclaim means helping build foundational infrastructure for one of the world's largest industries.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Build products that solve meaningful, real-world problems.
• Work directly with experienced founders and an exceptional team.
• Help shape our product, culture, and company from an early stage.
• Take ownership of meaningful decisions with visible impact.
• Learn quickly while solving technically and operationally complex challenges.

If you're excited by difficult problems, high ownership, and building something that matters, we'd love to meet you.

Equal opportunity

Acclaim is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.