Founding Software Engineer — Backend Fintech, Hybrid NYC

Premier Global Links LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunity

Comprehensive benefits

Hybrid work model

High ownership and impact

Job summary

Premier Global Links LLC is seeking a Founding Software Engineer to join an early-stage fintech company building technology to improve homeowners' insurance affordability. This backend-heavy full-stack role offers significant ownership across product development, architecture, scalability, and infrastructure in New York City.

The ideal candidate is autonomous, product-minded, and capable of taking a feature from concept to production, with strong experience in APIs, backend services, and data

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience building and shipping production software end-to-end
• Backend services, APIs, and scalable web applications
• Strong experience with relational databases and API design
• Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript
• Experience taking products or major features from 0 to 1
• Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability, and system design
• Highly autonomous in a fast-moving startup environment
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Ability to work on-site four days per week in New York City

Responsibilities

• Build and ship new product features end-to-end across backend and frontend systems.
• Develop scalable APIs, backend services, and data pipelines.
• Drive product expansion and integrate new insurance products into the platform.
• Make architecture and infrastructure decisions supporting scalability and long-term growth.
• Design and optimize relational databases and data models.
• Build internal tools that improve operational efficiency and reduce engineering support requirements.
• Develop reliable systems and contribute to DevOps and cloud infrastructure.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and delivery speed.
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.
• Identify technical and product opportunities and independently drive solutions from concept to production.
• Contribute to engineering standards, code quality, testing, security, and system reliability.

Skills

Backend development

APIs

Relational databases

Python

TypeScript

0 to 1

System design

Autonomy

Startup environment

Communication

On-site NYC

Job description

Premier Global Links LLC is seeking a Founding Software Engineer to join an early-stage fintech company building technology to improve homeowners' insurance affordability. This backend-heavy full-stack role offers significant ownership across product development, architecture, scalability, and infrastructure in New York City.

The ideal candidate is autonomous, product-minded, and capable of taking a feature from concept to production, with strong experience in APIs, backend services, and data