Senior Fintech Software Engineer — Remote + Equity (Early-Stage)

Elements; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Fully remote

Job summary

Elements is a venture-backed fintech building core platforms for high-stakes financial workflows. This fully remote Senior Software Engineer role offers deep ownership of core services and system architecture during a critical scaling phase. You’ll contribute across the stack with Java (Spring Boot) and React, with Python options, and collaborate directly with founders on technical direction. Equity and a small, experienced team enable outsized impact.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to design and build production-grade systems end-to-end.
• Strong understanding of application architecture and system design principles.
• Ability to balance engineering quality with startup pace.
• Hands-on experience in zero-to-one product development.
• Collaborative with founders on technical direction and standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend and frontend services from the ground up, contributing across the full stack.
• Own major architecture components and shape how the platform scales to meet production demand.
• Drive the product from advanced beta to production readiness, including reliability and performance considerations.
• Write clean, scalable code using Java (Spring Boot) and React, with opportunities to work in Python as well.
• Collaborate directly with founders on technical direction, product decisions, and engineering standards.
• Establish and document engineering best practices as the team grows.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Python

React

Architecture

System design

Ownership mindset

Job description

Elements is a venture-backed fintech building core platforms for high-stakes financial workflows. This fully remote Senior Software Engineer role offers deep ownership of core services and system architecture during a critical scaling phase. You’ll contribute across the stack with Java (Spring Boot) and React, with Python options, and collaborate directly with founders on technical direction. Equity and a small, experienced team enable outsized impact.