Senior Software Engineer, Applications

Floqast; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life & disability insurance

Job summary

Floqast in San Jose, California is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to drive architectural integrity and lead cross-functional initiatives. You'll work independently on medium-to-large software features while mentoring fellow engineers and influencing team culture.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, deep knowledge of technologies like JavaScript, Python, Node, and MongoDB, and a strong commitment to coding standards. Competitive salary ranges from $144,000 to $216,000 with a robust benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency and work experience with Node, MongoDB, AWS, React/Redux, or other MERN-style stacks.
• Able to produce effective solutions independently within a highly collaborative agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end development of medium-to-large features and systems.
• Design and document system interactions for long-term maintainability.
• Drive the team's adoption of agent-first development workflow.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Node

MongoDB

AWS

React/Redux

Java/Go

Job description

The Senior Software Engineer is a technical pillar and a force multiplier within the organization. In this role, you move beyond the execution of features to owning the architectural integrity, long‑term scalability, and strategic technical direction of entire domains. You are expected to operate with near‑total autonomy, leading complex cross‑functional initiatives and solving systemic issues that impact the broader engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Own the end‑to‑end development of medium‑to‑large features and systems, ensuring they scale over quarters and years.
• Demonstrate deep architectural thinking by designing and documenting system interactions that prioritize long‑term maintainability.
• Propose and drive technical direction at the team level, identifying and reducing systemic issues such as scalability bottlenecks and developer productivity hurdles.
• Make visible improvements to system performance, reliability, and cost‑efficiency within your owned domains.
• Lead the technical design, implementation, and delivery of complex systems and cross‑functional initiatives with minimal oversight.
• Partner with Product Managers to establish realistic timelines and priorities, navigate feature trade‑offs, and balance immediate business needs with long‑term technical health.
• Consistently meet all published quarterly velocity and quality goals while maintaining high deployment standards.
• Design AI‑friendly APIs, layer MCPs on top, and build the next generation of agentic workflows for accounting and finance in your domain.
• Drive the team's adoption of agent‑first development workflow to design and deliver robust & scalable solutions.
• Consistently mentor 1–2 engineers regularly and provide guidance to multiple peers across the team.
• Act as a "go‑to" engineer within your subdomain, proactively raising and solving team‑level technical problems.
• Regularly provide constructive feedback to improve the performance of others and unblock peers to maintain team momentum.
• Influence hiring, onboarding, and overall team culture. Contribute to the broader engineering community by writing for the FloQast engineering blog.
• Any other tasks that may be assigned to help the company meet its goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Great understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and scripting.
• Great understanding of Java/Go, Python, and scripting.
• Proficiency and work experience with Node, MongoDB, AWS, React/Redux, or other MERN‑style stacks or equivalent technologies.
• Proficiency and work experience with MongoDB, AWS, Springboot, or equivalent technologies.
• Recognizes the importance of testing, code quality, and demonstrates craftsmanship in every project they take on.
• Able to produce effective solutions independently within a highly collaborative agile environment.

Evaluation Process

The evaluation process involves a multi‑stage assessment comprising a coding exercise, a structured code review, system design, and a behavioral assessment to evaluate your engineering approach, logical thinking, familiarity with best practices, and alignment with team values.

Compensation & Benefits

Base pay range: $144,000 - $216,000. Compensation is not limited to base salary. FloQast values our Total Rewards and offers a competitive and elaborate Benefits Package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, family forming benefits, life & disability insurance, and unlimited vacation. FloQast reserves the right to amend, change, alter, and revise pay ranges and benefits offerings at any time.

Equal Opportunity Statement

FloQast, Inc is committed to operating fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin, or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. We aim to recruit the right people for the jobs we have to offer, and to assess applications on the basis of relevant skills, education, and experience. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and strive to provide a professional and welcoming workplace for all employees.