Senior Software Engineer, Banking

Angellist; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

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Equity package

Benefits

Total Rewards package

Hybrid in‑office model

Job summary

AngelList is recruiting a Senior Software Engineer to build the Nova Foundations payments and banking infrastructure. You will own core ledger, bank and KYC integrations, and PII storage, delivering reliable money movement for private markets.

You will work in a Ruby on Rails environment within a startup‑savvy team that ships fast while meeting strict financial compliance and auditability standards. The role offers a competitive base, equity, and strong benefits in a hybrid SF office.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building backend or full‑stack systems with critical dependencies.
• Experience in financial systems, payments, ledgers, or KYC integrations.
• Strong data modeling skills for complex domains.
• Ruby on Rails experience or ability to ramp quickly.
• Background in fintech infrastructure and regulated environments.
• Familiarity with gRPC/protobuf and event‑driven patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core Foundations systems (ledger, payments, KYC, PII handling).
• Own end‑to‑end parts of critical money movement and identity services.
• Translate complex financial rules into robust service contracts and APIs.
• Ensure correctness, security, auditability, and reliability.
• Provide thoughtful code reviews and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Backend development

Full-stack systems

Financial systems

Payments/ledgers/KYC

Data modeling

Ruby on Rails

Startup environment

Double-entry accounting

Fintech infrastructure

PII handling/compliance

gRPC/protobuf

Temporal/workflow orchestration

Job description

Why Join AngelList

We’re solving some of the hardest problems in venture capital and private markets. You’ll work with a team that values precision, urgency, and long‑term thinking. If you want to shape how startups are funded and built, this is the place.

About AngelList

We exist to accelerate innovation by increasing the number of successful startups in the world. We do this by building the financial infrastructure that makes it easier for more people to invest in world‑changing companies.

AngelList is the nexus of venture capital and the startup community. We support $171B+ in assets and have powered investments into over 13,000 startups—over 300 of which are unicorns. Today, 57% of top‑tier U.S. VC deals involve investors on AngelList. While our scale is large, our ambition is larger.

If you're excited to build the future of private markets, come build with us.

About the Role

Nova is building the banking and payments network for private markets. This infrastructure moves money between funds and investors for subscriptions, capital calls, and distributions. Nova currently supports $1.2B+ in deposits, $100M+ in weekly transfers across six bank integrations, and ~150k verified investors. Moving large sums between funds and investors is among the highest‑stakes work in private markets. Getting every transaction right is how Nova earns and keeps the trust of GPs and LPs.

If you’re a Senior Software Engineer who wants to build the financial infrastructure behind private markets, Nova Foundations gives you the opportunity to own significant parts of these systems end to end. The team owns the ledger, bank and payment integrations, KYC, and secure PII storage across money movement and risk and compliance. You’ll take difficult money‑movement and identity problems from ambiguity through launch and operation. The team will rely on you to get every detail right in a domain where correctness and auditability are non‑negotiable.

• Design, build, and operate core Foundations systems, including the ledger, bank and payment integrations for ACH and wires, KYC, and secure PII handling. You’ll own meaningful parts of these systems end to end.
• Take difficult problems from design through rollout and on‑call operation. You’ll own the operational tail, not just the initial release.
• Model complex financial and identity domains precisely in relational data, then build the service contracts and APIs that Product teams depend on.
• Build for correctness, auditability, security, and reliability. Help catch predictable failures before they become incidents.
• Improve the team’s work through thoughtful code reviews and design feedback, and mentor other engineers.
• Work with the Product teams that build on your systems and with Compliance/Risk to keep the platform coherent across team boundaries.

• 5+ years building backend or full‑stack systems, including meaningful experience with backend services that other teams or users depend on.
• Senior‑level impact. You’ve owned significant systems or features from an ambiguous problem through launch and operation, and your team relies on you to get difficult work right in your area.
• Experience with financial systems, payments, ledgers, or banking/KYC integrations. We also consider a strong record in another domain where correctness and reliability are non‑negotiable and "close enough" isn’t good enough.
• Strong data‑modeling skills. You can model complex, evolving business domains precisely in relational databases.
• Comfort working in a Ruby on Rails environment, or evidence that you’ll ramp quickly. You’re also comfortable with service‑oriented systems, real bank and payment‑rail integrations, and workflow orchestration.
• Comfort working in a startup environment. You can apply the rigor required for financial infrastructure while keeping pace with a lean team that ships quickly.

• Experience with double‑entry accounting or general‑ledger design.
• A background in fintech infrastructure or another highly regulated, high‑stakes environment.
• Familiarity with gRPC/protobuf APIs and event‑driven or workflow‑orchestration patterns, such as Temporal or a similar system.
• Experience handling sensitive PII and building systems that meet compliance and security requirements for KYC/AML.

• The systems you own move money flawlessly, contributing to a 0% error rate on transfers as weekly volume grows well beyond today’s $100M+.
• You ship the Foundations work behind Nova’s next launches, including distributions, LP wallets and identity, and capital calls, on time and at a high‑quality bar.
• Your parts of the platform are well‑modeled, documented, and operable. The team runs them confidently without heroics.
• Your reviews, designs, and mentorship help other engineers make better technical decisions and move faster.

Working Here

If you don’t meet every requirement above, we still encourage you to apply. We value complementary strengths and operators who learn by doing.

AngelList has offices in a few cities, with our engineering hub in San Francisco. We’re building our engineering and product teams around this hub to make the most of in‑person collaboration. We have a hybrid in‑office model: teammates come in at least 2 days per week (Tuesdays and either Wednesday or Thursday).

Compensation:

The compensation for this role consists of a competitive base salary, benefits, and equity package. The base salary for this role is $200,000+ annually but actual will vary based on a number of factors including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Additional details about our Total Rewards package will be provided during the recruitment process.

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AngelList is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.