Senior Software Engineer - Fintech Automation & Bookkeeping

Launch Tennessee; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Hybrid work

Job summary

Pilot is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Bookkeeping Automation team in San Francisco. You’ll own projects end to end—from problem framing and design through implementation and rollout—delivering systems that improve the accuracy, efficiency, and reliability of Pilot’s bookkeeping workflows.

Our backend is Python with a modern frontend in JavaScript/TypeScript and Vue.js. We use Terraform, AWS, and Postgres in production, and you’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, and

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong fundamentals and maintainable, well-tested code
• Production Python experience
• End-to-end ownership of customer-facing or business-critical systems
• Design, operate, and debug reliable production systems
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration
• Mentoring and teaching others

Responsibilities

• Own projects end to end, from problem definition and technical design through implementation, rollout, and measurement
• Build, test, and deploy well-structured, well-tested software continuously
• Design reliable workflows across services, internal tools, and human operational processes
• Build observability and evaluation into automation systems to measure quality and improve performance
• Contribute to security, auditability, and reliability of systems handling sensitive data
• Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and bookkeeping/operations experts to turn ambiguous problems into practical solutions
• Investigate production issues, support the services you own, and address systemic reliability problems
• Mentor teammates and contribute to engineering standards through code reviews

Skills

4+ years experience

Production Python

End-to-end ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Strong fundamentals

Tools

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Vue.js

Terraform

AWS

PostgreSQL

Job description

Pilot is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Bookkeeping Automation team in San Francisco. You’ll own projects end to end—from problem framing and design through implementation and rollout—delivering systems that improve the accuracy, efficiency, and reliability of Pilot’s bookkeeping workflows.

Our backend is Python with a modern frontend in JavaScript/TypeScript and Vue.js. We use Terraform, AWS, and Postgres in production, and you’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, and