Software Engineer

Elements; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Equity

Small team

Impactful work

Job summary

Elements is seeking a remote-first software engineer to join a small founding team building an automation platform used in finance. You will own major architectural pieces and guide engineering standards as the product scales from beta to production, shaping the direction with the founders.

You will write backend services in Java with Spring Boot and frontend in React, balancing quality with startup speed, while collaborating with founders to influence technical direction and product decisions

Qualifications

• Strong grasp of application architecture and system design principles.
• Demonstrated history of shipping production systems end to end.
• Comfort balancing disciplined engineering quality with the pace of a startup environment.
• Ownership mentality with prior experience in zero-to-one or early-stage product settings.
• Sharp problem-solving skills and sound technical judgment when working through ambiguity.
• Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Python, React, or comparable technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services and frontend interfaces from the ground up as the platform expands.
• Take ownership of significant architectural components that need to scale with growing customer demand.
• Steer the product through its transition from advanced beta into production-ready operation.
• Write clean, maintainable, scalable code primarily in Java with Spring Boot on the backend and React on the frontend.
• Partner closely with founders in a high-autonomy setting, weighing in on technical direction and product decisions.
• Define and evolve engineering best practices as the team grows.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Python

React

Job description

Role overview

A fully remote software engineering role on a small founding team building an automation platform that connects high-stakes finance workflows. The product is already live in advanced beta with real customers, and the engineer will help carry it from that stage into full production scale, owning major architectural pieces and shaping engineering standards alongside the founders.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services and frontend interfaces from the ground up as the platform expands
• Take ownership of significant architectural components that need to scale with growing customer demand
• Steer the product through its transition from advanced beta into production-ready operation
• Write clean, maintainable, scalable code primarily in Java with Spring Boot on the backend and React on the frontend
• Partner closely with founders in a high-autonomy setting, weighing in on technical direction and product decisions
• Define and evolve engineering best practices as the team grows

Requirements

• Strong grasp of application architecture and system design principles
• Demonstrated history of shipping production systems end to end
• Comfort balancing disciplined engineering quality with the pace of a startup environment
• Ownership mentality with prior experience in zero-to-one or early-stage product settings
• Sharp problem-solving skills and sound technical judgment when working through ambiguity
• Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Python, React, or comparable technologies

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-first work arrangement
• Meaningful founding-team equity
• Small, experienced team oriented around building the right way
• Direct influence over the technical and product direction of a platform operating in demanding real-world finance environments