Software Engineer, Product at Prelim

Matcha; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401K sponsorship

Parental leave

Health, vision, dentals insurance

Unlimited PTO

Remote work stipend

Lifestyle stipend

Twice-yearly company retreats

Job summary

Prelim is recruiting a Software Engineer, Product to join a fully remote US team building the platform that powers onboarding for financial institutions. You will work with customers, product, and engineering leadership to create systems handling online deposits, treasury services, and more at scale.

This role emphasizes building infrastructure that millions depend on, with direct impact on onboarding processes used by banks and their customers nationwide.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with modern web technologies (React, Node.js, PostgreSQL).
• Strong system design skills for scalable architectures.
• Experience translating banking requirements into robust software.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build features across our stack for massive scale and complexity.
• Integrate with legacy banking infrastructure, core banking systems, and third-party providers.
• Solve challenges around multi-tenant architecture, real-time data processing, and reliability.
• Collaborate with banks to translate onboarding needs into technical solutions.
• Own performance, scalability, and reliability of millions of applications.

Skills

React

Node.js

PostgreSQL

System design

Banking onboarding

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

Build the platform that will power every type of financial institution onboarding

Prelim is seeking a Software Engineer, Product to join our rapidly growing and fully remote US team. You'll have the opportunity to architect and build the platform that handles every conceivable type of financial institution onboarding, from simple deposit accounts to complex treasury services for millions of people. If you're passionate about solving massive-scale engineering challenges and eager to be part of a fast-paced remote startup culture,

As a Software Engineer, Product at Prelim, you will own critical parts of the platform that powers digital onboarding for financial institutions across the world. You'll work directly with our customers, product team, and engineering leadership to build systems that handle everything from online deposit account opening to in-branch experiences, account maintenance, treasury services onboarding, credit card applications, and every other type of financial institution onboarding imaginable.

This isn't just another full-stack role, it's the chance to build the infrastructure that millions depend on.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and build features across our entire stack handling massive scale and complexity.

• Build, enhance and fix the systems that seamlessly integrate with legacy bank infrastructure, core banking systems, and third-party compliance providers.

• Solve complex technical challenges around multi-tenant architecture, real-time data processing, and bank-grade reliability requirements.

• Work directly with major banks to understand their unique onboarding requirements and translate complex business logic into elegant technical solutions.

• Own the performance, scalability, and reliability of systems processing millions of applications across hundreds of different banking products.

Qualifications

• Experience with modern web technologies (React, Node.js, PostgreSQL preferred). Whether you're a new graduate with impressive projects or an experienced engineer, we want to hear from you.

• Strong system design skills and experience with scalable architectures, you'll be building systems that immediately help millions.

• You thrive on solving complex technical problems with business context. You can break down complicated banking requirements and build elegant solutions.

• You care about business impact and can balance technical excellence with shipping features that move the business forward.

• You think deeply about user experience, whether you're building for every day people opening accounts or bank employees processing applications.

• You're excited about working directly with customers, understanding their complex needs, and iterating quickly based on feedback.

• You're excited about working directly with customers, understanding their complex needs, and iterating quickly based on feedback.

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering.

• Legally authorized to work in the United States and located within the continental United States.

About Prelim

Prelim is a San Francisco and New York City-based startup that operates with fully remote positions across the US, helping banks onboard their customers. Our platform is designed to streamline the account opening process for both consumers and businesses, accelerating speed-to-market and enhancing the customer experience for financial institutions. If you’re excited to help shape the future of the banking industry,

• equity
• a sponsored 401K
• parental leave
• fully paid health, vision, and dental insurance
• unlimited PTO
• a remote work stipend
• a life-style stipend
• twice-yearly company retreats.

Prelim values diversity and inclusion; people of all backgrounds are welcome to join our mission to transform banking.