Sr/Staff Software Engineer

Morgan Pinnacle Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Visa sponsorship available

Meaningful early-stage equity (0.1–0.5%)

Job summary

Morgan Pinnacle Group is hiring a Sr/Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of core platform systems in New York City. The role involves building intelligent automation solutions and collaborating with finance teams to design data platforms.

The ideal candidate has 4–12 years of experience in backend software engineering, especially using Python. The position offers a competitive salary of $180,000–$270,000, equity options, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 4–12 years of backend or platform software engineering experience using Python.
• Experience building foundational platform, infrastructure, or framework systems.
• Proven success delivering high-impact, cross-functional engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the core platform layer, including agent frameworks and orchestration.
• Design financial data platforms to normalize and reconcile data.
• Work directly with customers to understand and translate workflows into scalable solutions.

Skills

Backend or platform software engineering

Python

Distributed systems

APIs

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Tools

TypeScript

React

AWS

Job description

Sr/Staff Software Engineer

Full-time | On-site | New York City, NY

Salary: $180,000–$270,000 + meaningful early-stage equity (0.1–0.5%)

About the Role

Our client is a venture-backed AI software company building intelligent automation solutions for enterprise finance teams. They are seeking a Sr/Staff Software Engineer with 4–12 years of experience to own the foundational platform systems that power every product and engineering team.

You’ll build agent frameworks, context systems, orchestration, and data infrastructure while working directly with customers, finance teams, and company founders to solve complex technical challenges and build scalable infrastructure that enables the entire engineering organization.

What You’ll Do

• Build and own the core platform layer, including agent frameworks, orchestration, verification, observability, and developer tooling that every engineering team builds upon.
• Design financial data platforms that ingest, normalize, and reconcile data from ERPs, banks, billing platforms, payroll systems, CRMs, and other enterprise systems into a trusted source of truth.
• Work directly with customers and finance teams to understand business workflows and translate them into scalable platform capabilities.
• Lead architectural decisions under ambiguity by identifying technical bottlenecks, making key engineering decisions, and contributing across the full stack when needed.
• Drive cross-functional platform initiatives that increase engineering velocity and support the company's continued growth.

Qualifications

• 4–12 years of backend or platform software engineering experience using Python.
• Experience building foundational platform, infrastructure, or framework systems that support multiple engineering teams or production workloads.
• Proven success delivering high-impact, cross-functional engineering projects at scale.
• Experience working in an early-stage startup environment (pre-Series B preferred).
• Experience within fintech, accounting, ERP, payments, ledger systems, or related financial technology platforms.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems and data infrastructure.
• Comfortable contributing across the stack using technologies such as TypeScript and React when needed.
• Experience building enterprise integrations, APIs, and financial data pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work directly with customers and translate business challenges into technical solutions.

Tech Stack

• Python
• TypeScript
• React
• AWS
• Cursor
• Claude

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $180,000–$270,000
• Meaningful early-stage equity (0.1–0.5%)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Visa sponsorship available (OPT, H-1B transfers, and H-1B sponsorship)
• Full-time, onsite position in New York City (5 days per week)

Why Join?

• Join a venture-backed AI company building technology that transforms enterprise finance operations.
• Work directly with experienced founders and technical leadership in a highly collaborative environment.
• Own foundational platform systems that have a company-wide impact.
• Competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and comprehensive benefits.
• Help shape the future of AI-powered enterprise software at an exciting stage of growth.