Staff Software Engineer

Asseta; New York (NY); In loco; USD 200.000 - 350.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Equity

Health coverage

Dental

Vision

Unlimited PTO

Conference sponsorships

Training opportunities

Off-sites

On-site HQ

Descrizione del lavoro

Asseta is seeking an experienced software architect to lead technical direction from backend to AI services at our New York City headquarters. You’ll architect scalable cloud-native systems, mentor engineers, and guide API design while balancing delivery with long-term sustainability.

You will shape platforms such as AI agent infrastructure, banking integrations, and enterprise accounting tools, driving quality and developer experience across teams.

Competenze

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience leading technical architecture across complex software platforms.
• Strong backend engineering experience with Python and modern API design.
• Experience building scalable cloud-native systems on AWS.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases, asynchronous processing, and system reliability.
• Experience designing maintainable APIs and shared platform services.
• Ability to simplify complex technical problems.
• Excellent communication skills with both engineers and business stakeholders.
• A passion for mentoring other engineers.

Mansioni

• Drive architecture across frontend, backend, infrastructure, AI services, and shared platform components.
• Design systems that remain maintainable as our product and engineering team scale.
• Balance pragmatic delivery with long-term technical sustainability.
• Lead technical design reviews and architectural decision making.
• Establish coding standards and engineering best practices.
• Improve consistency across services, APIs, and shared libraries.
• Raise the overall quality of the codebase through thoughtful reviews and mentorship.
• Improve observability, testing, performance, reliability, and developer experience.
• Mentor engineers through architecture discussions, design reviews, and pair programming.
• Guide implementation without becoming a bottleneck.
• Foster a culture of ownership, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Help shape systems including AI agent infrastructure, enterprise accounting platform, banking integrations, workflow automation, shared frameworks, and internal tooling.

Conoscenze

Software architecture

Python backend

AWS

Distributed systems

APIs design

Mentoring

Communication

Code reviews

Strumenti

Terraform

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Docker

Kubernetes

React

TypeScript

Descrizione del lavoro

The Opportunity

You’ll build features and solve complex technical problems. You’ll help improve how our team works and give input on technical decisions with the engineering lead. If you enjoy building systems, not just features, you'll thrive here.

What You’ll Own

Technical Architecture

• Drive architecture across frontend, backend, infrastructure, AI services, and shared platform components.
• Design systems that remain maintainable as our product and engineering team scale.
• Balance pragmatic delivery with long-term technical sustainability.
• Lead technical design reviews and architectural decision making.
• Establish coding standards and engineering best practices.
• Improve consistency across services, APIs, and shared libraries.
• Raise the overall quality of the codebase through thoughtful reviews and mentorship.
• Improve observability, testing, performance, reliability, and developer experience.

Technical Leadership

• Mentor engineers through architecture discussions, design reviews, and pair programming.
• Help engineers grow into stronger software architects.
• Guide implementation without becoming a bottleneck.
• Foster a culture of ownership, curiosity, and continuous improvement.

Platform Development

You’ll help shape systems including:

• AI agent infrastructure
• Enterprise accounting platform
• Banking integrations
• Workflow automation
• Shared developer frameworks
• Internal platform tooling

What We’re Looking For

Required

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience leading technical architecture across complex software platforms.
• Strong backend engineering experience with Python and modern API design.
• Experience building scalable cloud-native systems on AWS.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases, asynchronous processing, and system reliability.
• Experience designing maintainable APIs and shared platform services.
• Ability to simplify complex technical problems.
• Excellent communication skills with both engineers and business stakeholders.
• A passion for mentoring other engineers.

Nice to Have

Experience with:

• AI platforms and agent-based systems
• Financial software or accounting platforms
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• OpenSearch or Elasticsearch
• React and TypeScript
• Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, or containerized infrastructure
• Event-driven architectures
• Enterprise security and compliance

Compensation and Benefits

Asseta offers competitive compensation along with a benefits package that includes:

• Base salary of $200,000–$350,000
• Equity plan eligibility
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited paid time off
• Conference sponsorships and training opportunities
• Frequent company off-sites and team-building events
• On-site at our New York City headquarters