Staff Software Engineer — Equity & AI for Finance

Acceler8 Talent; Northern, New York (KY, NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) match

Stocked NYC office

On-site meals

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent is seeking a Founding Software Engineer to join in NYC on-site. The role targets senior ICs but exceptional early-career candidates are welcome, with base pay between $200,000 and $300,000 plus equity.

You will help build the platform for the CFO's office, connecting to ERPs, banks, billing, payroll, CRM, contracts, and more to automate close and reporting. The role emphasizes owning core platform systems, agent frameworks, and multi-tenant data pipelines, with direct

Qualifications

• Senior IC with strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience designing scalable backend systems and frameworks.
• Ability to own complex platform issues end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Own agent frameworks, context systems, and orchestration.
• Design scalable, multi-tenant finance data pipelines.
• Build reliable verification and observability tooling.
• Collaborate with engineers, accountants, and founders.
• Turn complex problems into durable platform abstractions.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of critical platform components.
• Establish standards for security and compliance in finance workflows.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Backend design

Frameworks & tooling

Ownership mindset

Job description

Acceler8 Talent is seeking a Founding Software Engineer to join in NYC on-site. The role targets senior ICs but exceptional early-career candidates are welcome, with base pay between $200,000 and $300,000 plus equity.

You will help build the platform for the CFO's office, connecting to ERPs, banks, billing, payroll, CRM, contracts, and more to automate close and reporting. The role emphasizes owning core platform systems, agent frameworks, and multi-tenant data pipelines, with direct