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Title of Role: Fullstack Engineer Location: San Francisco, CA Company Stage of Funding: Seed Stage (VC-backed) Office Type: Onsite, 5 Days a Week Salary: $170,000 - $190,000 + Equity Company Description

Our client is a fast-growing fintech startup building embedded accounting software for vertical SaaS platforms and neobanks serving small and medium-sized businesses. Their API-first approach integrates accounting and bookkeeping directly into the tools SMB owners already use-creating a frictionless financial experience and helping software partners boost customer engagement and revenue. With strong early funding and a small, high-caliber team, they are poised to redefine the accounting experience for millions of business owners. What You Will Do Take high ownership over building and scaling core product features from 0 to 1, with a focus on impact and quality. Contribute across the stack-designing, implementing, testing, and shipping both frontend and backend features. Work closely with founders and product leadership to define priorities, make technical tradeoffs, and shape the engineering culture. Collaborate with customers and partners to understand needs, then build solutions that are elegant, performant, and scalable. Help grow the engineering team through mentorship, process improvements, and technical leadership. Ideal Candidate Background 3-5 years of professional engineering experience in frontend, backend, or fullstack roles. Track record of building products from scratch and taking them to market. Experience working in high-velocity product environments, whether in startups or fast-moving teams at larger companies. Broad technical competence and curiosity across multiple domains-not just a specialist in one niche. Strong ability to think both from first principles and backwards from customer needs. Comfortable working in an unstructured startup environment with high autonomy. Preferred Familiarity with the current tech stack: Kotlin, Ktor, React, Postgres, Kotest, Amazon ECS . Experience at fintech or vertical SaaS companies (e.g., payments, embedded banking, accounting). Exposure to API-first product development. Prior roles in environments with rapid growth and high shipping velocity. Compensation and Benefits Salary: $170,000 - $190,000 base Equity: 0.5% - 0.75% Opportunity to join early in the company's journey and shape both the product and culture. Work alongside a world-class founding team in a collaborative and fast-moving environment. Onsite in San Francisco with access to a centrally located co-working space.