Senior Software Engineer

Cascading AI Inc

• $150K — $180K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering with proven success in production SaaS environments.
  • Recent experience in fast-paced, high-stakes environments leading and making trade-offs.
  • Deep experience in web application development and relational databases with a focus on quality code.
  • Ability to anticipate scaling challenges while keeping code adaptable to changes.
  • Commitment to integrity, transparency, and teamwork even under pressure.
  • A purpose-driven approach to work with a focus on making a positive impact.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and capability to maintain productivity in a rapidly changing organization.

Responsibilities

  • Own the entire lifecycle of components from technical scoping to long-term maintenance.
  • Act as a 'master of scope' to propose practical, value-driven technical shortcuts.
  • Collaborate with customers and product managers to translate complex features into actionable tasks.
  • Conduct rigorous code reviews to elevate team performance and share best practices.
  • Implement observability and automated testing to ensure robust production updates.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to have a significant impact on the future of banking through AI.
  • Collaborative work environment focused on continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
  • Access to professional growth resources and mentorship to enhance skills.
  • Culture that encourages innovation, risk-taking, and learning from failures.
Full Job Description
What you'll do:

Projected Division of Responsibilities: Roughly 70% contributing high-quality code and 30% collaborating with stakeholders and supporting your team.
  • Own the Lifecycle: Take deep pride in end-to-end component ownership, from initial technical scoping and architecture to deployment, observability, and long-term maintenance.
  • Deliver with Pragmatism: Act as a "master of scope" by understanding the "why" behind features. You will propose technical shortcuts or alternative implementations to deliver core value faster, avoiding "complexity for complexity's sake".
  • Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work tightly with customers and product managers to break down complex features into actionable tasks, proactively surfacing edge cases and technical trade-offs before writing code.
  • Elevate the Team: While primarily focused on independent delivery, you will amplify the team's throughput through rigorous code reviews, sharing best practices, and actively unblocking peers.
  • Build for Reliability: Ensure your updates are robust and integrate seamlessly into the broader Casca architecture. You will implement observability and automated testing to ensure your components run reliably in production.

Our tech stack: TypeScript, React, NextJS, Postgres with Prisma, Python, AWS.

What you'll bring:
  • Seasoned Expertise: 5+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering significant projects in production SaaS environments.
  • Startup Resilience: Recent experience (last 2-4 years) in fast-paced, high-velocity environments where you had to "lead from the front" and manage high-stakes trade-offs.
  • Technical Mastery: Deep experience in web application development using relational databases and a quality-first mentality that results in clear, efficient, and low-defect code.
  • Architectural Maturity: The ability to anticipate scaling challenges without over-engineering, building exactly what is needed for current scale while keeping code adaptable.
  • Integrity & Alignment: A commitment to the "honorable businessperson" ideal-prioritizing transparency, honesty, and a "team above self" mentality even when stakes are high.
  • Mission Resonance: A purpose-driven mindset that views your work as a "noble cause" to positively impact the lives of end-users.
  • Operational Grit: Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to maintain high throughput and "operational resilience" in a rapidly evolving organization.
What you'll get:
  • Impact & Ownership: A unique opportunity to shape the future of banking through AI, owning end-to-end product initiatives.
  • Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a talented and passionate team that values continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
  • Competitive Compensation: Includes salary, benefits, and potential equity in a fast-growing startup.
  • Professional Growth: Access to resources and mentorship to expand your skill set, influence strategy, and accelerate your career.
  • Culture of Innovation: We encourage risk-taking, learning from failures, and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in fintech.

As an early-stage company building at the frontier of AI, we work with high intensity and commitment. While schedules can vary by role/team, many weeks will demand extra focus, flexibility and time particularly during major launches and high impact sprints. We're seeking those who are aligned to and able to commit to that expectation.

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