Senior Software Engineer

Gynger

$175K — $215K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of professional experience with TypeScript (React on frontend, Node.js on backend).
  • Strong backend expertise in scalable APIs, databases, and system architecture.
  • Proven experience building full applications from scratch, not just specific features.
  • Preferred: tech lead or team lead experience in startup environments.
  • Experience releasing applications in cloud platforms like GCP or AWS.
  • Fluent with AI development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build production systems, including backend services and APIs.
  • Lead the development of full-stack features from concept to deployment.
  • Develop AI-powered workflows for credit risk operations.
  • Incorporate modern AI-assisted tools to enhance coding practices.
  • Contribute to the evolution of engineering practices and standards.
  • Engage in code reviews to provide constructive feedback.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems and create user-friendly products.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to join a fast-growing Series A Fintech company in NYC.
  • Chance to innovate in the B2B SaaS market.
  • Work with a close-knit, collaborative team passionate about startups.
  • Competitive salary and equity package.
  • Flexible PTO and robust health benefits (medical, dental, vision).
  • Recognized as a Best Place to Work for three consecutive years.
Full Job Description
The Role

We're building the AI-native infrastructure for tech financing, and we're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who builds with AI, not just around it.

You'll help architect and develop the agentic systems that run our credit risk function - underwriting, risk monitoring, collections, and payments - as complete processes an agent can carry from start to finish, rather than a single feature layered on top of a workflow. You'll work across the stack, with particular depth on the backend: scalable APIs, thoughtful data architecture, and services built to support real financial workflows. You'll also help shape how we build, bringing modern AI-assisted development practices into our everyday work and helping our engineering standards evolve alongside the tools themselves.

This is a role for someone who wants a hand in shaping the product, the architecture, and the way the team works, not just executing what's already been decided.

What You'll Do

  • Design and build production systems from the ground up, including scalable backend services, internal and external APIs, and data models that support complex financial workflows.
  • Take full-stack features from concept through architecture, front-end implementation, backend logic, and deployment.
  • Build and extend AI agent-powered workflows that carry out our credit risk operations, from underwriting and risk monitoring to collections and payments.
  • Use modern AI-assisted development tools (such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot) as a natural part of how you build.
  • Contribute to evolving our engineering practices and standards, including code review norms, architecture patterns, and how we integrate AI tooling into our workflow.
  • Participate in code reviews and offer thoughtful, constructive feedback.
  • Collaborate closely with engineers, architects, designers, and product managers to solve complex problems and build products people genuinely enjoy using.
  • Bring a spirit of experimentation to your work, while caring about the quality of what reaches production.


What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of professional experience working with TypeScript (React on the front-end, Node.js on the back-end).
  • Demonstrated strength on the backend, including designing scalable APIs, databases, and system architecture.
  • A track record of building full applications from scratch - modular, full-stack systems, not just features within an existing framework.
  • Preferred - experience as a tech lead or team lead, particularly if you grew into that role as a founding or early engineer who helped build something from the ground up.
  • Experience releasing and operating applications in a cloud environment like GCP or AWS.
  • Hands-on, everyday fluency with AI development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot.
  • A history of helping teams improve their practices and standards, beyond simply completing assigned work.
  • Strong ownership mentality and comfort working in a fast-moving, category-creating startup environment.

Ideal but not required:

  • Experience in FinTech, SaaS B2B, or agentic software for B2B, especially with credit, risk, or payments systems.
  • Experience building AI agent-based systems that take autonomous action, rather than generating content or summaries.
  • Experience working with backend policies, data flows, and complex business logic.


$175,000 - $215,000 a year

The base salary range for this role is 175,000 - $215,000 a year depending on experience and background, plus equity and benefits. We believe in paying people fairly and will be transparent throughout the process.

We Offer...
• The opportunity to join one of the fastest growing Fintech Series A companies in NYC.
• The ability to revolutionize the B2B SaaS market.
• A tight-knit, collaborative team who are passionate about building startups.
• Competitive salary, equity, flexible PTO, and robust benefits (medical, dental, vision etc.).
• Built-In 2024, 2025, and 2026 Best Places to Work - three years in a row!

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