Backend Software Engineer (Tax Engineering)

Quick Facts

• Role: Backend Software Engineer (Tax Engineering)

• Salary: $174,595 - $235,200/year (base; additional equity/bonus/commissions may apply)

• Schedule: 40 hrs/week

• Work model: 50% telecommuting permitted

• Positions: Multiple

Description

Design, build, and maintain large-scale, low-latency services and data pipelines for tax transaction processing. Work with engineering and business stakeholders—including tax experts and accountants—to implement watertight controls across data flows that ensure extremely high accuracy for all transactions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain large-scale low-latency services and data pipelines

• Collaborate across multiple engineering groups and functions (engineering, TPM, product, business)

• Build watertight controls across data flows to ensure super high accuracy for all transactions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field plus 4 years of related software engineering experience

• 3 years of experience writing high-quality software using Java, Ruby, or Scala

• Experience with Python for backend logic, data processing, or automation scripts

• 2 years of experience building highly scalable backend infrastructure

• Experience designing and maintaining microservices and implementing RESTful web services

• Experience with Kubernetes and kubectl for managing and scaling cloud-native applications

• Experience in SQL for managing large-scale data sets and optimizing database performance

• 1 year of experience with frontend technologies (JavaScript or TypeScript) to support end-to-end feature delivery

• Experience mentoring junior engineers

Benefits

Additional benefits may include equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses, a 401(k) plan, medical/dental/vision benefits, and wellness stipends.