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Staff Software Engineer (Roots)

Remote within US

Who We Are

Settle is on a mission to make buying inventory super easy. Since the company’s inception in 2019, we’ve been building a cashflow management platform that allows founders and small business owners to more easily manage their company’s financial health with a mix of accounts payable and flexible financing tools. We already work with some amazing brands that you probably know and love, like Branch Furniture, Olipop, Truvani, Starface, and Ghia.

Check us out in On Deck's Top Companies of 2023, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, Techcrunch and this Kleiner blog post.

About the role:

Joining Settle as a Staff Software Engineer on the Roots team, you will help manage and develop our core Catalogue system, which spans across all of Settle, handling Customer Issues and integrations with partner companies such as QBO, Shopify, and Netsuite. You’ll play a vital role in designing and building high-impact, results-oriented systems, products, and features. With strong product-market fit, organic growth, and a robust long-term roadmap, you will be an integral part of a dynamic team driving Settle's ongoing success.

We are seeking versatile back-end engineers (some front-end exposure a plus) with a product-focused mindset to elevate our business to new heights. The ideal candidate is forward-thinking, capable of designing enduring foundational systems for the coming years, and adept at steering clear of scope creep while delivering incremental value. We want someone who is iterative in their approach, moves with agility, and places the customer at the forefront of their decision-making process.

What You'll Do:

  • Build scalable and reliable third-party integrations by developing APIs and systems that connect smoothly and securely.
  • Architect extensible data models, services and APIs to power customer-facing features and ensure a seamless user experience.
  • Optimize existing systems and infrastructure to support growing users, features, partners, and engineers.
  • Ensure seamless communication and effective collaboration with Product and Design teams in developing customer/user-facing functionality for our app.
  • Mentor and support the development of team members, fostering a culture of learning and growth within the engineering team.
  • Collaborate with fellow engineers to build reliable testing, integration, and deployment frameworks.
  • Independently drive projects to completion while effectively communicating progress and challenges to technical and non-technical colleagues.

 What You’ll Need:

  • 6+ years of industry experience, preferably in the B2B fintech and/or startup sector.
  • You have a track record of successfully scaling infrastructure, designing robust technical architecture, and building reliable APIs.
  • Technical requirements: Proficiency in CS fundamentals, a willingness to learn Ruby on Rails (our primary backend language), and mastery of OOP principles. Familiarity with an ORM framework, such as Django or Hibernate, is also preferred.
  • Experience designing scalable systems that not only meet growing customer demand but also support internal applications and seamless third-party integrations
  • Experience building microservices with a thoughtful and strategic approach, ensuring scalability, maintainability and resilience.
  • Web-app architecture design. You have curiosity or understanding of how everything fits together from web services up through display and love designing reliable and extensible systems.
  • Adaptability. We’re a startup and project needs can change quickly. You love to jump into a new problem, learn what’s needed, and solve it.
  • Customer-centric mentality. You care about the user, strive to understand their needs and build tools to solve their problems.
  • Leadership. With rapid growth, we need and expect everyone to be a leader. You have the humility and self-awareness to understand and navigate the unknown while holding yourself and others to a high bar. Additionally, you enjoy mentoring and fostering the development of fellow engineers.
  • Startup mentality. Demonstrated ability to be resourceful and thrive in dynamic, rapidly evolving environments

Compensation:

This role offers an annual base salary range of $180,000-$225,000.00 + equity + benefits. Actual compensation will be determined by various factors, including your skills and experience.

 

Benefits & perks that we offer:

  • Unlimited PTO
  • Flexible and remote work culture
  • Competitive compensation and equity
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
  • Lunch & commute reimbursement when working in the NYC office located near Union Square
  • $500 home office set up reimbursement
  • $2500 annual growth and development stipend
  • $50 monthly food delivery gift card
  • 401k
  • Brex company card
  • HSA/FSA
  • WeWork membership
  • ERG groups e.g. LGBTQIA+, Women @ Settle, and more!
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Team building events


Our Commitment to You

At Settle we know that cultivating diversity and fostering an inclusive work environment is critical to our impact and success. We create an environment where no individual is advantaged or disadvantaged because of their background. We offer equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, or protected veteran status.

With a commitment to maintaining a bias-free environment in which harassment is prohibited, we respect cultural diversity and comply with the laws of the places in which we operate. We expect our business partners, suppliers, clients, and all of our team members to uphold these commitments.

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