2 months ago
Base Salary
$166k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own projects from problem definition and technical design through implementation, rollout, and measurement
- Build, test, and continuously deploy well-structured software
- Design reliable workflows across services, internal tools, and human operational processes
- Build observability and evaluation into automation systems to measure quality, investigate failures, and improve performance
- Contribute to the security, auditability, and reliability of systems handling sensitive financial data
- Partner with product managers, designers, bookkeeping experts, and operations experts to develop practical solutions
- Investigate production issues, support owned services, and address systemic reliability problems
- Mentor and sponsor teammates and contribute to engineering standards through technical designs and code reviews
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to write clean, maintainable, well-tested code
- Production experience with Python
- Track record of owning and shipping customer-facing or business-critical systems end to end
- Experience designing, operating, and debugging reliable production systems
- Strong product and systems judgment in ambiguous or evolving problem spaces
- Strong written, verbal, and technical communication skills with cross-functional collaboration experience
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and teach others
- Preferred experience with fintech, accounting, or financial operations tooling
- Preferred experience integrating with third-party APIs and external systems
- Preferred experience with system security, permissions, or sensitive data
Benefits
- Flexible vacation/time-off policy
- All federal holidays are observed
- Competitive benefits package including additional wellness benefits
- Parental leave with 100% pay for 12 weeks for birthing or non-birthing parents
- 401(k) plan
- Additional equity, health benefits, and other benefits for eligible full-time regular positions
- San Francisco, CA location with 3 days per week in office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays
Tech Stack
About Pilot.com
Pilot.com provides bookkeeping, tax, and fractional CFO services for startups and small businesses, delivered by U.S.-based finance experts supported by proprietary software that integrates with billing, banking, expense, and payroll tools. The privately held company is headquartered in San Francisco and serves over 3,000 customers. Pilot blends automation with dedicated bookkeepers to provide accurate, consistent financial operations and reporting.