Software Engineer, Product

The role

You will design and build scalable backend services and APIs. You will also lead architectural decisions and collaborate with product, design, and data teams to power customer workflows.

What you will do

• Design and build scalable, secure backend services and APIs from scratch.
• Make architectural decisions that optimize for speed, data integrity, and long-term maintainability.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and data teams to develop performant systems.
• Own infrastructure, observability, and performance for the services you build.
• Help shape engineering best practices, code quality, and overall backend culture.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building backend systems in high-growth environments.
• Fluency with backend technologies like Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, and cloud services.
• Experience designing robust APIs and distributed systems at scale.
• Strong product sensibility.
• Startup mindset: Not scared of ambiguity and hungry for rapid growth.
• Intensity & Ownership: This is not a 9-5.
• Customer Obsession: You deeply care about the user experience and solving their problems.

Nice to have

• Experience in payments, tax, accounting, or regulatory tech.
• Infrastructure or platform engineering background (e.g., CI/CD, observability).
• Experience scaling monolith-to-service architectures or event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with GraphQL, Kafka, Terraform, or container orchestration tools.
• AWS preferred

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Wellness perks like Headspace and the Peloton One App
• 401(k)
• Relocation assistance to NYC or SF (if needed)
• Lunch and snacks when you're in the office
• Regular team offsites and company events

About the company

Numeral is an AI-native tax solution serving more than 3,500 global businesses. The company has raised over $157M from investors including Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Benchmark, Mayfield, and Y Combinator.