[Hiring] Staff Backend Engineer @DualEntry

Role Description

As our Staff Backend Engineer, you’ll architect features and systems end-to-end at an incredible pace. This is an intense, hands-on role with full ownership. We expect you to push for excellence and raise the bar.

• Design and build core backend systems (Python preferred)
• Build APIs, services and infrastructure that handle real-time, business-critical and complex accounting logic
• Launch production-ready features from scratch, including CI/CD pipelines and deployment
• Work with product to turn complex finance workflows into performant, secure systems
• Manage complexity in a business-logic-heavy product, including data migrations and scale challenges
• Integrate third-party tools and external systems - proactively managing edge cases and risk
• Own your work from architecture to testing, monitoring, and post-release care

Qualifications

• Hardcore work ethic and high agency
• 8+ years of experience in backend engineering (language agnostic)
• Deep experience with complex business logic products
• Experience deploying on AWS (or similar cloud infrastructure)
• Strong database skills: PostgreSQL, SQL, ORMs, migrations, schema design
• Experience building and testing robust APIs
• Solid understanding of software lifecycle, CI/CD, and production-readiness
• Ability to manage complex systems with evolving requirements
• Python and a modern web framework (FastAPI, Flask, or Django) is a plus
• Fluent in English (C1+) with strong written and verbal communication

Requirements

• Pragmatic: you like to move forward and make decisions based in reality (not theory)
• Hard working: 'You can work long, hard, or smart, but [here] you can't choose two out of three" - Jeff Bezos
• Curious: you love to learn, are highly curious about new frameworks and solutions to engineering problems
• Fast-moving: you deploy daily, iterate quickly, and never wait for permission

Benefits

• Significant equity ownership in one of the top AI companies in the world
• You’re joining early and will grow with DualEntry
• Your feedback shapes the product directly
• High-speed culture
• High-trust environment with high expectations
• Ambitious mission - ERP is one of the largest B2B software markets in the world ($220bn per year)
• Equity: $40,000 - $60,000
• Base Salary: $110,000 - $185,000
• Contract type: B2B
• Remote-first team - the fastest team you will have ever worked with
• Time Off: 27 PTO days (incl. public holidays)
• Visa sponsorship option for relocation to NYC within 2+ years
• Early-stage role with high autonomy and real long-term upside
• Enjoy a learning & development budget for courses, certifications, and language learning
• Work where you feel most productive at co-working spaces or from your home office with support for setup, internet, and phone