[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @Flex

Role Description

Flex is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our core platform team. We want engineers with ideas (because they’ll definitely be heard on our small and tight-knit team) and ambition! Successful devs will feel comfortable in a startup environment and will be happy to work in a remote-first team with a lot of independence.

As a Staff Engineer at Flex, you’ll help set technical direction and shape the long-term architecture of our backend services while still being hands-on with coding and delivery. You will collaborate across engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders to ensure scalable, reliable, and impactful systems that power consumer experiences, partner integrations, and our core business platforms. You’ll also play a critical role in mentoring engineers, elevating technical standards, and ensuring the success of projects end-to-end.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement and maintain our Finance service and internal tooling, including financial reporting, reconciliation/audit process.
• Design and develop new APIs and functionalities to support large money movements across our banking partners via different payment rails, such ACH.
• Scale out core platform to support business growth while maintaining performance and reliability.
• Continuously improving our daily operations with automation, tooling, design evolution, observability etc.
• Work closely with product, analytics, finance and engineering peers to launch new financial features into our platform.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software development or a related field.
• Experience in technical leadership, guiding engineering teams through complex projects.
• Experience with Java, Python, Golang, or TypeScript/Node.js.
• Strong experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, such as MySQL/PostgreSQL/DynamoDB.
• Experience in designing and developing fault-tolerant and scalable distributed systems.
• Experience with AWS cloud services: ESC/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, VPN, RDS etc.
• Infrastructure as code (AWS CLI, AWS CDK/Terraform).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience.
• Follow engineering best practices as well as propose new ones.
• Experience with finance reporting and reconciliation.
• Deep experience with writing complex queries and data mining.

Requirements

• Flex takes a market-based approach to pay, and compensation may vary depending on your primary work location. Work locations are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be commensurate with their experience, qualifications, and Flex’s internal leveling guidelines and benchmarks.
• Tier A: (NYC/SF): $200,000 —$250,000 USD
• Tier B: $180,000—$225,000 USD
• Tier C: $170,000 —$212,500 USD

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision available from Day 1.
• Company equity.
• 401(k) plan with company match (our company match kicks off at the beginning of 2026).
• Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays.
• Parental leave.
• Flex Cares Program.
• Free Flex subscription.

Life at Flex

We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self-aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is located in New York City, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada, and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.