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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Money Group
$189K–$278K
Denver, CO - Hybrid +3 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Mar 23, 2026
- Location
- Denver, CO - Hybrid
New York, NY - Hybrid
San Francisco, CA - Hybrid
San Francisco, CA - Hybrid - Experience
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Leads technical strategy and execution across Money Group teams building financial products and infrastructure for small businesses and employees.
What you'll do
- Set architectural direction, guide engineers, and deliver multi-quarter initiatives across multiple pods.
- Lead migration from a Ruby-on-Rails monolith to service-oriented architecture and oversee technical evaluation of external partners.
- Prototype product ideas, make AI-native architecture decisions, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience building financial infrastructure in regulated environments.
- Track record engineering, scaling, and operating large interconnected production systems.
- Experience shaping technical vision and leading multi-quarter architectural initiatives across teams.
- Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs and uphold strong standards for code quality, design, testing, and security.
Pay
USD $189,000–$236,000 per year base salary in Denver and most remote locations; USD $223,000–$278,000 per year base salary in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York
Tools
Ruby-on-Rails, LLM
AI focus
Drive AI-native architecture, including LLM-powered transaction categorization, tax optimization, and conversational financial management; use AI-assisted development tools.
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