Work Location and Eligibility

• This role is remote within Canada, or in-person in San Francisco.
• Visa sponsorship is available only for candidates who are Canadian citizens relocating to the U.S. for the San Francisco office under a TN visa.
• For remote positions based in Canada, candidates must already be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for remote roles. PR holders must also hold a valid US visa.

About the Opportunity

Our hiring partner is building software for an industry that still relies heavily on outdated financial workflows. They're looking for a product-minded engineer who can own experiences from concept to launch — not someone limited to implementing tickets or assembling generic SaaS dashboards from an existing component library.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering and product design. You'll collaborate closely with founders to craft polished user experiences across the customer platform, operational tools, and public-facing web presence. The expectation is that you can both design and build high-quality interfaces with strong attention to detail.

The engineering culture is highly execution-oriented and AI-native. The team actively uses modern AI tooling and agent-assisted workflows as part of day-to-day development, not as experimentation.

If your work only exists as mockups, prototypes, or design concepts, this role likely won't be the right fit. The team wants to see real production products you personally helped design and ship.

Technology Environment

Backend & Infrastructure

• Python / Django
• PostgreSQL
• GCP
• Terraform
• GitHub Actions

Frontend

• React + TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS
• Storybook
• Next.js

Mobile

• React Native

Workflow & Tooling

• Cursor
• Linear
• Sentry
• Graphite
• AI-assisted development workflows
• Internal AI agents built in Python

What You'll Work On

• Design and develop end-to-end product experiences, from wireframes and UX decisions through production deployment
• Build customer-facing features related to payments, onboarding, invoicing, reconciliation, and operational workflows
• Improve and evolve the company’s design system and UI standards across the platform
• Create modern marketing and web experiences that feel differentiated and thoughtfully crafted
• Contribute across both frontend and backend systems as product requirements evolve
• Use AI-assisted development tools daily to accelerate implementation and iteration
• Help shape long-term technical and product direction during an early stage of company growth

What They're Looking For

Required Experience

• 3+ years building and shipping production-grade web applications
• Strong experience with React and TypeScript, including component architecture, performance optimization, accessibility, and modern state management patterns
• Solid backend development experience using Django and Python
• Comfortable working in Next.js, including SSR and modern routing patterns
• Strong understanding of PostgreSQL, relational data modeling, indexing, and query optimization
• Experience using AI coding tools and agent-assisted workflows in real development environments
• Familiarity with modern collaboration and project management platforms such as Linear

Product & Design Expectations

This role requires strong visual and product instincts in addition to engineering ability. Ideal candidates care deeply about:

• Typography and layout
• Interaction quality
• UI consistency and hierarchy
• Motion and polish
• Component usability and design systems

Applicants should include:

• A personal website
• Links to live production products or websites they personally designed and/or built
• GitHub profile

Applications without working production URLs will not be considered.

The hiring team strongly values candidates with backgrounds in competitive real-time strategy games such as:

• Warcraft III
• StarCraft / StarCraft II
• Age of Empires
• Similar RTS titles

They believe the decision-making, multitasking, prioritization, and strategic thinking developed through high-level RTS play often translate well into startup engineering environments.

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Fintech, banking, or payments domain experience
• Startup experience in fast-moving environments
• Experience launching or maintaining an independent product or SaaS project
• Strong opinions around frontend architecture, animation, or component APIs
• Experience redesigning or improving marketing websites with measurable business impact
• Competitive RTS rankings at advanced levels

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary plus equity
• Remote flexibility within Canada or hybrid setup in San Francisco
• Learning and professional development support
• Small team environment with meaningful ownership and autonomy
• Opportunity to directly influence both product direction and design quality

Hiring Process

• Introductory founder conversation (15 minutes)
• Technical + product/design interview focused on reviewing your shipped work
• Collaborative technical workshop session
• Final onboarding period includes 2 weeks working directly with the founding team in San Francisco

About the Company

Our hiring partner is an early-stage fintech company building financial operations and payment infrastructure for construction businesses.

Their platform helps companies manage areas such as:

• Bill payments
• Receivables
• Corporate spending
• Invoice workflows
• Reconciliation and operational automation

The business originally launched in Canada before expanding into the U.S. market, where the company has continued growing rapidly following a recent product launch.