Backend Software Engineer (Mid-Level)

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Design and build core backend systems using Python
• - Build APIs, services, and infrastructure handling real-time, business-critical accounting logic
• - Launch production-ready features from scratch, including CI/CD and deployment
• - Turn complex finance workflows into performant, secure systems
• - Manage complexity in a business-logic-heavy product, including migrations and scale
• - Integrate third-party tools and external systems while proactively managing risk
• - Own work from architecture to testing, monitoring, and post-release care
• - Collaborate closely with founders, product, and frontend to co-design systems and ship seamlessly
• - Ship fast, make architectural calls, and deploy to prod daily

Required Skills

• - 5+ years of backend engineering experience
• - Deep experience with complex business-logic products
• - Proficient in Python and modern frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django)
• - Strong AWS (or similar cloud) experience
• - Excellent database skills: PostgreSQL, SQL, ORMs, migrations, schema design
• - Experience building and testing robust APIs
• - Solid understanding of CI/CD and production-readiness
• - Ability to manage complex systems with evolving requirements
• - Fluent in English (C1+) with strong communication skills
• - Pragmatic, curious, fast-moving, and highly focused on execution

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
• - Base Salary: $70K–$145K USD
• - Equity: ~$50K
• - Contract type: B2B
• - Remote-first team — the fastest team you will have ever worked with
• - Time Off: 15 PTO days + 12 public holidays
• - Early-stage role with high autonomy and real long-term upside