Software Engineer
Financial Technology Partners
About the role
Software Engineer, San Francisco Hybrid
FT Partners is looking for a skilled Software Engineer who is knowledgeable in building high quality impactful applications and well versed in AI development methodologies. FT Partners is an investment bank headquartered in San Francisco focusing on brokering FinTech transactions. We are looking to bolster our engineering team located in our San Francisco office.
You will be helping build FT Base, our firm's digital backbone which manages our data ecosystem, project lifecycles, AI Agents, and proprietary CRM. It's built in Python, Django (DRF), Typescript, React, PostgreSQL. It's a mission critical application with heavy usage on a constant basis. It also powers an MCP server to provide data and interactivity to employees through enterprise AI tooling.
We are looking for people who can produce stable features without racking up technical debts, and can help organize, consolidate, and strengthen our suite of software for sustained impact.
Qualifications
Experience requirements, either:
2 years as a Software Engineer in a web application environment OR
2 years as a Software Engineer and reputable boot camp certification OR
Computer Science degree (4 year) and some projects or work experience to show
Python, Typescript, APIs, Git and web application system design concepts
Please note: we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.
Key Responsibilities
Immerse yourself in the context and business requirements of each of our system's many functional areas
Execute on instructions to build new things, or improve, refactor, clean up or delete features
Make recommendations on progressing projects you are close to, sometimes in growth, sometimes in simplification, sometimes in aligning with other areas of the system
Help review applications prototyped outside of the engineering department, and help steer, rebuild, or secure these
AI Qualifications
Strong A.I. prompt-driven development abilities, backed by technical understanding
You will need to be able to explain and verify any ai-produced code you submit, on a line by line basis.
Experience overcoming the obstacles that lie beyond the prototype, and instinct toward cohesive organized systems that scale
Ideal Mindset
Responsible and organized. We are not looking for someone to break ground and hand off their problems, we are looking for someone to help funnel ideas into sustainable compatible features
Attentive to detail
Systems minded
Flexible to business pressures and constraints.
Collaborative and team-oriented, understanding the importance of shared success and learning
Open to asking questions, sharing ideas, helping teammates
Eager to adopt new standards and improve upon previous solutions
Cautious of adding unnecessary complexity. And cognizant of maintenance burdens that may be introduced by flashy features. We want the features. But let's make them robust and compatible
Committed to stability through test coverage and writing documentation
Nice to Have
AWS / Cloud Infrastructure
Django / Django Rest Framework (DRF)
Why Choose FT Partners?
Leadership from Managing Partners and Managing Directors with backgrounds at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan.
Award-winning execution, recognized as Investment Bank of the Year and Boutique of the Year, among other accolades.
Involvement in both billion-dollar transactions and early-stage, high-growth VC deals.
Clear career progression and competitive compensation packages.
Access to an unparalleled deal flow with a distinguished client base.
Opportunities to engage with world-class executives in a high-growth sector.
Established relationships with top financial sponsors.
A close-knit, rapidly growing team environment.
Selected Transactions Include Advising
Divvy's $2.5 billion Sale to Bill.com
GreenSky's $2.2 billion Sale to Goldman Sachs
Forge's $2 billion Merger with Motive Capital Corp.
Truebill's $1.3 billion Sale to Rocket Companies
Revolut's $800 million Financing at a $33 billion Valuation
SpotOn's $300 million Series F Financing at a $3.6 billion Valuation
Upgrade's $280 million Series F Financing at a $6 billion Valuation
CAIS' $225 million Series C Financing at a $1 billion+ Valuation
Bilt's $200 million Financing at a $3.1 billion valuation
Newfront's $200 million Financing at a $2.2 billion Valuation
DailyPay's $75 million Financing at a $1.8 billion Valuation
Cart.com's $60 million Series C Financing at $1.2 billion Valuation
Acorn's Acquisition of GoHenry
Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment: Financial Technology Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact recruiting@ftpartners.com
Responsibilities
- Build and improve features across FT Base, the firm's core data, project lifecycle, AI agent, and CRM platform.
- Refactor, simplify, consolidate, and maintain existing applications.
- Recommend improvements to projects and coordinate changes across system areas.
- Review AI prototypes and help guide their implementation, security, and integration.
Qualifications
- At least 2 years as a software engineer in a web application environment, or 2 years of software engineering experience plus a reputable boot camp certification.
- Alternatively, a 4-year computer science degree and project or work experience demonstrating Python, TypeScript, APIs, Git, and web application system design.
- Strong AI prompt-driven development skills and the ability to explain and verify AI-generated code line by line.
- Experience taking software beyond prototypes and building cohesive, scalable systems.
- Commitment to testing, documentation, stability, and maintainable code.
- Django or Django REST Framework and AWS or cloud infrastructure experience are nice to have.
- Visa sponsorship is not available.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages
- Clear career progression
- Access to a distinguished client base and high-growth FinTech deal flow
- Close-knit, rapidly growing team environment
Skills mentioned
About Financial Technology Partners
Financial Technology Partners ("FT Partners") is the only investment banking firm focused exclusively on the financial technology ("FinTech") sector. We broadly define the sector as the dynamic convergence of technology-based solutions and financial services. FT Partners was recently recognized as "Dealmaker of the Year" and "Investment Banking Firm of the Year" by The M&A Advisor. The firm was founded by Steve McLaughlin, Managing Partner, formerly a senior investment banker in Goldman Sachs & Co.'s Financial Technology Group and Financial Institutions Group in New York and San Francisco. The firm's senior members are all highly experienced investment bankers formerly with the financial technology, M&A and investment banking groups of principally Goldman, Sachs & Co. Clients want and deserve the best in overall investment banking services, industry knowledge, relationships and senior level experience. In the complex financial technology sector, we believe no other firm offers a higher set of skills, expertise and mission critical advice to leading CEOs and industry decision makers. When you want to explore your firm's full potential, consider FT Partners' full suite of strategic and financial advisory services. With years of transaction experience on some of the largest transactions in history, we bring our unique approach to your firm to maximize value to your shareholders.
H-1B sponsorship history
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