Senior Software Engineer

Signify Technology
Austin, TexasFull-time$140,000–$180,000Posted Sep 16, 2026

About the role

Senior Software Engineer

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $140,000–$180,000

Location: Hybrid / Onsite – Austin, Texas

Company Overview: A Series A venture-backed startup is building a suite of financial tools designed to bring greater flexibility and transparency to a historically underserved market. The company supports both individuals and businesses through a platform that simplifies key financial and operational workflows.

Founded by experienced operators with prior startup success, the team is backed by top-tier fintech and consumer tech investors. The company is entering a new phase of growth and is expanding its engineering team to support increased demand and an ambitious product roadmap.

Role Overview: The Senior Software Engineer will play a key role in designing and scaling the platform’s core systems. This is a high-impact position with direct exposure to leadership and an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to product direction, technical standards, and team culture.

Location: Candidates must be based in Austin, TX, as the product and leadership teams operate locally in a hybrid or in-office model.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain scalable backend systems and user-facing products

Contribute to evolving system architecture with a focus on performance and reliability

Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure technical work aligns with business needs

Promote engineering best practices, including code reviews, testing, and documentation

Ideal Qualifications

5+ years of professional experience in software engineering

Strong backend experience, ideally with Ruby or similar languages

Familiarity with React or other modern frontend frameworks is a plus

Experience with infrastructure tools like AWS and Terraform is a bonus

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain scalable backend systems and user-facing products
  • Contribute to evolving system architecture with a focus on performance and reliability
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure technical work aligns with business needs
  • Promote engineering best practices, including code reviews, testing, and documentation

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
  • Strong backend experience, ideally with Ruby or similar languages
  • Familiarity with React or other modern frontend frameworks is a plus
  • Experience with infrastructure tools like AWS and Terraform is a bonus

Skills mentioned

Backend DevelopmentRuby on RailsReactSystem DesignPerformance OptimizationAWSTerraformInfrastructure as CodeSoftware TestingGit

About Signify Technology

We aim to build exceptional teams in the tech space, focusing on two core engineering specialisms: Advanced Software Engineering and AI, ML, & Data Engineering. As a multi-award-winning global staffing specialist, we're passionate about connecting talented individuals with some of the world's top companies. Starting out as the leading niche recruitment experts in Scala eight years ago, we've expanded our expertise to support clients and candidates in building exceptional tech teams across a wider range of specializations. From our offices in LA, Austin, and London, we offer both permanent and contract technology staffing solutions and are dedicated to nurturing the tech community. We share knowledge through blogs and podcasts, organize meetups, sponsor events, and offer some of the coolest jobs on the market. We are a minority-owned business certified by MSDUK and our mission is to diversify and evolve the tech space. We support our clients in their DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) journeys and are committed to transforming the industry by providing opportunities to individuals from underrepresented backgrounds. Our dedication to DEI is reflected in our values and we believe that the strength of a company lies in the diversity of its people. ‘No. 11 on London's Best Small Companies To Work For’ ‘No. 15 on Recruitment's Best Companies To Work For’ ‘No. 31 on The UK's 100 Best Small Company To Work For’ ‘Best Recruitment Company to Work For (£5M - £50M) – Tiara Recruitment Awards’ ‘Recruiter Hot 100 - Ranking #49’ ‘The Sonovate Client Service Award - Tiara Recruitment Awards’ ‘APSCo Embrace award 2023’ 'Certified as a Great Place to Work UK 2023' 'Best Tech Recruiter - Global Business Tech Awards 2023' 'Ryan Adams - Leader of the Year - British Recruitment Awards 2022' Accredited by APSCo, the regulatory body for the Recruitment industry.

Staffing and Recruiting11-50 employeesLondon, Greater London

H-1B sponsorship history

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