Senior Software Engineer
Vera
Software Engineering
Posted on Oct 7, 2025
Senior Software Engineer
Description
Senior Software Engineer
Location: Fully Remote
Competitive salary plus attractive equity opportunity
Full-time or Contract
Reporting to: Simon Holland, Founder
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About You
You’re joining as a Senior Software Engineer to take full ownership of Vera’s secure infrastructure — designing the backbone that powers our AI-driven automation platform.
You want to build infrastructure that matters and makes people’s lives better.
You’ve shipped scalable systems that serve users and seen them run in production
You design with security, reliability, and long-term maintainability in mind
You’re confident working across a modern backend stack
You bring strong architectural instincts and aren’t afraid to take the lead
You value fast-moving teams and pragmatic decisions over perfect abstractions
You’re comfortable working across systems — APIs, cloud infra, storage, auth, observability
You thrive on ownership and are energized by building from a clean slate
What You’ll Own
Architecting, building backend services with Python, FastAPI, and a serverless architecture
Designing complex integrations with banking APIs, accounting platforms (like QuickBooks and Xero), and cloud storage tools
Implementing Azure Functions and event-driven systems for high-scale document processing
Building secure systems built for sensitive financial data — aligned with SOC-2, CASA, and enterprise-grade compliance standards
Designing and optimizing the database architectures and data pipelines that support Vera’s AI engine and workloads
Collaborating closely with AI engineers to deploy, serve infrastructure/models reliably at scale
Implementing monitoring and observability across our distributed systems
Ensuring system reliability and performance as we scale our infrastructure to support a growing user base of SMBs and partners
What You’re Walking Into
Production systems powering real firms with real value on the line
Deep integrations with major financial institutions and software platforms
A cloud-native, serverless stack built on Microsoft Azure handling sensitive data
A growing user base of founders, CoS, CFOs requiring scalable, reliable infrastructure
A chance to lead on architecture, performance, and scale as we move into the next phase
Our Must-Haves
5+ years backend engineering with expertise in Python and web frameworks (FastAPI, Django, Flask)
3+ years Microsoft Azure experience (Functions, Storage Accounts, Service Bus, Key Vault)
3+ years building API integrations with third-party services and enterprise systems
Strong database expertise - SQL databases, data modeling, query optimization
2+ years serverless architecture - event-driven systems, async processing
Security knowledge - encryption, authentication, compliance standards
Production system experience - monitoring, debugging, performance optimization
6+ months supporting AI/ML systems (acknowledging recent integration needs)
Bonus
(Not required, but very helpful)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
2+ years integrating with financial services APIs (banking, accounting software)
Knowledge of compliance standards (SOC-2, PCI-DSS, GDPR)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM templates)
Recent experience adapting systems to support LLM workloads
Previous experience in fintech, SaaS, or regulated industries
Understanding of accounting/finance business processes
Adaptability to AI/ML requirements - learned to support model deployment as business needs evolved
5 Reasons To Join
Own the infrastructure. Lead on architecture, scale, and performance.
Build secure-by-default systems. Design industry-leading infrastructure.
Touch real production. Power mission-critical workflows for SMBs and Partners.
Code with purpose. Help automate the back office for thousands, creating huge value.
Join at the inflection point. Early strong demand and a chance to build from the ground up.
Apply here.
Include links to anything you’re proud of GitHub, personal site, or just a thoughtful note. We care more about what you’ve built than where you’ve worked.
This will be a 3-stage interview process:
CEO & Founder
CTO
Founding Team + Engineering Team
Salary is commensurate with experience, and we offer substantial equity. The position does not have fixed hours and does not include bonuses.