Software Engineer II
ycombinator
Job Description
Build & Own Features End-to-End
- Design, develop, and ship production features across our platform stack (backend APIs, data pipelines, integrations, case management UI)
- Own complete features from requirements gathering → implementation → deployment → monitoring
- Build scalable REST APIs and microservices that orchestrate checks across 80+ compliance vendors (identity verification, sanctions screening, document analysis)
- Develop case management workflows and business logic for KYB/AML compliance processes
- Create data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and routing compliance data at scale
- Integrate with third-party identity/compliance APIs and handle complex vendor response mapping
Drive Technical Excellence
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with comprehensive documentation
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
- Debug production issues with urgency; own incident resolution end-to-end
- Optimize system performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency
- Build monitoring, alerting, and observability into your features
Collaborate
- Work cross-functionally with product managers, compliance experts, and customer success teams
- Contribute to technical decision-making and architecture discussions
- Help shape engineering culture and development workflows as the team scales