Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Backflip is a venture-backed FinTech focused on modernizing residential real estate investment financing. The Software Engineer will build and ship end-to-end product features, own integrations and backend services, and improve production reliability across the company's technology stack.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship features end-to-end across a TypeScript/React frontend and a Typescript/Python backend
• Own and extend integrations and backend services (LoanPro, HubSpot, internal APIs), and be the accountable owner for at least one as you ramp
• Add tests, monitoring, and instrumentation to raise reliability and catch issues before customers do
• Investigate and resolve production issues, driving down recurring errors over time
• Participate in code review, design discussions, and planning, communicating proactively in a Slack-first team
• Use AI coding tools and automation to work faster and reduce manual, repetitive work

Skills

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production software
• Strong full-stack ability with a backend lean, hands-on with TypeScript/React and Python
• Demonstrated experience owning services, APIs, or integrations end-to-end
• A working discipline around testing, monitoring, and reliability
• Experience at an early-stage startup (seed/Series A–B) is a strong plus
• Hands-on experience building with LLMs or AI tooling is a strong plus
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where priorities shift and processes evolve
• Self-directed, accountable, and proactive — thrives where the playbook is still being written
• This position reports to the Head of Engineering and offers the opportunity to grow ownership and surface area quickly on a small, high-leverage team. This is a remote role, with a preference for candidates located in Austin, TX, and occasional travel required (company offsites, etc.)
• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship
• 1+ year of experience working in a remote or distributed environment is preferred

Benefits

• This is a remote role.
• Backflip employees receive equity stock options.
• Backflip employees receive paid health care.
• Backflip employees receive a 401K + company match.

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