Software Engineer (Accounting)

Role Overview

You’ll be a mid-to-senior backend engineer working on Ramp’s accounting infrastructure. The work focuses on building backend services that power accurate financial statements, transaction synchronization, and rule-based categorization.

Responsibilities

• Build and own backend services powering Ramp’s accounting platform, including synchronizations and a rules engine
• Design scalable systems that process millions of transactions across spend flows (cards, bill payments, reimbursements, treasury)
• Establish technical foundations for AI agents to suggest and apply accounting categorizations
• Improve internal developer tooling to support efficient engineering delivery
• Partner with accounting teams and product stakeholders to translate business needs into clean, reliable code

Requirements

• Strong system design skills with an emphasis on reliability and service observability
• Comfort collaborating closely with accounting and product stakeholders
• Fluent in Python or another comparable modern backend language
• Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems with high data integrity requirements
• 3+ years backend engineering experience (fintech, accounting tech, or transactional systems preferred)
• Strong interest in infrastructure that balances precision, performance, and extensibility

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with financial integrations (e.g., NetSuite, QuickBooks, Oracle)
• Background in compliance-heavy systems or regulated domains
• Interest in collaborating with AI/ML teams on intelligent accounting features