Aiwyn is a fast-growing software company serving the accounting profession, founded in 2020 and working with over 150 of the largest CPA firms globally.
The company aims to speed up cash flow, save Partner time, and deliver best-in-class client experiences through Practice Automation solutions.
The Backend Engineer role involves designing and building robust, scalable, and intelligent systems that power Aiwyn's platform.
Responsibilities include tackling challenges in computational expression generation, data modeling, and translating complex tax code into executable software.
Engineers will have autonomy to make key technical decisions and own projects from architecture to deployment.
Challenges include designing a computation engine, creating systems for IRS documentation conversion, engineering a semantic graph of tax concepts, building data pipelines, scaling systems for multi-user interactions, and developing APIs for frontend applications.
The tech stack includes Next.js, Typescript, Python (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy), Postgres, Google Cloud, and CI/CD.
Requirements:
Proven experience in designing, building, and maintaining complex backend systems, ideally with Python and FastAPI.
Comfort with integrating AI tools into workflows.
Proficiency with databases, preferably PostgreSQL, and data modeling.
Ability to contribute to product ideas and understand product/engineering tradeoffs.
Excellent technical communication skills, especially in a remote, async-first environment.
A pragmatic approach to engineering, valuing shipping and iteration while caring about code quality and thoughtful system design.
Comfort with ambiguity and an instinct for surfacing hidden constraints or opportunities.
Fluency with AI tools like coding assistants is a baseline requirement.
A high level of focus on achieving the right outcomes and comfort in respectfully challenging ideas.
Comfort owning projects with high autonomy and unblocking teammates.
Benefits:
Competitive pay with freedom to solve worthwhile, challenging problems alongside a talented team.
Adventure travel stipend of $1,000 for travel reimbursement on work anniversaries.
Remote, work-from-anywhere culture.
Flexible PTO policy.
World-class health benefits including health, vision, dental, HSA/FSA, and mental health support.
Stock options for every full-time employee, providing ownership in Aiwyn's future.
401(k) matching to support employees' retirement savings.
