Senior Backend Engineer | Accounts Receivable

Ramp•New York, NY

3d•$204,000 - $280,000

About The Position

Ramp is building financial infrastructure that automates how business spending and revenue move through finance teams. The Accounts Receivable team is developing a system to automate the receivables lifecycle, from invoicing and collections through payments, cash application, and accounting synchronization. The Senior Backend Engineer will own core parts of this system, including solving payment-matching challenges, ensuring ledger accuracy, and building reliable integrations with customers’ accounting systems. The role involves owning projects end to end, from design through production, and collaborating closely with product and design to turn complex financial workflows into effective software.

Requirements

Care about customer problems, demonstrate product sense, and push back when a specification is wrong.
Experience designing and operating production backend systems, including APIs, data models, and asynchronous workflows.
Strong system design judgment and the ability to balance speed, correctness, reliability, and simplicity.
A track record of independently owning complex projects and shipping high-quality software.
Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to technical decisions.

Nice To Haves

Experience with invoicing, billing, payments, accounting, or other financial workflows.
Experience building integrations that keep data consistent across systems.
Experience improving reliability and operational visibility in a growing product.

Responsibilities

Build systems that automatically match incoming ACH, wire, card, and check payments to invoices, including when payment details are incomplete or inconsistent.
Design accurate data models that make every dollar traceable from invoice to payment to general ledger.
Build two-way ERP integrations, such as with NetSuite and QuickBooks, that remain consistent through retries, partial failures, and edits on either side.
Build collections workflows that help businesses get paid faster while protecting customer relationships.
Own projects from problem definition and technical design through launch, monitoring, and iteration.
Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, code reviews, and mentorship.

Benefits

Flexible PTO.
Centralized home-office equipment ordering.
Health and wellness stipend.
Budget for intra-office travel.
Weekly coffee stipend.
United States: 100% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for the employee, with partial dependent coverage.
United States: One Medical annual membership.
United States: 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp.
United States: Fertility HRA of up to $10,000 per year.
United States: Parental leave of up to 16 weeks for birthing and bonding or 8 weeks for bonding only, at 100% pay.
United States: Pet insurance.
United States: In-office lunch, snacks, drinks, and other perks.
United States: Relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF, if needed.
Canada: Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life.
Canada: Life, AD&D, and disability coverage.
Canada: Fertility drug coverage of up to $4,000 lifetime.
Canada: Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP).
Canada: Parental leave of up to 16 weeks for birthing and bonding or 8 weeks for bonding only, at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay.
Canada: Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health.
United Kingdom: Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite.
United Kingdom: Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi.
United Kingdom: Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option.
United Kingdom: Parental leave of up to 16 weeks for birthing and bonding or 8 weeks for bonding only, at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay.