Senior Backend Engineer | Accounting

Ramp•New York, NY

2d•$172,000 - $280,000

About The Position

Ramp is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for its Accounting team. The team builds systems that carry accounting context across Ramp products, help customers categorize and reconcile activity, and keep records in sync. The engineer will build across the accounting experience, including services for accounting rules and data models, transaction flows into the books, and reliable sync and reconciliation workflows. The role owns complex projects from design through production and collaborates with product, design, and engineering partners to make accounting workflows simpler and more trustworthy for customers.

Requirements

Experience designing, building, and operating production backend systems, including APIs, data models, and asynchronous workflows.
Strong system design judgment, especially around data correctness, reliability, and keeping complex systems understandable.
A track record of independently owning complex projects and shipping high-quality software.
Ability to investigate problems across services and data flows and turn findings into durable improvements.
Clear communication and a collaborative approach to technical decisions and feedback.

Nice To Haves

Experience with accounting, payments, spend management, or other financial data products.
Familiarity with accounting concepts such as coding, reconciliation, or the general ledger.
Experience building integrations or data workflows that keep information consistent across systems.

Responsibilities

Design and build backend services, APIs, and data models that support accounting workflows across Ramp's products.
Keep financial data accurate, traceable, and resilient as transactions move through coding, reconciliation, and sync.
Improve the reliability and visibility of workflows spanning Ramp and customers' accounting systems, including failure and change handling.
Partner with product and engineering teammates to understand finance teams' needs and turn them into practical technical designs.
Own substantial projects from design and implementation through launch, monitoring, and iteration.
Raise the engineering bar through thoughtful 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.
For United States employees: 100% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for the employee, with partial dependent coverage.
For United States employees: One Medical annual membership.
For United States employees: 401(k) with employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp.
For United States employees: Fertility HRA up to $10,000 per year.
For United States employees: Parental leave up to 16 weeks (birthing and bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay.
For United States employees: Pet insurance.
For United States employees: In-office lunch, snacks, drinks, and other perks.
For United States employees: Relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF, if needed.
For Canada employees: Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life.
For Canada employees: Life, AD&D, and disability coverage.
For Canada employees: Fertility drug coverage up to $4,000 lifetime.
For Canada employees: Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP).
For Canada employees: Parental leave up to 16 weeks (birthing and bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay.
For Canada employees: Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health.
For United Kingdom employees: Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite.
For United Kingdom employees: Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi.
For United Kingdom employees: Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option.
For United Kingdom employees: Parental leave up to 16 weeks (birthing and bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay.