Software Engineer
Sapiom•San Francisco, CA
•Hybrid
About The Position
This is a high-autonomy engineering role at the intersection of AI and financial infrastructure. You'll design and ship core systems for agentic payments end-to-end, working across the full stack — backend, integrations, platform, and beyond. You'll operate as a true owner, making real technical tradeoffs and shaping product direction alongside the founding team, with AI tools embedded throughout the workflow.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and coding ability
- High agency and strong product/ownership mindset
- Systems thinker who can work through ambiguity
- Comfortable moving across different parts of the stack
- Bias toward shipping and making pragmatic decisions
- Actively uses AI-native development tools in their workflow
- Excited by fast-moving, high-intensity startup environments
Nice To Haves
- Experience at high-growth startups
- Experience building infrastructure, platform, or developer tools
- Familiarity with AI/ML systems, inference, or agent workflows
- Experience with payments, APIs, or distributed systems
- Experience in highly autonomous engineering teams
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of systems — from design to production — with minimal direction
- Make pragmatic architectural decisions in ambiguous, fast-moving contexts
- Move across the stack as priorities shift, without waiting for perfect structure
- Contribute to product and engineering direction alongside the founding team
- Scale systems thoughtfully for reliability, performance, and operational speed
Benefits
- Health Insurance (100% employer-paid Gold plan for individual; 75% for dependents)
- Vision and dental fully covered
- FSA/HSA available
- $1,500 annual wellness stipend
- Full Superpower membership for advanced health/biomarker analysis
- Up to $5,000 interim fertility/family-building coverage
- Flexible PTO with a 15-day minimum
- Paid parental leave
- Up to 4 "Work From Anywhere" weeks per year
- Standard holidays, plus a company recharge from Christmas through New Year's
- MacBook + equipment of your choice
- $500 one-time home office stipend
- Up to $200/month parking or commute reimbursement
- Daily lunch on in-office days
- After-hours rideshare coverage
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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