Sr. Software Engineer II - Backend (Remote)

Allocate•Palo Alto, CA

23h•$145 - $175•Remote

About The Position

Allocate is transforming private market investing by enabling RIAs and family offices to seamlessly discover, model, and manage their private market exposure. Our platform combines curated fund and co-investment opportunities with institutional-grade infrastructure. Through a single, data-rich digital experience, clients access top-tier opportunities across venture capital, private equity, private credit, and other private asset classes—backed by powerful tracking, analytics, and administration tools. Allocate is looking to add a new Senior Software Engineer II - Backend to the team! There’s a lot for us to build and we need a developer with a broad skillset who can jump right in to help us lay the technical foundation for the company’s future.

Requirements

5+ years of object-oriented software engineering experience (C#, Java, etc)
5+ years experience with SQL-based databases (Postgres ideally)
Must understand how to design a schema that will result in a performant application (for example: when to add an index, and to which fields)
3+ years C# experience
2+ years experience developing REST APIs
Proficiency with Git and version control systems in general
Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex, or Cursor, and a demonstrated ability to continuously evaluate and incorporate new tools into your workflow as they emerge

Nice To Haves

ASP.NET Web API development experience
Familiarity with basic ORM concepts (such as in Dapper, Entity Framework, etc)
Familiarity with FluentMigrator
Docker and Docker Compose experience
AWS ECS/EKS experience

Responsibilities

Design & implement new features and endpoints in backend APIs
Design & implement schema changes to support these new features
Participate in an Agile-based development environment
Work as part of an independent, cross-functional squad to deliver critical features for our platform
Build high-quality, scalable, and testable code that will help drive engineering maturity and efficiency