Sr. Software Engineer, Infrastructure

The Role

Pilot is a successful startup hiring a senior engineer on our Infrastructure team.

 

All of our teams have unique charter s to collectively build the software , services and systems that enable Pilot to deliver a high-quality e xperience, profitably , at scale. The Infrastructure team accelerates t he rest of R&D by providing scalable, efficient, and high - quality building blocks for product development , while also ensuring we can support business growth in a secure and reliable way. The team is responsible for building simple, scalable abstractions and owns the full Infrastructure stack from the AWS infra that our systems run on to the product platform that our product engineers use. 

 

Pilot’s aim is to provide our customers with the same superpowers as large companies with full finance teams — superpowers that include having a deep understanding of financial health of the business , the machinery to constantly improve it , and the predictive abilities to thoughtfully plan for the future . W e do this at a fraction of the cost a large company would pay for this, by delivering these capabilities through powerful software. 

 

Pilot’s backend is written in fully typed modern Python , and our frontend is JavaScript, TypeScript, and Vue.js. We use Terraform to manage our production infrastructure, and deploy Docker containers to ECS. AWS CodeDeploy powers our deployments and we rely on Honeycomb for our monitoring and Postgres as our database.

 

We're looking for senior infra engineers who are generalists comfortable working across the full infrastructure stack, with a product platform bent and full stack familiarity.

K ey R esponsibilities 

Build ing , test ing and deploy ing software in a continuous manner (we deploy daily or more often ) .

Creat ing and contribut ing to technical specs and testing/rollout plans.

Working with internal customers and stakeholders to ensure we’re solving the right problems.

Mentoring and sponsoring your teammates to help them grow.

Working across teams to shape the future of engineering at Pilot.

S upport ing your software and services as re quired.

About you

Even if you don’t have experience with the specific technologies in our stack, we’d love to talk to you! Our requirements are:

5 + years of experience as a software engineer

Experience with Python in production

Experience with common infrastructure tooling such as Terraform, AWS

Familiarity with the frontend ecosystem and frontend infrastructure tools

Able to work collaboratively across functions

Strong written, verbal, and technical communication skills

Able to write well-structured, well-tested, and maintainable code

Demonstrated ability to mentor and teach others

This position is only available for remote employment in the United States in the following states: CA, GA, NY, NC, TN, TX, and WA

About Pilot

Pilot launched in 2017 to bring the back office into the modern era. Pilot provides small businesses with dedicated finance experts - which Pilot hires as full-time, U.S.-based employees - who learn the ins-and-outs of their business. Pilot integrates directly with the billing, banking, expense, and payroll systems customers already use. With a special blend of custom software and expert bookkeepers, Pilot delivers accurate, consistent bookkeeping and financial management and tax services that give entrepreneurs the freedom to focus on their business.

Pilot has over 3,000 customers and has raised over $170 million in financing from Sequoia, Index Ventures, Stripe, Bezos Expeditions, and Whale Rock.  Our investors also include a long list of world-class entrepreneurs, including Patrick and John Collison, Drew Houston, and Diane Greene.  Our most recent funding round doubled our valuation to $1.2 billion – Meet Fintech’s Newest Unicorn .

Why Pilot?

We invest in our employees’ development and happiness because our employees are the keys to our success and ensuring happy customers

The opportunity to join a seasoned founding team that has led companies through two prior successful startups and acquisitions (by Oracle and Dropbox).

Flexible vacation/time-off policy

All federal holidays are observed

Competitive benefits package including additional wellness benefits

Parental leave for birthing or non-birthing parents – 100% pay for 12 weeks

401(k) plan

The base pay range target for the role seniority described in this job description is $133,000 - $267,000 in most remote locations, and between $166,000 - $267,000 in San Francisco, CA and New York City, NY. Final offer amounts depend on multiple factors such as candidate experience and expertise, geographic location, total compensation, and market data. In addition to cash pay, full-time regular positions are eligible for equity, 401(k), health benefits, and other benefits; some of these benefits may be available for part-time or temporary positions.

Pilot commits to provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment, as well as equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. You may view all of Pilot’s recruiting notices here , including our EEO policy, information about requesting a reasonable accommodation in the job application process, recruitment agency policy, recruitment scam notice, and important E-Verify information. You may view our job candidate privacy policy here .

As part of Pilot’s commitment to fair and transparent remote hiring, Pilot uses light identity verification steps, such as briefly waving on camera and/or recording interviews, to confirm that candidates are representing themselves. For some roles, we may also invite finalists to our San Francisco office for onsite interviews.  By clicking “Submit Application” below you consent to our recording of interviews with you if your application goes to the interviews stage .