Senior Software Engineer, Integrations Engineering

About Finch

We are on a mission to empower innovators to access the global employment ecosystem and connect the world's employers under a single API. To do this, we're looking for individuals who think about problems holistically and in-depth, who are relentlessly curious, self-starters, and determined to drive ideas from inception through to completion.

Finch is a Series B company backed by a fantastic set of firms, angels, and our developers including General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, Homebrew, BoxGroup, YCombinator, Charley (1st business hire at Plaid), Sima (ex-Head of Biz Dev at Plaid), Henrique + Pedro (co-CEOs at Brex), Jeff + Wayne (co-CEOs at Digits), Immad (CEO at Mercury), Sam (CEO at Vouch Insurance), Karim (CTO at Ramp), and more.

About Our Team

We're a team of problem solvers who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. We value velocity, curiosity, empathy, and diverse perspectives. Everyone on the team is excited about the scope of the problems we address and the potential impact our work can have on the global workforce. We realize that the value we provide comes with great responsibilities, and therefore make security and privacy our highest priorities. 

We come from a diverse set of backgrounds and each member brings different skills to the group. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and potential will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns.  

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Integrations Engineering team. This team is responsible for maintaining and scaling our network of integrations across dozens of third-party systems. You’ll lead efforts to increase automation, reduce fragility, and ensure the Finch API delivers consistent, high-quality data, no matter what’s happening on the other end.

You’ll own critical parts of our integrations framework and infrastructure, mentor engineers on best practices for reliability and maintainability, and work cross-functionally to resolve integration issues quickly and proactively, build new integrations, and expand the capabilities of existing integrations.

Why Join Finch

You’ll be joining a team that sits at the heart of our platform and has direct impact on the reliability our customers depend on. You’ll help shape the future of how we scale integrations at Finch and play a critical role in improving how developers build with employment data.

What You'll Do

• Lead design and implementation of systems that detect, prevent, and quickly recover from integration breakages
• Build tooling and frameworks to automate root cause analysis, diagnostics, and remediation
• Drive expansion of Finch’s provider network and data coverage, enabling support for new platforms and deeper integration with existing ones
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (Support, Product, Customer Success) to triage and resolve customer-impacting issues
• Lead high-leverage engineering initiatives that strengthen integration reliability and reduce operational overhead across the organization
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers on the team, establishing best practices for integration resilience, observability, and incident response
• Analyze integration reliability data and work with leadership to improve error rates and response times

We're Looking For Someone Who

• Has 7+ years of backend engineering experience, with a strong track record of owning production systems
• Deep experience working with APIs and backend technologies, including familiarity with REST and/or gRPC
• Has experience working with NodeJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis
• Has experience with test automation frameworks like Puppeteer and Playwright.
• Has experience using Git in a professional environment
• Has strong foundational knowledge of testing best practices and TDD
• Has a track record for identify and driving impactful technical improvements that enhance the resilience, maintainability, and scalability of third-party integrations
• Is comfortable in high-friction high-pressure environments that require fast action in the face of customer impact
• Has strong debugging skills and thrives in ambiguous, complex issues
• Understands how to balance short-term fixes and long-term improvements, prioritizing customer pain over everything else
• Has a bias toward automation and self-healing systems
• Is obsessed with excellence and with providing elegant customer experiences
• Communicates clearly and proactively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Enjoys mentoring and building up teammates

Bonus Points

• Experience with leveraging automation, such as harnessing the power of AI, to integrate systems with minimal effort
• Background in fintech, HR tech, or any domain with complex third-party integrations
• Has worked with distributed systems, queuing architectures, or high-throughput job processing pipelines

Finch is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.