About the role
Software Engineer, San Francisco Hybrid
FT Partners is looking for a skilled Software Engineer who is knowledgeable in building high quality impactful applications and well versed in AI development methodologies. FT Partners is an investment bank headquartered in San Francisco focusing on brokering FinTech transactions. We are looking to bolster our engineering team located in our San Francisco office.
You will be helping build FT Base, our firm's digital backbone which manages our data ecosystem, project lifecycles, AI Agents, and proprietary CRM. It's built in Python, Django (DRF), Typescript, React, PostgreSQL. It's a mission critical application with heavy usage on a constant basis. It also powers an MCP server to provide data and interactivity to employees through enterprise AI tooling.
We are looking for people who can produce stable features without racking up technical debts, and can help organize, consolidate, and strengthen our suite of software for sustained impact.
Qualifications
Experience requirements, either:
- 2 years as a Software Engineer in a web application environment OR
- 2 years as a Software Engineer and reputable boot camp certification OR
- Computer Science degree (4 year) and some projects or work experience to show
Python, Typescript, APIs, Git and web application system design concepts
Please note: we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.
Key Responsibilities
- Immerse yourself in the context and business requirements of each of our system's many functional areas
- Execute on instructions to build new things, or improve, refactor, clean up or delete features
- Make recommendations on progressing projects you are close to, sometimes in growth, sometimes in simplification, sometimes in aligning with other areas of the system
- Help review applications prototyped outside of the engineering department, and help steer, rebuild, or secure these
AI Qualifications
- Strong A.I. prompt-driven development abilities, backed by technical understanding
- You will need to be able to explain and verify any ai-produced code you submit, on a line by line basis.
- Experience overcoming the obstacles that lie beyond the prototype, and instinct toward cohesive organized systems that scale
Ideal Mindset
- Responsible and organized. We are not looking for someone to break ground and hand off their problems, we are looking for someone to help funnel ideas into sustainable compatible features
- Attentive to detail
- Systems minded
- Flexible to business pressures and constraints.
- Collaborative and team-oriented, understanding the importance of shared success and learning
- Open to asking questions, sharing ideas, helping teammates
- Eager to adopt new standards and improve upon previous solutions
- Cautious of adding unnecessary complexity. And cognizant of maintenance burdens that may be introduced by flashy features. We want the features. But let's make them robust and compatible
- Committed to stability through test coverage and writing documentation
Nice to Have
AWS / Cloud Infrastructure
Django / Django Rest Framework (DRF)
Why Choose FT Partners?
- Leadership from Managing Partners and Managing Directors with backgrounds at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan.
- Award-winning execution, recognized as Investment Bank of the Year and Boutique of the Year, among other accolades.
- Involvement in both billion-dollar transactions and early-stage, high-growth VC deals.
- Clear career progression and competitive compensation packages.
- Access to an unparalleled deal flow with a distinguished client base.
- Opportunities to engage with world-class executives in a high-growth sector.
- Established relationships with top financial sponsors.
- A close-knit, rapidly growing team environment.
Selected Transactions Include Advising
Divvy's $2.5 billion Sale to Bill.com
GreenSky's $2.2 billion Sale to Goldman Sachs
Forge's $2 billion Merger with Motive Capital Corp.
Truebill's $1.3 billion Sale to Rocket Companies
Revolut's $800 million Financing at a $33 billion Valuation
SpotOn's $300 million Series F Financing at a $3.6 billion Valuation
Upgrade's $280 million Series F Financing at a $6 billion Valuation
CAIS' $225 million Series C Financing at a $1 billion+ Valuation
Bilt's $200 million Financing at a $3.1 billion valuation
Newfront's $200 million Financing at a $2.2 billion Valuation
DailyPay's $75 million Financing at a $1.8 billion Valuation
Cart.com's $60 million Series C Financing at $1.2 billion Valuation
Acorn's Acquisition of GoHenry
Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment: Financial Technology Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact recruiting@ftpartners.com