Software Engineer (Backend)

Software Engineer (Backend)

Austin, TX (Hybrid)

About the role

Behind many of life's most important transactions — buying a house, applying for a mortgage, getting a small business loan, or refinancing a credit card — is a network of credit relationships. Setpoint provides critical infrastructure for relationships between the world's largest banks, credit funds and capital markets counterparties. We're building trust in this system of credit.

We are looking for a Software Engineer (Backend) to join our team!

This is an opportunity to have a big impact and partner with multiple functions across the organization. The ideal candidate can quickly achieve expert status, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and thrive in the dynamic environment that comes with a fast growing startup.

Who will love this job

• Owners: You can create great features and solve problems without detailed requirements.
• Product-focused engineers: For you, the user's experience is never an afterthought.
• Doers: You develop creative solutions that remove blockers and ship great products.

What you'll do

• Own full product features: We understand customer needs and turn them into great features.
• Invest in developer experience: Easy to use dev tools are an important part of keeping our team moving fast.
• Work with a modern tech stack: We use Python/Flask, NextJS/React and Tailwind CSS. However, prior experience in these technologies is not required.

You should have

• 3+ years of experience as a backend software engineer.
• Embraces rapid prototyping with a tight customer-feedback loop.
• Interest in taking ownership of major initiatives.
• Team player with the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate across multiple teams.
• Excited to learn and receive feedback from other team members.

About Setpoint

Setpoint provides purpose-built capital and technology to asset-backed borrowers and lenders. Our platform is the funding operating system for originators: it verifies and stores documents; automates critical calculations and compliance reporting; and digitizes assets like homes or cars. Setpoint's technology makes warehouse transactions instant and error free.

In August 2024, Setpoint announced the successful completion of its $31 million Series B funding round. 645 Ventures led the round, with significant strategic investments from Citi and Wells Fargo, alongside Andreessen Horowitz, NextView Ventures, Floating Point, Henry Kravis, Zillow founder's 75 & Sunny, Vesta Ventures, Fifth Wall, Eltura Ventures, and Outrunner Capital.

For all our employees, we offer a full slate of benefits from competitive salaries, stock options, medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k, disability coverage, and flexible vacation. Setpoint has offices in Austin, New York, and Park City, UT and we're currently hiring remote team members.

Setpoint provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.