Sr. IT Systems Engineer, AI & Business Solutions

Dave Vs. Goliath. We're Dave.

Dave is a financial app on a mission to build products that level the financial playing field. It is redefining the financial landscape by leveraging technology to create an affordable, transparent, and user-centric access to liquidity for millions of Americans. As a leading innovator in the U.S. financial services sector, Dave's digital financial platform offers products designed to meet the credit needs of those underserved by traditional financial institutions. Dave's offerings include its flagship ExtraCash product, providing members up to $500 within minutes. The company is on track to launch several new product offerings in 2026, including a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) option.

Dave is focused on serving Americans who are financially vulnerable or living paycheck to paycheck. Dave is leading the charge in creating a new era of credit products that prioritizes speed, affordability, and accessibility, making it the go-to financial partner for those who need it most.

We're hiring a Senior IT Systems Engineer to help design and scale how we manage compliance, security, and audit readiness at Dave. This role focuses on building systems and automation that make compliance continuous, reliable, and embedded into how we operate.

The Opportunity

You'll operate at the intersection of IT, security, and compliance, and you'll be an influential contributor for a team that helps design systems to replace manual audit work with automated, scalable solutions. This includes automating evidence collection, strengthening IT General Controls, and integrating tools so compliance becomes part of day-to-day workflows rather than a periodic exercise.

This is a high-impact role with real ownership. You'll help shape how we scale our internal process through better systems, working across teams to turn requirements into durable, low-friction solutions.

What You'll Build & Own

• Automate or optimize high-volume manual processes (audit evidence collection, data gathering, compliance reporting) using APIs and workflows to reduce manual effort and human error
• Build integrations that pull data from systems of record (Okta, Workspace, GitHub, Security tools, Google Cloud, Snowflake) and consolidate it in BigQuery for audit readiness and analytics
• Design and implement agentic workflows that allow non-engineering stakeholders to interact with company data and reports through conversational interfaces, reducing their need to manually query or compile information
• Own the operational lifecycle of integrations: monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and evolving them as business requirements change
• Identify manual handoffs and repetitive tasks across IT, audit, and business functions, then build automation or agent-driven solutions to eliminate them
• Work cross-functionally with business teams to understand pain points, translate them into technical solutions, and measure the impact on time savings and compliance readiness
• Build scalable, resilient, and secure systems

The Impact

Your work will enable Dave to scale securely with greater confidence, reducing audit overhead while increasing trust in our systems and controls.

What We're Looking For

Experience & Technical Foundation

• 5–7 years of experience in IT systems engineering, automation, internal web services or a related technical role
• Proficiency in scripting or programming (e.g., Python) for building integrations and automation
• Experience building agents and end-to-end automation across systems using APIs, scripting, or workflow platforms
• Hands-on experience with GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Cloud Storage) and understanding infrastructure as code (e.g. terraform)
• Hands-on experience with GitHub or equivalent version control, including CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions, automated testing, deployments)
• Strong foundation in consuming and integrating APIs: handling authentication, rate limits, retries, and failures in multi-system flows
• Experience integrating identity systems (Okta), security tooling, and SaaS platforms into cohesive workflows
• Observability and runbook writing: designing monitoring, logging, and operational documentation so systems can be maintained at scale
• Experience working with stakeholders to gather requirements and informing buy vs build decisions, including scoping POC's with vendors
• Experience with LLM API's (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)

Bonus

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, SOX, ITGC, GDPR) and how to build systems that support audit and control requirements
• Experience with data pipelines and BigQuery ELT patterns, schema design, data validation, and understanding how data flows to business users and reporting
• Knowledge of encryption, and PII handling in the context of compliance and data governance

What Makes Someone Successful Here

You take responsibility for outcomes and think beyond individual controls to how systems should work end-to-end. You care about building solutions that hold up over time, and you'll reduce manual effort while improving accuracy and trust in our systems.

You work well across boundaries, partnering with Business & Engineering functions to drive business value with tools. As requirements evolve, you're comfortable navigating ambiguity, asking thoughtful questions, and adjusting your approach while continuing to move work forward.

What to Expect

This is a hands-on role with meaningful ownership and influence. You'll balance near-term audit and compliance needs with longer-term system design, helping us move toward more automated and continuous approaches to compliance.

Why Join Dave

• Help redefine how compliance is implemented through systems and automation
• Work on problems that connect security, IT, and the broader business
• Build solutions that scale with the company and reduce operational overhead
• Have real ownership in shaping a more efficient, modern compliance function

Ready to build for the underdog?

Reports to: Manager, Systems Engineering

Don't let imposter syndrome get in the way of an incredible opportunity. We're looking for people who can help us achieve our mission and vision, not just check off the boxes. If you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why you'll love working here:

At Dave, our people are just as important as our product. Our culture reflects the values that guide who we are, how we work, and what we aspire to be. Daves are member-centric, helpful, transparent, persistent, and better together. We strive to create an environment where all Daves feel valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work. As a virtual-first company, team members can live and work anywhere in the United States, except Hawaii.

A few of our benefits & perks:

Opportunity to tackle tough challenges, learn and grow from fellow top talent, and help millions of people reach their personal financial goals

Flexible hours and virtual-first work culture with a home office stipend

Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans

Generous paid parental and caregiver leave

401(k) savings plan with matching contributions

Financial advisor and financial wellness support

Flexible PTO and generous company holidays, including Juneteenth and Winter Break

All-company in-person events once or twice a year and virtual events throughout to connect with your team members and leadership team

Dave Operating LLC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is dedicated to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants and do not discriminate on any basis protected by federal, state, or local law, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history.

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