PilotPI

Sr. Software Engineer (Takeoff)

Pilot.com provides bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for startups and small businesses, combining expert accountants with intelligent software to streamline financial management.

Pilot

Employee count: 201-500

Salary: 125k-211k USD

United States only

The Role

Pilot is a successful startup hiring a senior engineer on our Takeoff team.
All of our teams have unique charters to collectively build the software, services and systems that enable Pilot to deliver a high-quality experience, profitably, at scale. The Takeoff team is a crucial part of this: their north star is building products that enable customers to sign up for Pilot, onboard, and get value from Pilot from day one.
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.We 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.

Key Responsibilities

  • Building, testing and deploying software in a continuous manner(we deploy daily or more often)
  • Working with PMs and Product Designers, and participating in product and design reviews
  • Creating and contributing 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
  • Supporting your software and services as required

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:
  • 7+ years of experience as a software engineer
  • Experience with Python in production
  • 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
Additionally, we’re interested in engineers with specialties or backgrounds in accounting as well as fintech and related fields.

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 2,000 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 wellness benefits such as Modern Health, Headscape, One Medical, Aaptiv and Rightway
  • 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 $125,000 - $211,000 in most remote locations, and between $156,000 - $211,000 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, recruitment agency policy, recruitment scam notice, and important E-Verify information. You may view our job candidate privacy policy here.

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Salary: 125k-211k USD

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About Pilot

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At Pilot, our mission is to build the future of the financial back office, empowering startups and small businesses to grow and flourish. We are a team of over 250 U.S.-based experts dedicated to cutting through complexity and providing the most reliable accounting, CFO, and tax services. Our core values guide everything we do, emphasizing ownership, focus, quality, impact, trust, teamwork, collaboration, and justice. We believe in a culture where every team member meaningfully impacts our company, our customers, and our teams. This commitment to excellence and a supportive environment is why many of our team members, some of whom have been with the founders since 2012 across multiple ventures, are excited to be part of Pilot's growth and work alongside their colleagues every day.

Founded in 2017 by Waseem Daher, Jeff Arnold, and Jessica McKellar, three friends from MIT's computer club with a history of successful B2B startups, Pilot was born out of a desire to solve a pervasive and significant pain point: bookkeeping. Having experienced the challenges of financial management firsthand with their previous companies (Ksplice, acquired by Oracle, and Zulip, acquired by Dropbox), the founders recognized a massive unmet need in the market. We understand that entrepreneurs start their businesses to pursue their passions, not to get bogged down in bookkeeping, taxes, and accounting. That's why Pilot combines intelligent software with world-class, full-time, U.S.-based finance experts to deliver accurate, consistent financial management and tax services. This unique blend allows us to handle the complexities of your finances, giving you the freedom to focus on what you do best – building your business. We partner with thousands of companies, from pre-seed startups to those with hundred-person teams, helping them grow sustainably and operate more effectively.

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401(K)

Company 401(K) plan.

Paid holidays

Company-paid holidays.

Flexible paid time off

Flexible paid time off policy.

Healthcare coverage

Comprehensive healthcare coverage.

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201-500 employees

Founded in

2017

Chief executive officer

Waseem Daher, Jeff Arnold, Jessica McKellar

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