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Software Engineer - Core Financial Platform

Basic Capital · New York Office · On-site

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About Basic Capital

Join us on a mission to increase the rate at which Americans save for retirement. Backed by Lux.

About the role

Join an elite team of engineers responsible for building systems that facilitate trading and money movement

What they're looking for

  • Strong experience with modern backend frameworks, API design, and event-driven systems
  • Strong architecture design and problem-solving skills
  • Proficiency in any of the following: Kotlin, Rust, Java, Go, C/C++, Python, Ruby, or TypeScript
  • Experience working with MySQL or PostgreSQL
  • Experience with modern build systems and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
More about this role

Basic Capital is a fintech company disrupting America’s $1T retirement industry by building the mortgage for retirement, unlocking market ownership, and making wealth accessible to every American. Our mission is to create products, platforms, and a credit marketplace that power a fundamentally new retirement system.

Our founding team includes leaders from Goldman Sachs, Uber, Block, Stripe, and Robinhood. We’re backed by top investors such as Lux Capital, Forerunner Ventures, BoxGroup, SVAngel, Inspired Capital, and Henry Kravis. Based in SoHo, NYC, we’re assembling a lean, high-performance team committed to reducing wealth inequality.

For more information, visit Basic Capital’s website .

Join an elite team of engineers responsible for building systems that facilitate trading and money movement

Build and maintain core trading, financing, and fund management systems

Design and architect systems that orchestrate and reconciles complex flows of funds

Participate in architecture discussions, planning, and code reviews across the stack

Strong experience with modern backend frameworks, API design, and event-driven systems

Strong architecture design and problem-solving skills

Proficiency...

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