Software Engineer, Accounting

Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, and they are seeking a mid-to-senior level backend engineer to join their Accounting Engineering team. The role involves owning backend services for Ramp's accounting platform and building scalable systems that process millions of transactions while ensuring data integrity and accuracy.

Responsibilities:

• Own backend services that power Ramp’s accounting platform, syncs, and rules engine
• Build scalable systems that process millions of transactions across card, bill pay, reimbursements, treasury, and more
• Lay the technical foundation for AI agents to suggest and enforce accounting categorizations
• Improve internal developer tooling and interfaces to accelerate our team
• Uphold the highest standards around correctness, observability, and auditability

Requirements:

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally in fintech, accounting tech, or transactional systems
• Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems with high data integrity requirements
• Strong understanding of system design, reliability engineering, and service observability
• Fluent in Python or a comparable modern backend language
• Comfort working closely with accounting teams and product stakeholders to translate business needs into clean code
• Passion for building infrastructure that balances precision, performance, and extensibility
• Background in compliance-heavy systems or regulated domains
• Familiarity with financial integrations (e.g. NetSuite, QuickBooks, Oracle)
• Interest in working with AI/ML teams on intelligent accounting features
• A desire to move fast but hold the line on accuracy, especially when real dollars are involved