Staff/Principal Software Engineer - Remote

Posted 4 days ago

Software Development

Full Time

Worldwide

$250000 - $300000/year

Autonomous Accounting

Financial Data Integration

Overview

Synthetic is a startup focused on revolutionizing bookkeeping for small businesses using AI. We are looking for a Staff/Principal Software Engineer to help build our product that processes financial data and manages bookkeeping workflows autonomously.

In Short

Build agents that interact with customers and do accounting autonomously.
Build an accounting ledger from the ground up.
Integrate with financial data providers.
Ship new features daily in Typescript/Node/Svelte.
Make lots of decisions quickly.
Take risks.

Requirements

5+ years software engineering experience.
A pragmatic approach to building fast at the early stages of a company.
Familiarity and deep interest in the rapidly changing capabilities of LLMs.
Interest in discovering what problems our customers face and how we can solve them.
A sense of agency and urgency.
A severe bullshit allergy.
US work authorization required; no visa sponsorship available.

Benefits

$250-300k USD salary.
0.5% - 1% FD equity.
Health benefits.

Synthetic

Synthetic is an innovative startup founded in November 2025, focused on revolutionizing the bookkeeping industry for small businesses through the use of artificial intelligence. The company aims to replace traditional bookkeeping services by autonomously processing financial data, managing workflows, and communicating with customers. With a founding team that has a proven track record of building successful ventures, including Bench Accounting, Synthetic is currently a small team of five, working on a prototype with early test customers. The company fosters a culture of high competence and pragmatism, operating with a no-frills approach and a commitment to rapid development. Synthetic is backed by Khosla Ventures and is dedicated to creating the future of autonomous professional services.

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