Software Engineer (Backend/API)

Who we are

Teal is the unified data layer for income and employment verification. We believe that proving your financial identity shouldn't be a frustrating hurdle. By empowering lenders, proptechs, and businesses with the software infrastructure for reliable, real-time affordability data, we are replacing manual document chasing with instant, verifiable trust. We are backed by leading investors and angels in the fintech space, and following our latest funding round, we are building a world-class team to scale our platform.

What we're looking for

We are looking for someone who is ready to put up their sleeves from day one. We want curious and agile people, who are ready to take on challenges and adapt fast.

The main skill set we are looking for is strong software engineering experience, preferably with Kotlin/Java or Python. We highly value experience in cloud-based environments and REST APIs. Exposure to working with Large Language Models is a big plus. If you are not an expert in Kotlin/Java or Python but instead have strong general purpose programming language experience (Go, Rust, JS/ES6, C/C++, C#) and a strong desire to learn, we'd be happy to chat.

• You are a creative, passionate, and intelligent person who loves solving innovative problems.
• You are excited by the opportunity to shape a fast-growing technology company.
• Your interests go beyond just your team's objectives; you are curious about where the organization is moving as a whole.
• You can make well-reasoned choices regarding what technologies to use and when to use them.

What you'll be doing

You will be building Teal from the ground up, being involved from the start in core features of the company. You will have the opportunity to drive the development of various features across Teal services from design to deployment to cloud.

• You'll mostly be programming in pure Kotlin or Python, building business logic in microservices running in the cloud.
• You'll do fine tuning, querying and deploying LLMs in the cloud.
• You'll be writing back-end code of the highest quality fully covered with unit tests.
• You'll be doing Dev-Ops coding with Terraform and Ansible to shape our cloud infrastructure.
• You'll be working in a cross-functional team, empowered to rapidly iterate and release features.
• You won't be coding in isolation - our culture is strongly collaborative, working closely with our CTO and CPO.
• You'll be involved in product decisions as well as technical ones.

Working culture

We believe in hiring people who make an impact from day one and take ownership of their projects. We value open dialogue and foster a culture where voices can be heard. We believe in curiosity as a superpower, always going to the depth of a question to find the best solution. We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds, lived experiences, and perspectives, and we encourage flexible working to better balance the needs of our team.