Staff Engineer

Eli Technologies

. Set technical direction for money movement, AI-driven decisions, and the underlying platform .

Posted 10/12/2026full-timeRemote • New York • United StatesLead💰 $220,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in building production software with a focus on TypeScript and relational databases, while ensuring compliance and security in financial environments. Capable of leading system design and engineering team growth, with a strong emphasis on AI-driven decision-making and operational efficiency.

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TypeScript Backend DevelopmentRelational Database ManagementSystem Design LeadershipAI-Driven Decision MakingProduction Incident Management

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Hard Skills

TypeScriptMySQLPostgresCode ReviewDebuggingSchema DesignQuery PlansDatabase MigrationsGitAI Model Implementation

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingTeam LeadershipCommunicationAccountabilityCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

Node.jsNext.jsTRPCPrismaBunTemporalSnowflakeDbtPulumiDocker

Industry Keywords

Financial RecordsComplianceFraud DetectionLendingReconciliationDocument VerificationEligibility ChecksEnergy ProgramsUtility SoftwareProduction Software

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerJavaScriptMySQLNext.jsNode.jsPostgresPythonReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set technical direction for money movement, AI-driven decisions, and the underlying platform
Design the evolution of the ledger, decisioning, and platform systems
Raise engineering standards through code review and pairing
Determine what processors, contractors, and program administrators need
Build, monitor, and improve products end to end in production
Help decide when to use an AI model, a rule, or a human for document verification, eligibility checks, and fraud detection
Define how AI-driven decisions are measured
Own the ledger, lender loan tape, and reconciliation against bank records
Ensure financial records are correct to the cent and audit-ready
Consolidate outgrown systems such as Airtable into agentic in-house tools for operations and program configuration
Improve CI speed, test-suite health, backups, database migrations, alerts, and workflows
Investigate production incidents, identify root causes, fix issues, and document outcomes
Help shape engineering team growth and hiring

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years building production software
Experience as the person responsible for a system when it breaks
Staff-level scope or equivalent impact
Experience leading the design of a system other engineers build on and remaining accountable for it in production
Deep TypeScript experience on the backend, including Bun, Node, Next.js, tRPC, Prisma or similar
Solid relational database skills in MySQL or Postgres, including schema design, query plans, and migrations
Track record of taking on work outside the assigned lane and finishing it
Strong debugging from first principles and ability to reason from browser to database and back
Strong git knowledge, including rebase
Ability to use AI agents heavily while remaining the author and accountable for every line
Ability to defend PR code and explain how it was tested
Comfort and competence in compliance- and security-heavy environments
Ability to learn rebate programs, underwriting, and contractor payments
Nice to have: Temporal or another workflow engine
Nice to have: Payments, ledgers, lending, or reconciliation experience
Nice to have: dbt, Snowflake, or other analytics tooling
Nice to have: Evaluating LLM output with test sets and metrics
Nice to have: Infrastructure experience with Pulumi, Docker, Vercel, Tailscale, Datadog, or Sentry
Nice to have: Energy programs or utility software experience
Stack experience: TypeScript, Turborepo, pnpm, tsx, Bun, Next.js, React, tRPC, Prisma, MySQL, Postgres, Temporal, Python, Snowflake, dbt, Lightdash, Vercel, DigitalOcean, Pulumi, Datadog, Sentry, Claude Code, and internal agent tooling

Benefits

Comp & perks

Meaningful equity package
Generous medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible, unlimited time off, with a minimum of three weeks encouraged
At least two company gatherings each year
Budget to co-work when solving difficult problems together
Welcoming, family- and parent-friendly environment
No-negotiation compensation policy with Eli's strongest offer