Engineering Leader - Platform Engineering at Basis

New York, New York, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
AI, FinTech, AccountingIndustries

Requirements

  • Think in systems—technical, human, and organizational—and can navigate all three
  • See the success of the company and the success of the team as one and the same
  • Are equally comfortable designing a schema, writing a Terraform module, or coaching someone through a tough conversation
  • Communicate clearly, make decisions with conviction, and are unafraid to challenge ideas to find the best one
  • Are relentlessly curious and iterative—learning, refining, and raising the bar every week
  • Process-oriented: Skilled at breaking down complex problems into clear, repeatable steps and managing execution
  • Strong communicator: Clear in explaining concepts and comfortable collaborating across all levels of seniority
  • First-principles reasoner: Question assumptions and apply lessons creatively to new situations
  • Company-builder: Eager to lay groundwork both technically and culturally as we rapidly scale
  • Office lover: Prefers face-to-face interactions in our NYC office
  • All-in: Driven to seize a massive opportunity, accelerate growth, and commit deeply to Basis’s success
  • Location: NYC, Flatiron office (in-person)

Responsibilities

  • Drive impact at the company level: Translate company priorities into clear technical goals for the platform team; align infra, data, and modeling work so that Basis ships faster and more reliably; look around corners to anticipate scaling, cost, and reliability challenges; make tradeoffs that serve the long-term mission
  • Build and grow the team: Hire, mentor, and grow exceptional engineers; create an environment where people are challenged, supported, and proud of their craft; foster a culture of clarity, accountability, and feedback; model calmness, authenticity, and conviction
  • Elevate the craft: Be deeply technical—design architectures, review critical code, and guide standards for performance and reliability; insist on simple, elegant systems and crisp boundaries between layers; continuously improve processes (recruiting, onboarding, incident response, project planning); leave every system and every person better than found

Skills

Distributed Systems
Scalable Services
Data Pipelines
Observability
System Architecture
Infrastructure Engineering
Reliability Engineering

Basis

Platform for developing financial applications

About Basis

Basis provides a platform that assists businesses in creating financial applications. The platform includes a variety of tools and integrations that simplify the process of building, testing, and deploying these applications. Clients, which range from financial institutions to fintech startups, can access the platform through a subscription model, paying for its features and support. Basis distinguishes itself from competitors by focusing on streamlining the development process and offering custom solutions tailored to the specific needs of its clients. The company's goal is to empower businesses to innovate and enhance their financial operations through improved application offerings.

1688 Pine St UNIT E211, San Francisco, CA 94109, USAHeadquarters
2022Year Founded
$6MTotal Funding
SEEDCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, FintechIndustries
1-10Employees

Risks

Emerging fintech startups offer similar tools at lower costs.
Regulatory scrutiny on data privacy may increase compliance costs.
Economic downturns could reduce demand for Basis's services.

Differentiation

Basis provides real-time cash flow profiles for B2B lenders.
The platform integrates data from revenue, accounting, and banking sources.
Basis offers a subscription-based model with premium services and custom solutions.

Upsides

Increased demand for real-time financial data analytics benefits Basis's offerings.
The rise of embedded finance aligns with Basis's focus on lending stacks.
Open banking trends enhance Basis's cash flow profile accuracy.

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