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# Job DescriptionSoftware Engineer

- **Company:** David Joseph & Company
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $285,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, PostgreSQL, Redis, Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Backend, Information Technology, Real Time Data
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/b48cbcd6-78b5-4846-a756-258814dfd5eb/software-engineer

## About the Role

* An undergraduate degree in Computer Science (no bootcamp-only or non-CS backgrounds)
 * 1-5 years of professional experience as a backend or full-stack engineer, comfortable operating independently with minimal guidance
 * A clear track record of excellence, whether from a strong CS program, standout performance at a respected startup, or other notable accomplishments
 * Recent experience at an early-to-growth-stage startup, or a genuine, demonstrated desire to work in a startup environment
 * Working familiarity with cloud infrastructure such as AWS
 * Genuinely excited to work on-site in San Francisco five days a week
 * Self-motivated, high-ownership, low-ego, and energized by a fast-paced, high-intensity team
 * Primary interest in core software engineering rather than working exclusively on AI/LLM problems

Nice to Haves

 * A CS degree from a top-30 undergraduate program in the US or Canada

## Description

You'll be a hands-on backend/full-stack engineer working on the core systems that unify fragmented financial data across legacy construction software in real time. This is deep, high-scale engineering work with immediate production impact on a lean, flat team.

What you'll be doing

 * Build and own core backend systems that sync financial data across fragmented legacy software in real time
 * Take on hard technical challenges: third-party legacy integrations, distributed-systems scaling, real-time data infrastructure
 * Ship work that reaches production and delivers customer value immediately
 * Help shape engineering architecture and culture

Tech stack: Redis, Postgres, AWS (CDK, EC2)


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