About the job
Join Rockstar, an innovative early-stage startup, as we revolutionize the month-end closing process for enterprise accounting teams. Our founding team combines extensive experience in finance and engineering, having led finance organizations at top tech companies and developed robust month-end close systems in major enterprises. Backed by prestigious investors and finance leaders, we are poised to make a significant impact in the industry.
About the Company
At Rockstar, we are on a mission to simplify the often complex and tedious month-end closing process for enterprise accounting teams. Our founders possess a unique blend of expertise, having managed finance departments in leading tech firms and engineered month-end close solutions for large corporations. With a record-setting seed investment from top venture capital firms and support from finance executives at renowned technology companies, we are well-equipped to drive change in the accounting landscape.
Role Overview
As we establish our new engineering office in Toronto, we are seeking a founding engineer to play a pivotal role in product development. In this position, you will have the opportunity to influence both the front-end and back-end architecture while collaborating closely with founding members and early adopters to address intricate financial challenges.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead full-stack development for essential product features, including reconciliations, flux analysis, and accruals automation.
- Develop and sustain robust integrations with financial systems such as ERPs, HRIS, procurement software, and CRMs.
- Design and implement critical backend components, including job frameworks, flexible data ingestion, and complex financial modeling.
- Adhere to software development best practices by ensuring high code quality, automated testing, and CI/CD processes.
- Collaborate with the founding team on product strategy, feature prioritization, and user feedback.
- Establish and maintain planning and agentic workflows utilizing cutting-edge large language models.
- Engage in technical discussions regarding scalability and security.
- Contribute to building a dynamic engineering team and fostering a collaborative culture.
Required Skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- 1-3 years of experience in full-stack development, preferably within early-stage startups.
- Strong background in developing financial systems is highly desirable.
- Proficiency in front-end technologies, particularly React and NextJS.
- Extensive back-end development experience with Go or similar programming languages.
- Solid understanding of relational databases and data modeling.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, such as AWS or GCP.
- A willingness to learn and adapt to machine learning concepts.
