About the job
About Fora
Fora is a revolutionary travel agency that is transforming the $100B+ travel industry by providing passionate individuals with the tools to establish successful advisory businesses. Our innovative platform merges cutting-edge technology, comprehensive data, and a supportive community, enabling countless entrepreneurs to thrive on our platform. This all-in-one solution offers travel advisors everything they need to launch and scale their businesses, from state-of-the-art tools and personalized training to a vibrant community and exclusive industry partnerships. Our mission is clear: to empower the next generation of travel entrepreneurs to turn their passion for travel into a rewarding career, whether full-time or part-time. We believe that anyone, from experienced professionals to first-time advisors, can create something both profitable and meaningful.
Founded in 2021 by expert entrepreneurs, Fora has steadily grown to include a talented team of over 200 full-time employees located in the heart of New York City. In 2025, we proudly announced our $60 million Series B and C funding rounds, led by Thrive Capital and Insight Partners, with contributions from previous investors such as Forerunner and Heartcore Capital. Our achievements have been recognized as we were named a LinkedIn Top Startup for 2024, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023 and 2025, and Built In’s Best Places to Work for 2025.
We are on a mission to create the first truly unified platform for all travel needs, harnessing the best of human expertise and technology to redefine how people plan and book their travel.
About The Role
We are in search of an experienced Senior/Staff Backend Engineer to join our Finance Pod, responsible for building and maintaining the intricate systems that facilitate advisor payments at Fora. This pod manages the comprehensive advisor payment system and user experience, encompassing booking data ingestion, commission collection, and payouts, and is rapidly expanding into innovative fintech and payment products.
In this position, you will design and implement scalable systems that ensure payouts are swift, precise, and transparent, collaborating closely with Product and Operations teams to bring financial data to life within the Advisor Portal and our internal tools. You will play a key role in developing and enhancing services that manage booking ingestion, payout logic, reconciliation, and integrations with payment processors like Stripe. Projects may include creating intelligent visualizations for the Payments page and more.
