Software Engineer
Company: Alexander Chapman
Location: New York City Metropolitan Area
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-06-18
About this role
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs
- Develop and optimize ETL workflows and data pipelines that power critical business operations
- Build reliable data infrastructure and backend systems that support product and operational teams
- Partner closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into technical solutions
- Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from architecture and implementation to deployment and monitoring
- Work in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve quickly and engineers are empowered to make meaningful technical decisions
Required Experience
- 3–8 years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong backend engineering experience with Python
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining ETL processes and data pipelines
- Experience designing scalable systems and working with production data infrastructure
- Ability to operate effectively in environments with ambiguity, changing priorities, and limited process overhead
Ideal Background
- Founding Engineer or early-stage startup engineer
- High-growth startup environments where speed and ownership were critical
- Teams responsible for building products and systems from scratch
- Companies where engineers were expected to rapidly prototype, iterate, and ship
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys building products, creating scalable systems, and making a direct impact within a growing startup.
If you thrive in startup environments and are excited by backend engineering, data infrastructure, and solving complex technical challenges, we'd love to connect.