Staff Software Engineer, Close

About the role

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Close team, you are a primary architect of FloQast’s vision for the "Operating System for Accounting." This role is for a technical visionary who thrives on solving "impossible" distributed systems problems and understands that the best code empowers an entire engineering organization to move faster. You’ll define the technical North Star for FloQast Close, our centralized hub where accountants create, test, deploy, and manage bespoke AI Agents. You will drive step-function improvements in how we deliver our Visual Agent Builder and empower global brands to automate complex workflows without touching a line of code. This role is expected to be hybrid in our San Jose office.

Responsibilities

• Architect the core platform capabilities that power FloQast Transform and the next generation of AI-driven workflows, ensuring our distributed systems, AI Agent infrastructure, and visual workflow builders are scalable, resilient, and elegant.
• Lead high-level design discussions to resolve complex trade-offs, establishing rigorous engineering best practices that raise technical standards across our automation ecosystem.
• Act as the bridge between "what’s possible" and "what’s needed," partnering with Product and Design to translate ambiguous business goals into executable technical roadmaps for intuitive, agentic accounting automation.
• Mentor senior engineers, fostering a culture of deep technical curiosity and high-performance execution, with success measured by the growth of those around you.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience shipping complex, enterprise-grade software, with a deep understanding of the lifecycle of a maturing platform.
• Expertise in modern backend stacks—specifically Go, Node.js, MongoDB, and AWS—with a focus on APIs, platform-first design, scalable workflow orchestration, and secure, compliant SaaS architectures.
• Strong product intuition and an outcome-driven mindset; you build to drive business impact, solve real customer pain points, and empower accounting teams to automate rules-based workflows.
• Ability to navigate "grey areas," turning napkin-sketch ideas into production-ready reality through influence and technical clarity.

About FloQast

FloQast is the leading AI-powered Accounting Transformation Platform, uniquely built by former accountants for accountants. We automate complex, recurring accounting workflows—transforming preparers into strategic reviewers and relieving accountants from tedious manual work. Our cloud-based solution is trusted by over 3,500 world-class accounting teams, including Lululemon, Doordash, and the MLB, to drive collaboration and financial accuracy. Driven by a mission to continuously elevate the profession, FloQast is redefining both the practice and the perception of accounting on a global scale.

Values

• Act As a Guiding Compass, Shaping Every Decision We Make
• Unwaveringly Authentic
• Ambitious with Integrity
• Empowered to Grow
• Committed to Collaboration
• Customer Obsessed in All Ways

Why You Should Apply

FloQast is regularly rated as a Best Place to Work, including:

• Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021
• Best Places to Work by LA Business Journal since 2017 (9 years)
• Built In’s Best Place to Work in Los Angeles for 7 years in a row

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