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Principal Software Engineer, Applications
San Jose, California, Los Angeles, California
full-timeEngineeringJob Description
San Jose or LA CA (Hybrid)
At FloQast, we’re redefining how accounting teams operate through AI-native workflows. Trusted by thousands of global companies, our platform is an operating system for accounting and transforms complex financial processes into fast, reliable, and scalable systems.
We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer who doesn’t just build software — but shapes platforms, accelerates teams, and drives step-function impact.
This is a high-leverage role where your architectural decisions will influence the entire FloQast application ecosystem and directly accelerate innovation across our products.
What You'll Do
- Design and deliver core platform capabilities powering FloQast applications
- Define system architecture and functional specifications
- Build highly scalable, distributed systems for enterprise customers
- Lead complex design discussions and establish engineering best practices
- Drive improvements in reliability, performance, and developer experience
- Own critical technical decisions that shape platform direction
- Work closely with Product and Design to shape the roadmap
- Engage directly with customers and stakeholders to understand workflows
- Translate ambiguity into clear, executable technical strategy
- Mentor senior engineers and elevate technical depth across the org
- Lead through influence, not authority
- Create leverage through reusable platform investments
Architect and build at scale
Set the technical bar
Partner to deliver real impact
Multiply the team
What You'll Bring
- 15+ years building and shipping complex software systems
- Proven track record driving large-scale technical initiatives end-to-end
- History of mentoring and raising the bar for engineering teams
- Strong expertise across modern backend stacks
- Go, Node.js
- MongoDB and AWS
- Deep experience designing distributed systems at enterprise scale
- Strong API design and platform thinking
- Solid understanding of security and compliance in SaaS environments
- Strong product intuition — you balance elegance with business impact
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and moving from idea → production
- Customer-obsessed and outcome-driven
- Fintech, accounting, or enterprise SaaS experience
- Familiarity with ERP or accounting workflows
- Background in workflow automation platforms
Technical depth
Mindset
Bonus points
Why FloQast
- FloQast is the leading Accounting Transformation Platform, built by accountants for accountants, helping teams automate and modernize financial workflows with AI. (Lensa)
- We’re consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work and continue to scale rapidly with a strong product-market fit. (Lensa)
- Unwaveringly Authentic
- Ambitious with Integrity
- Empowered to Grow
- Committed to Collaboration
- Customer Obsessed in All Ways
- Shape the architecture of a fast-growing AI platform
- Work on problems with real enterprise scale
- Move fast with high ownership
- And build systems that matter…
Our values:
The opportunity
We’d love to talk.
About FloQast
First seen: April 2, 2026
Last updated: April 30, 2026