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Software Engineer (Backend)

Kobalt Labs· Engineering
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New York City$250kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Backend software engineer role at Kobalt Labs, an AI-native compliance operating system for financial institutions. Build and operate backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, and AI-powered features end-to-end with a focus on reliability, performance, and scalability.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate backend systems that power Kobalt's core products and workflows.
  • Build AI-powered features that automate complex, historically manual risk and compliance work.
  • Own technical projects end-to-end, from architecture and data modeling through implementation, deployment, and iteration.
  • Build reliable APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure that support increasingly complex customer workflows.
  • Improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of our systems as Kobalt grows.
  • Work closely with other engineers and Customer Success to understand customer needs and turn them into technical solutions.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building backend applications and APIs.
  • Strong understanding of databases, data modeling, distributed systems, and production infrastructure.
  • Experience designing and owning substantial backend systems from initial architecture through production.
  • Ability to reason through complex technical problems and make thoughtful architectural tradeoffs.
  • Strong attention to reliability, performance, and maintainability.

Skills

Required:Backend developmentDatabases and data modelingDistributed systemsArchitecture & tradeoffs

Benefits

  • Lunch provided in-office
  • 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents
  • Paid time off and paid company holidays
  • Equity in addition to base salary based on experience and scope
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Kobalt Labs

AI copilot to automate risk ops for fintechs and banks

Kobalt has built an AI copilot to automate manual risk and compliance operations for fintechs and banks. Given a third party contracts and documentation, Kobalt’s reasoning engine ingests internal policies and procedures, legal commitments, past privacy and compliance assessments, and syncs with external legislation to instantly auto-surface and track risks. We're helping community/regional/sponsor banks increase revenue and scale their partnership and vendor volume, and we're helping fintechs conduct their partner diligence in 1/10 the time, all without needing to increase headcount.

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