Senior Software Engineer

We’re hiring a Senior-Level Software Engineers to help build a brand-new product that will transform how finance teams operate. This isn’t incremental feature work, you’ll be helping to remove deeply manual processes and replace them with intuitive, scalable solutions used by 7,000+ businesses worldwide.

If you’re motivated by ownership, real customer impact, and the chance to shape something early, this is the role for you.

Why Join Tipalti Engineering?

Tipalti is a global fintech leader powering modern finance operations — but our engineering culture feels closer to a high-ownership startup than a corporate giant.

• Real Ownership – Engineers shape product decisions, not just tickets.
• Meaningful Scale – Your code impacts thousands of global businesses.
• Engineering-First Culture – We value thoughtful design, clean architecture, and pragmatic solutions.
• Collaborative Teams – Work closely with Product and Design in empowered squads.
• Room to Grow – Expand your scope, influence architecture, and mentor others.

Our tech ecosystem is rich, complex, and constantly evolving as we expand globally and ship new features. You’ll be part of a team that values curiosity, healthy debate, and continuous improvement — always with the customer at the centre of what we build.

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a key role in launching and scaling a new product area. You’ll work in a cross-functional squad to:

• Turn ideas into well-designed, scalable systems
• Build high-quality features end-to-end
• Deliver solutions that make a measurable difference for customers

You’ll contribute across the stack, with a strong focus on backend APIs and services that power new and existing functionality in expenses and procurement.

Our Current Stack

• React
• Node.js
• JavaScript & TypeScript

That said, our interview process is technology-agnostic. We care more about strong engineering fundamentals, problem-solving ability, and learning mindset than specific framework experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, build, and ship end-to-end features for a new product
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to shape technical direction
• Develop and evolve scalable backend APIs and microservices
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and pair programming
• Mentor junior engineers and help raise engineering standards
• Contribute to a team culture of continuous learning and shared success

About You

You might be a great fit if:

• You take pride in building reliable, high-quality software
• You think in systems and care about long-term maintainability
• You enjoy collaborating and shaping ideas early
• You’re comfortable mentoring others and sharing knowledge
• You thrive in environments where you have ownership and influence
• You’re adaptable and excited to learn new technologies or domains

Why Join Tipalti?

Open, inclusive, and supportive engineering culture

‍ Build products used by some of the world’s fastest-growing companies

Equity options in a late stage scale up

Breakfast and lunch provided three days a week in the office (Mon, Tue, Thu)

Private Medical and Dental cover

£100/month mobile allowance and £26/month internet allowance

Free breakfast and snacks in the office

✈️ 25 days of paid time off, plus bank holidays

Our Mission

Our mission is to elevate how finance teams operate in the global economy. We empower our customers to scale faster and smarter by removing the complexities of doing global business and accelerating their finance operations efficiency. We are the AI-powered platform that automates finance.

Tipalti is fueled by a commitment to our customers and a desire to build lasting connections. Our client portfolio includes high-velocity businesses such as Amazon Twitch, GoDaddy, Roku, WordPress.com, and ZipRecruiter. We work hard for our 99% customer retention rate which is built on trust, reliability and innovation. Tipalti means we handled it" - a mission to which we are constantly committed.

Accommodations
Tipalti champions inclusive teams, in which every voice counts. We are committed to recruiting diverse candidates with varied personal experiences and abilities. We welcome applications from candidates belonging to historically underrepresented or disadvantaged groups, and maintain an equitable Talent Acquisition process that is free from discrimination.

As an equal opportunities employer, Tipalti complies with employment and human rights laws across the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Should you require reasonable adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process, including access to alternate formats of materials, meeting spaces, or other accommodations that could better enable your full participation, please reach out to [email protected] for assistance.

AI Use
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