Senior Software Engineer - Business Systems
Self Financial · Austin, TX
Posted about 2 months ago · $140,000-170,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 74 days Self Financial's roles stay open a median of 52 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 100% of Self Financial's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Self Financial
- high 7 stale, 0 reposted of 9 open
- Hiring momentum
- 11 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Self Financial's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Self Financial.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Business Systems team at Self Financial, you will design, build, and maintain Python services that integrate core platforms with customer-facing tools. Your role will involve diagnosing performance issues, implementing caching strategies, and deploying services in a cloud environment. You will collaborate with other engineering teams and participate in on-call support to ensure system reliability and performance.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Self Financial as an employer.
What you need
- Strong professional experience with Python, including async programming and building/maintaining REST APIs
- Solid understanding of data integration between services
- Solid understanding of HTTP and API design
- Experience with a key-value or caching data store
- Experience with at least one major cloud provider
- Comfort reading logs and distributed traces to debug systems issues
Nice to have
- Experience with Twilio
- Experience integrating with Salesforce
- Familiarity with an APM/observability platform
- Comfort writing SQL for debugging and data validation
- Familiarity with API documentation tooling
What you get
- Generous health, dental, and vision insurance coverage
- Employer-paid benefits including life, disability, and cost-containment resources
- Gym membership options through ClassPass or monthly reimbursement
- Education reimbursement program
- Paid parental leave
- Relocation bonus to move to Austin
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Python and REST APIs
- The role involves on-call support which may require after-hours work
- The company requires background checks for all employees
- Only U.S. Citizens or Green Card Holders are eligible for employment
Summarised from Self Financial's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Self Financial on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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