Senior Software Engineer - App Infra

Come build at the intersection of AI and fintech. At Ocrolus, we’re on a mission to help lenders automate workflows with confidence—streamlining how financial institutions evaluate borrowers and enabling faster, more accurate lending decisions.

Our AI workflow and analytics platform for lenders is trusted at scale, processing nearly one million credit applications every month across small business, mortgage, and consumer lending. By integrating state-of-the-art open- and closed-source AI models with our human-in-the-loop verification engine, Ocrolus captures data from financial documents with over 99% accuracy. Thanks to our advanced fraud detection and comprehensive cash flow and income analytics, our customers achieve greater efficiency in risk management, and provide expanded access to credit—ultimately creating a more inclusive financial system.

Trusted by more than 400 customers—including industry leaders like Better Mortgage, Brex, Enova, Nova Credit, PayPal, Plaid, SoFi, and Square—Ocrolus stands at the forefront of AI innovation in fintech. Join us, and help redefine how the world’s most innovative lenders do business.

We are looking for an exceptionally skilled Senior Software Engineer - Backend with a solid technical background and leadership skills, able to work in a fast-paced environment, and help architect and build the next generation of our backend applications.

What you'll do

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining Microservices using Python.
• Designing and developing cloud based software products conforming to industry best practices.
• Build systems, services, and tools to handle new Ocrolus products and business requirements that securely scale over millions of transactions.
• Build and scale our fast-growing online services and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with other teams on security, reliability, and automation.
• Supporting the testing process, troubleshooting issues and resolving them.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years engineering experience.
• Expert in Python and experience in building complex systems and applications.
• Solid database skills (Postgres, MySQL etc) and data modeling experience.
• Experience with Web Frameworks like Spring, Flask, and related ecosystems
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Can contribute best-practices and architectural leadership to our backend applications and help pick the architecture, frameworks and tooling for our next generation platform.
• Experience leading and owning projects from beginning to end.
• Experience with agile methodologies and automated testing.
• Familiarity with containerization, microservices architecture, continuous integration, Amazon Web Services, and deployment.

Life at Ocrolus

We’re a team of builders, thinkers, and problem solvers who care deeply about our mission — and each other. As a fast-growing, remote-first company, we offer an environment where you can grow your skills, take ownership of your work, and make a meaningful impact.

Our culture is grounded in four core values: Empathy – Understand and serve with compassion Curiosity – Explore new ideas and question the status quo Humility – Listen, be grounded, and remain open-minded Ownership – Love what you do, work hard, and deliver excellence

We believe diverse perspectives drive better outcomes. That’s why we’re committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone has a seat at the table, regardless of race, gender, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, or any other protected characteristic.

We look forward to building the future of lending together.