Staff Full Stack Engineer - New York (US)

Company Mission Aktos is an AI-driven Vertical Software startup looking for a Staff Full Stack Engineer (70/30 Backend leaning) who will play a key role in building the core Operating System that powers the $20B Debt Collection industry. Debt Collectors play an overlooked yet integral part of our financial ecosystem. They help Consumers settle their debts and improve their credit scores— granting them clean states to start over. Collectors help critical businesses like doctor's offices and local governments, who deal with high payment default risk, secure their revenue streams and ensure their continued survival. In truth, Collectors have incredibly interesting, multi-faceted jobs. They are often one part sales person, one part therapist, and one part detective in their mission to recover funds. At Aktos, we are building a modern, AI-powered software platform that caters to Collectors' unique workflows , and make the credit recovery process a more positive experience for all parties. Our Team Aktos was founded by seasoned Product and Engineering leaders who have worked at companies such as Zenefits, TikTok, Meta, LinkedIn, Google, Apple, Amazon, WeWork, etc. We are experts at building, launching, and scaling word-class software platforms. Our Stack: Frontend - ReactJS, Redux, RTK Query Backend - Django, DRF, Postgres DevOps - Kubernetes, Celery, Github Actions, Terraform, AWS Responsibilities Work directly with our Head of Engineering, CEO, and other engineers to build full stack features and improvements to the product Help lead the technical team by working across the entire stack using cutting edge frameworks, tools, and own execution Take true end-to-end ownership of your work and lead key components of our product roadmap Refine the SDLC & CI/CD pipelines Maintaining our AWS infrastructure Who You Are Comfortable with autonomy, ownership and responsibility You care more about getting it right, than being right. Love learning, asking questions and are comfortable asking for help when you get stuck Jack-of-all trades; Expert in one - You can do anything from optimizing SQL query to writing maintainable CSS and everything in between, but you still have a preferred part of the stack Requirements 8+ Years of Software Development Experience Professional experience with Python (5+ years required) Professional experience with Django (5+ years required) Professional experience with JavaScript [React/Redux experience preferred] Strong fundamental understanding and usage of a RDBMS [Postgres preferred] In-depth knowledge and hands on experience with AWS [Terraform experience preferred] Comfortable working full-stack Solid engineering fundamentals and passion for high quality code Product intuition, user empathy, ability to make sound UX decisions Strong work ethic, end-to-end ownership mentality Perks and Benefits: Competitive salary with employee stock options Medical, dental and vision coverage Hybrid with office in New York City Salary Range: $180K-$220K