Software Engineer, Bill Pay & Procurement
Backend Engineer · Mid · Full Time
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Role
What you'll do.
Ramp is seeking a Backend Engineer to join their Procure-to-Pay team, building mission-critical financial systems that process billions in transactions. The role focuses on designing scalable P2P infrastructure, enabling AI-driven invoice automation, and ensuring precision in payment orchestration and reconciliation systems.
Responsibilities
- Core P2P System Development: Design and build procure-to-pay systems including invoice ingestion, approval workflows, payment orchestration, and reconciliation logic
- AI Integration: Enable AI agents to classify, validate, and process invoices automatically to reduce manual review and accelerate financial close
- Backend Service Ownership: Own and maintain backend services processing large volumes of financial events across Bill Pay, Procurement, and Treasury
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with Product, Finance, and Data teams to translate accounting and compliance policies into robust, testable code
- Financial Ledger Extension: Extend Ramp's financial ledger to handle new transaction types, international payments, and automated audit trails
- Technical Excellence: Drive reliability, observability, and data integrity in systems where correctness directly impacts financial reporting
- Developer Tooling: Continuously improve developer tooling and internal APIs making P2P data accessible across Ramp's product ecosystem
Qualifications
What we look for.
Technical
Backend Engineering
3+ years of backend engineering experience, preferably in fintech, payments, or transactional systems
Distributed Systems
Proven experience designing and maintaining data-intensive distributed systems with strong consistency and auditability
Python/SQL Proficiency
Deep knowledge of Python or comparable backend language and SQL for financial data operations
Event-driven Architecture
Comfort building event-driven systems and scaling high-volume, low-latency architectures
System Design
Strong system design and debugging skills with equal focus on correctness and performance
Experience
Stakeholder Collaboration
Ability to work with finance, risk, and product stakeholders translating business rules into software logic
Precision Engineering
Passion for building systems that are precise, reliable, and extensible for global scaling
Skills
Required
Python
Deep proficiency in Python for backend development and financial system architecture
SQL
Advanced SQL skills for complex financial data operations and reporting
Distributed Systems
Experience with data-intensive distributed systems requiring strong consistency
Event-driven Architecture
Building scalable, high-volume, low-latency financial processing systems
System Design
Strong architectural design skills for mission-critical financial infrastructure
Financial Systems
Understanding of fintech, payments, or transactional system requirements
Preferred
Accounts Payable
Nice to haveExperience with AP systems, payments, or reconciliation workflows
ERP Integration
Nice to haveFamiliarity with NetSuite, QuickBooks, Oracle, or other accounting system integrations
Compliance
Nice to haveBackground in compliance-heavy or regulated financial domains
AI/ML Integration
Nice to haveExposure to AI-driven automation or intelligent finance workflow development
Financial Accuracy
Nice to haveCommitment to data accuracy and auditability in fast-paced environments
Tech stack
Languages
Databases
Tools
Other
Compensation
Pay and benefits.
Base·USD 168,000 – 275,100
Equity·Stock options
Benefits
Health Insurance
100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for employees, partially covered for dependents
One Medical
Annual membership included for convenient healthcare access
401k Match
Employer matching on contributions made during employment
Flexible PTO
Unlimited paid time off policy for work-life balance
Fertility Support
Health Reimbursement Account up to $10,000 per year for fertility treatments
Parental Leave
Comprehensive parental leave policy for new parents
AI Token Usage
Unlimited access to AI tools and tokens for productivity enhancement
Pet Insurance
Coverage for pet healthcare expenses
Home Office Equipment
Centralized ordering system for all work-from-home equipment needs
Wellness Stipend
Health and wellness allowance for fitness and mental health
Office Perks
In-office lunch, snacks, drinks, and amenities
Travel Budget
Budget allocation for intra-office travel between locations
Relocation Support
Assistance with relocation to NYC or SF as needed
Process
Interview steps.
- 01
Application Review
Initial screening of technical background and experience with financial systems
- 02
Technical Phone Screen
45-minute technical discussion focusing on distributed systems and Python proficiency
- 03
System Design Interview
Design interview covering financial system architecture and payment processing scenarios
- 04
Coding Assessment
Live coding session emphasizing correctness, scalability, and financial data handling
- 05
Cross-functional Interview
Discussion with Product/Finance stakeholders about translating business requirements
- 06
Final Round
Team fit assessment and technical deep-dive with senior engineering leadership
Full posting
Original listing.
About Ramp
At Ramp, we’re rethinking how modern finance teams function in the age of AI. We believe AI isn’t just the next big wave. It’s the new foundation for how business gets done. We’re investing in that future — and in the people bold enough to build it.
Ramp is a financial operations platform designed to save companies time and money. Our all-in-one solution combines payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping with built-in intelligence to maximize the impact of every dollar and hour spent. More than 50,000 businesses, from family-owned farms to e-commerce giants to space startups, have saved $10B and 27.5M hours with Ramp. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment platform in America, and enables over $100 billion in purchases each year.
Ramp’s investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, Sands Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Redpoint, and ICONIQ, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companies—Stripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart.
Ramp has been named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn’s Top U.S. Startups for more than 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies.
About the Role
Over the past few years at Ramp, we've reimagined how businesses manage spend, and the backbone of that vision is Procure-to-Pay. The P2P team builds the systems that connect vendors, invoices, and payments into one seamless, automated flow. It's where billions of dollars move through our platform, and every line of code matters.
We're looking for a backend engineer who loves complex systems, obsesses over correctness, and wants to shape how money moves in modern finance software. You'll help design and scale the infrastructure that powers our payment rails, ensures auditability across products, and unlocks the next wave of AI-driven automation.
It's a chance to work on systems that actually move money, with a team that cares deeply about precision, reliability, and scale. The problems are tough, the stakes are high, and the impact is massive.
What You'll Do
Design and build core P2P systems, from invoice ingestion and approval workflows to payment orchestration and reconciliation logic.
Enable AI agents to classify, validate, and process invoices automatically, reducing manual review and accelerating financial close.
Own backend services that process large volumes of financial events across Bill Pay, Procurement, and Treasury.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Finance, and Data to translate accounting and compliance policies into robust, testable code.
Extend Ramp’s financial ledger to handle new transaction types, international payments, and automated audit trails.
Drive technical excellence around reliability, observability, and data integrity in systems where correctness directly impacts financial reporting.
Continuously improve developer tooling and internal APIs that make P2P data accessible across Ramp’s product ecosystem.
What You Need
3+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally in fintech, payments, or transactional systems.
Proven experience designing and maintaining data-intensive distributed systems with strong consistency and auditability requirements.
Deep knowledge of Python (or a comparable backend language) and SQL.
Comfort building event-driven systems and scaling high-volume, low-latency architectures.
Strong system design and debugging skills; you care about correctness as much as speed.
Ability to work closely with finance, risk, and product stakeholders to translate business rules into software logic.
Passion for building systems that are precise, reliable, and extensible as Ramp scales globally.
Nice to Have
Experience with accounts payable, payments, or reconciliation systems.
Familiarity with accounting or ERP integrations (e.g. NetSuite, QuickBooks, Oracle).
Background in compliance-heavy or regulated domains.
Exposure to AI-driven automation or interest in working with AI/ML teams to build intelligent finance workflows.
Desire to move quickly while maintaining an uncompromising standard for data accuracy and auditability.
Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)
100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
Partially covered for your dependents
One Medical annual membership
401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)
Flexible PTO
Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
Parental Leave
Unlimited AI token usage
Pet insurance
Centralized home-office equipment ordering for all employees
Health and Wellness stipend
In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
Budget for intra-office travel
Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)
Referral Instructions
If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.
Other notices
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