Senior Software Engineer, Platform
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Americas (USA or Canada)
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 7+ years of experience in backend and/or full-stack software engineering
- Strong backend engineering experience with Python and frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, Pyramid, or Django
- Experience with relational/NoSQL databases, including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling
- Experience with cloud-native technologies such as AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, observability, and operating services in production
- Comfort working full-stack when the problem calls for it (TypeScript/React experience a plus)
- Ability to break down complex technical problems and deliver pragmatic, maintainable solutions
- Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to drive projects independently while collaborating effectively across teams
- Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to engineering and cross-functional partners
- Hands-on experience with AI-native development tools (e.g., Cursor, Augment), and demonstrated AI Fluency: a deliberate point of view on when AI is (and isn't) the right tool, adapted code review prac
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
- Hands-on experience building or integrating AI/LLM-powered systems in production (e.g., RAG pipelines, agent frameworks, evaluation workflows, guardrails, prompt/tool orchestration, or model observabi
- Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-evolving technical territory where best practices and patterns are still being established
Nice to have
- Background in financial services or fintech
- Experience with API gateway/infrastructure, security & governance tooling, retrieval and data-access systems, or agent frameworks at production scale
Full description
About Juniper Square
Private markets are one of the largest, most complex, and most underserved corners of global finance. Our mission at Juniper Square is to unlock their full potential. We’re the Operations Partner trusted by 2,300+ GPs, unifying technology, data, and fund administration services into a single platform that helps GPs move faster, make better decisions, and scale with precision. With $300B+ under administration and 700,000+ LPs on platform, we’ve built the scale to match our ambition. And with JunieAI, our purpose-built AI platform, we’re reimagining how private markets operate, embedding intelligence across every workflow. Founder-led since 2014, backed by $350M+ in funding, and now 1,000+ employees strong, we’re building a company designed to shape the future of private markets for decades to come.
Our culture is built for people who want to do ambitious, meaningful work alongside exceptionally talented teammates. We think like owners, move with urgency, and take pride in solving hard problems that truly matter to our customers and the future of private markets. We believe the best ideas come from open debate, deep collaboration, and diverse perspectives, which is why we believe transparency is the default and feedback makes us stronger. If you’re energized by high standards, rapid growth, and the opportunity to help define a category at a pivotal moment, come join us!
Juniper Square offers employees a variety of ways to work, ranging from a fully remote experience to working full-time in one of our physical offices. We invest heavily in digital-first operations, allowing our teams to collaborate effectively across 27 U.S. states, 2 Canadian Provinces, India, Luxembourg, and England. We also have physical offices in San Francisco, New York City, Mumbai and Bangalore for employees who prefer to work in an office some or all of the time.
About your role
As a Senior Software Engineer at Juniper Square, you're a hands-on individual contributor who designs, builds, and operates production systems powering core workflows for institutional financial clients. You bring deep technical expertise to your team, drive complex projects independently, and collaborate closely with Staff engineers, product, design, and QA to ship reliable, well-designed systems.
You'll join the Platform team, building the foundational infrastructure layer that powers all AI work at Juniper Square, both customer-facing (GPX) and internal automation. Every AI initiative at JSQ runs on top of this platform, spanning AI Gateway & Infrastructure, Governance & Security, Retrieval & Data Access, and Agent Framework.
What you'll doBuild & Operate Production Systems
- Design, build, and ship production-quality systems, APIs, and services - from foundational platform capabilities to customer-facing product experiences