Software Engineer - Data Platform

About Basic Capital

Basic Capital is a fintech company disrupting America’s $1T retirement industry by building the mortgage for retirement, unlocking market ownership, and making wealth accessible to every American. Our mission is to create products, platforms, and a credit marketplace that power a fundamentally new retirement system.

Our founding team includes leaders from Goldman Sachs, Uber, Block, Stripe, and Robinhood. We’re backed by top investors such as Lux Capital, Forerunner Ventures, BoxGroup, SVAngel, Inspired Capital, and Henry Kravis. Based in SoHo, NYC, we’re assembling a lean, high-performance team committed to reducing wealth inequality.

For more information, visit Basic Capital’s website.

You will

• Be the founding member of the Data & Reporting team, building the data infrastructure and analytics capabilities that power Basic Capital's business intelligence, compliance, and customer communications

• Design and build data pipelines that transform raw operational data into actionable insights for business stakeholders

• Own the automation of critical compliance reporting, notices, and regulatory submissions

• Develop and maintain customer-facing reporting systems including monthly account statements, performance analytics, and portfolio insights

• Build and maintain our data warehouse infrastructure, ensuring data quality, consistency, and accessibility across the organization

• Participate in architecture discussions, planning, and code reviews across the stack

Required Competencies

• Strong experience with data pipeline development and ETL/ELT workflows

• Proficiency with SQL and experience designing data models for analytics and reporting

• Experience with modern data warehouse platforms (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift) and data transformation tools (e.g., dbt)

• Experience with data visualization tools and building dashboards (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Hex, Metabase)

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy, especially for compliance-critical use cases

• Proficiency in any of the following: Kotlin, Rust, Java, Go, C/C++, Python, Ruby, or TypeScript

• Experience with modern build systems and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Preferred Competencies

• Experience in fintech or early-stage technology companies

• Understanding of financial data, ledgers, and accounting principles

• Experience working in Kotlin backends

• Experience with Temporal for asynchronous workflow orchestration