Senior Software Engineer, Finance Technology (Forward Deployed)
Vista Equity Partners · Austin, TX, US
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## Position Summary Vista Equity Partners is seeking a **Senior Software Engineer** to serve as the **forward deployed engineer** for the firm’s **Finance organization**. This is an **individual contributor** role at the **Associate level**, embedded with Finance while reporting to the **Director, AI Solutions Engineering**. You’ll learn how Finance works, identify high-impact problems, and ship **production software** on Vista’s **AI platform**—from treasury and close tooling to AI experiences over curated finance data. You’ll also partner with technologists already building inside Finance to ensure what the department builds meets **platform standards** and can run in **production**. **Tech stack (primarily):** TypeScript, Node.js, React, Azure, and modern AI tooling. **Location:** Fully remote within the US, or based in **Austin, TX**. --- ## Responsibilities - **Embed with Finance** as its dedicated engineer: join team rhythms, learn workflows across **fund accounting, treasury, tax, and the financial close**, and build trust with stakeholders. - Turn loosely defined finance needs into **product requirements** and **design documents**, breaking work into deliverable pieces. - **Design, build, and operate** finance applications, automations, and AI experiences end-to-end on Vista’s platform, integrating systems such as **Snowflake, SharePoint, and Smartsheet**. - Partner with Finance Technology technologists: share platform capabilities, **review code/designs**, pair on harder problems, and help their work align with **platform standards**. - Bring the most useful finance apps built by business users (e.g., in **Replit**) onto Vista’s enterprise platform, meeting **security, SDLC, and operational** standards. - Lead **user testing, rollouts, and go-lives** with finance owners—managing scope, tradeoffs, status, and adoption. - **Own shipped software** end-to-end: releases, defects, and ongoing iteration with the accuracy, auditability, and data security required for financial workflows. - Feed Finance needs back into **Enterprise AI & Automation** by flagging platform gaps and reusable patterns. - Use modern AI tooling throughout delivery while maintaining a high bar for **code review and quality**. - Participate in an **on-call rotation** for production applications and platform services. --- ## Qualifications ### Technical Skills - **6+ years** of software engineering experience (or equivalent demonstrated scope). - Production experience with **TypeScript** and **Node.js**, including designing and operating APIs. - Track record of owning software in production after launch (support, defects, iteration). - Strong **SQL** and experience building on a cloud data warehouse (**Snowflake preferred**), including access controls and data quality checks. - Cloud-native delivery on a major cloud platform (**Azure preferred**), including infrastructure as code, CI/CD, identity, and observability. - Established **AI-native engineering** practice; comfortable using AI coding tools beyond autocomplete to ship production software. - Degree in Computer Science (or related) or equivalent experience. ### Domain Knowledge - Working familiarity with **private equity finance**, including fund structures, capital calls/distributions, management fees and carried interest, fund accounting, and investor reporting. - Ability to learn finance workflows quickly and communicate effectively with accountants, controllers, and treasury teams. ### Soft Ski
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