Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books.
The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving.
We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome.
The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same.
If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it.
About the RoleRamp is redesigning how businesses manage spend - and the backbone of that vision is clean, auditable, real-time accounting infrastructure. The Accounting Engineering team is building the systems that ensure every transaction and automation maps back to accurate financial statements.
We’re looking for a mid-to-senior level backend engineer who thrives in complex systems, cares deeply about data integrity, and wants to shape how finance teams interact with modern software. You’ll help us save customers time and money and support Ramp’s transformation into the AI-powered finance platform of the future.
What You'll DoOwn backend services that power Ramp’s accounting platform, syncs, and rules engine.
Build scalable systems that process millions of transactions across card, bill pay, reimbursements, treasury, and more
Lay the technical foundation for AI agents to suggest and enforce accounting categorizations
Improve internal developer tooling and interfaces to accelerate our team
Uphold the highest standards around correctness, observability, and auditability
3+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally in fintech, accounting tech, or transactional systems
Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems with high data integrity requirements
Strong understanding of system design, reliability engineering, and service observability
Fluent in Python or a comparable modern backend language
Comfort working closely with accounting teams and product stakeholders to translate business needs into clean code
Passion for building infrastructure that balances precision, performance, and extensibility
Background in compliance-heavy systems or regulated domains
Familiarity with financial integrations (e.g. NetSuite, QuickBooks, Oracle)
Interest in working with AI/ML teams on intelligent accounting features
A desire to move fast but hold the line on accuracy, especially when real dollars are involved
• Flexible PTO
• Unlimited AI token usage
• Centralized home-office equipment ordering
• Health and wellness stipend
• Budget for intra-office travel
• Weekly coffee stipend
United States• 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
• One Medical annual membership
• 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp
• Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
• Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
• Pet insurance
• In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
• Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)
Canada• Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life
• Life, AD&D, and disability coverage
• Fertility drug coverage (up to $4,000 lifetime)
• Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)
• Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay
• Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health
United Kingdom• Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite
• Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi
• Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option
• Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay with additional time available at reduced pay
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of backend engineering experience
- Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems
- Strong understanding of system design and reliability engineering
- Fluent in Python or comparable modern backend language
Ramp Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ramp and has not been reviewed or approved by Ramp.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Fair & Transparent Compensation: Pay is positioned as competitive or top-of-market in core technical roles, with strong base pay and total compensation ranges cited for engineers and product roles. Compensation is also framed as including meaningful equity alongside salary, making offers feel compelling versus many startup benchmarks.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare Strength: Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, often including medical, dental, and vision, with additional primary-care access via a One Medical membership. The package is portrayed as above-average on employer coverage for employees, increasing perceived value of the benefits bundle.
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Retirement Support — Retirement Support: A 401(k) with an employer match is consistently included as a core benefit. Immediate or meaningful matching is presented as a concrete financial benefit that goes beyond a basic plan offering.
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What We Do
Ramp is building the next generation of finance tools—from corporate cards and expense management, to bill payments and accounting integrations—designed to save businesses time and money with every click. More than 10,000 customers cut their expenses by 3.5% per year and closing their books 8x faster by switching to the Ramp platform. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment software in America and enables billions of dollars of purchases each year. Ramp continues to grow at an increasingly large scale, more than doubling its revenue run rate in the first half of 2022. Valued at $8.1 billion, Ramp's investors include Founders Fund, Stripe, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Coatue Management, D1 Capital Partners, Redpoint Ventures, General Catalyst, and Thrive Capital, 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 was named Fast Company’s most innovative finance company in 2022.
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