Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $100B in annualized spend flows in and out of 50,000+ 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 RoleThe team owns the core experience that helps finance teams control, automate, and optimize company spend.
We build the engine that powers Ramp’s card and expense workflows—from card issuance and spend limits to approvals, policy enforcement, and real-time insights.
Our systems handle billions of dollars in transactions and integrate deeply with Ramp’s AI platform, financial infrastructure, and partner ecosystems (banks, ERPs, HRIS).
As a backend engineer on this team, you’ll work across product surfaces that are central to Ramp’s success: cards, approvals, spend controls, and automation intelligence.
Design, build, and scale backend systems that power spend controls, approval workflows, and card transactions at massive scale
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and data to deliver intelligent, user-first experiences for finance teams
Integrate with Ramp’s internal AI platform to automate spend policy enforcement and anomaly detection
Own complex projects end-to-end — from architecture to deployment and observability
Partner with the Product Platform and Integrations teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and data consistency across financial systems
Continuously improve Ramp’s transaction and policy infrastructure for performance, accuracy, and resilience
2+ years of software engineering experience (backend or fullstack with a backend focus)
Strong fundamentals in backend systems and API design — experience with Python, Go, or TypeScript is ideal
Familiarity with PostgreSQL, AWS, and modern observability tooling
Product sense: ability to balance technical quality with speed and user value
Collaborative, thoughtful communicator who thrives in high-ownership environments
Fintech or payments experience (cards, reconciliation, transaction processing)
Exposure to AI- or rule-based automation systems
Experience integrating with ERP or accounting systems
Familiarity with security, risk, or compliance-driven domains
Experience building reliable distributed systems that process large volumes of financial or transactional data
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)
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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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