At Synthetic we are synthetically recreating the professional service of bookkeeping using AI. Our product processes financial data, manages bookkeeping workflows, and communicates with customers autonomously. Read more about us in Betakit and Axios.
We are the founding team that previously built Bench Accounting from an idea to a successful business with >$100M raised and >600 employees, and Teal (acquired by Mercury). We're back in the SMB accounting space, this time working on a bigger idea with even greater potential.
Synthetic was founded in November 2025. We're a five person team so far. We have early test customers and a working prototype of our product that's advancing daily. We're seeking someone smart and hungry to join up and help build the next iterations of the product. We are building in San Francisco. We work 6 days a week in person to make our product a reality.
We're looking for people of exceptional competence to join our team. If this is you, and you want to work on the future of autonomous professional services, apply.
What you'll do hereBuild agents that interact with customers and do accounting autonomously.
Build an accounting ledger from the ground up.
Integrate with financial data providers.
Ship new features daily in Typescript/NextJS.
Make lots of decisions quickly.
Take risks.
5+ years software engineering experience.
A pragmatic approach to building fast at the early stages of a company.
Familiarity and deep interest in the rapidly changing capabilities of LLMs.
Interest in discovering what problems our customers face and how we can solve them.
A sense of agency and urgency.
A severe bullshit allergy.
$250-350k USD salary
1% - 2% FD equity
Health benefits
We sponsor visas for exceptional candidates worldwide
We're a team of startup veterans focused on building a successful company quickly. Synthetic could be a fit for you if you're looking to join highly competent teammates that focus on winning pragmatically.
Synthetic has a simple, no-frills culture. We work 6 days a week. We hire only S-tier competence.
Synthetic was founded in November 2025 by Ian Crosby. Synthetic is backed by Khosla Ventures.
Skills Required
- 5+ years software engineering experience
- Experience shipping features in TypeScript and Next.js
- Familiarity with and deep interest in LLMs and agent design
- Experience integrating with financial data providers
- Pragmatic approach to building fast at early-stage startups
- Interest in discovering customer problems and solving them
- Sense of agency and urgency
- Willingness to work in-person six days a week in San Francisco
- Cultural fit: severe 'bullshit allergy'
What We Do
Synthetic is a software company specializing in the development of an autonomous, AI-powered bookkeeping service tailored specifically for software startups. The company aims to synthetically recreate the professional service of bookkeeping using artificial intelligence to entirely replace traditional small business bookkeepers, providing a streamlined, automated approach to financial data integration and accounting for early-stage companies.
