Senior Backend Engineer, Cube
+ Stock options
Spreadsheet-native FP&A
Be an early applicant
Spreadsheet-native FP&A
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Stock options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help every finance team move from reactive to strategic so every company can hit their numbers.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of professional backend engineering experience, with significant time spent in Python and Django
- Expert-level knowledge of Django Core and Django REST Framework, including a deep understanding of the request/response lifecycle—and the judgment to know when to use (and remove) tools like signals
- Deep experience with relational databases at scale (PostgreSQL and/or MySQL), including indexing strategies, locking behavior, and transactional integrity in distributed systems
- Strong comfort operating in AWS, including practical experience with services like RDS, SQS (visibility timeouts), S3 lifecycle policies, and debugging IAM/VPC networking issues
- Experience working in large, existing codebases, not just greenfield development
- A proven track record of delivering well-designed, well-tested, performant systems in an agile, remote-first environment
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong fundamentals in algorithms and data structures, and how they behave at scale in real systems
- The expectations above are meant to represent the ideal candidate, but if you don’t meet all of them and think you’d be a great fit for this role, please apply. This position is open to candidates who are authorized to work in the posted location. Immigration sponsorship is not available at this time
What the job involves
- Cube is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Engineering team. At Cube, we’re motivated by supporting people in typically unsung roles like Finance
- Our mission is to create an extremely simple and intuitive product in an industry—Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)—that is inherently complex. Simply stated: we’re on a mission to help every company hit their numbers
- We’re looking for a senior engineer who thrives in the middle of complex systems—not just greenfield projects—and who takes pride in evolving large, long-lived codebases under real business constraints. This role carries meaningful ownership and influence across the team and the product
- You’ll partner closely with Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Customer Success, and you’ll report to one of our Engineering Managers. This is a great opportunity to help shape not just systems, but how we work as an engineering organization
Our take
The uncertainty, shocks, and changes faced by organizations across the board over recent years has shone a spotlight on the importance of detailed financial planning and analysis (FP&A). It’s precipitated a change in what tools companies use, too - traditional use of excel spreadsheets doesn’t always cut it in terms of efficiency and ease-of use. FP&A startup Cube is hoping to offer a solution.
Instead of looking to replace the spreadsheet with specialist software, like startups Centage and Limelight are shooting for, Cube’s approach is different. The company is banking on customers looking for a faster, more powerful solution, but one that nevertheless retains the familiarity of excel - and its easy-integration with other areas of business operations. The result is a excel-compatible, spreadsheet bi-directional product with enhanced planning features like automated data consolidation, multi-scenario analysis, and drilldown audit trail capabilities.
Investors are betting on Cube’s approach proving popular. Cube has attracted some impressive funding, and the addressable market is potentially huge; for a relatively young startup, Cube has seen good growth with a unique product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2024
$20m
LATE VC
Jun 2022
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $65.1m
Company benefits
- HQ'd in NYC
- Flexible PTO
- Flex Days
- Early-stage equity
- Health, dental, and vision for you and your dependents 🇺🇸
- 401k with one of the top firms for companies our size 🇺🇸
- Supplemental medical, basic dental, life, and disability insura 🇨🇦
Company HQ
SoHo, New York, NY
Leadership
Christina Ross
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked on the Financial Management Program and Corporate Audit Staff at GE, before moving into Finance Transformation Management Consulting with Deloitte. Subsequently worked as Head of Finance at Rent the Runway, then Criteo, then moved into a CFO role at Eyeview.
Josh Holat
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously the Lead Developer at Mirrorgram, before moving on to co-found and serve as CTO at StageBloc. Subsequently served as Senior Director at Fullscreen Media.
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