Senior Software Engineer, Nova Product
AI summary of the role
Senior Software Engineer on the Nova product team at AngelList, building the banking and payments network for private markets.
What you’ll do
- Design, build, and ship complex workflows for distributions, capital calls, subscriptions, data rooms, and LP wallet/portal.
- Own features end-to-end from ambiguous problem through launch and operation, handling edge cases and the long tail.
- Build for correctness, resilience, and strong UX where real money and investor trust are at stake.
- Model complex business domains and build maintainable systems and abstractions.
What you’ll bring
- 3+ years building backend or full-stack web applications with complex, quality-critical products.
- Senior-level impact: owned significant features/systems from ambiguity through launch and operation.
- Strong architecture and data-modeling skills for complex, evolving business domains.
- Fluency in modern TypeScript stack, GraphQL API, PostgreSQL, and workflow orchestration with Temporal.
Technologies
TypeScript · GraphQL · PostgreSQL · Temporal · event-driven architectures · workflow orchestration
About Angel List
Infrastructure platform that lets investors and fund managers launch and run SPVs, syndicates, rolling funds and venture funds, and helps founders manage equity.
Private Late · 100–200 people
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
Nova is building the banking and payments network for private markets. Fund managers, fund administrators, and investors use our software to manage subscriptions, capital calls, and distributions. Nova currently supports $1.2B+ in deposits, $100M+ in weekly transfers across six bank integrations, and ~150k verified investors. These transactions are among the highest-stakes moments in private markets. Customers move real money and expect every detail to be correct. Consistent accuracy is how Nova earns and keeps the trust of GPs and LPs. If you're a Senior Software Engineer who wants direct product impact, Nova Product gives you the opportunity to own high-stakes customer workflows end to end. The team builds domain-specific workflows on top of our money-movement and identity systems, including distributions, capital calls, digital subscriptions, data rooms, and the emerging LP wallet
More from the job description
Why Join AngelList We’re solving some of the hardest problems in venture capital and private markets. You’ll work with a team that values precision, urgency, and long-term thinking. If you want to shape how startups are funded and built, this is the place. About AngelList We exist to accelerate innovation by increasing the number of successful startups in the world. We do this by building the financial infrastructure that makes it easier for more people to invest in world-changing companies. AngelList is the nexus of venture capital and the startup community. We support $171B+ in assets and have powered investments into over 13,000 startups—over 300 of which are unicorns. Today, 57% of top-tier U.S. VC deals involve investors on AngelList. While our scale is large, our ambition is larger. If you're excited to build the future of private markets, come build with us. About the Role: Nova is building the banking and payments network for private markets. Fund managers, fund administrators, and investors use our software to manage subscriptions, capital calls, and distributions. Nova currently supports $1.2B+ in deposits, $100M+ in weekly transfers across six bank integrations, and ~150k verified investors. These transactions are among the highest-stakes moments in private markets. Customers move real money and expect every detail to be correct. Consistent accuracy is how Nov [... source excerpt omitted ...] flows on top of our money-movement and identity systems, including distributions, capital calls, digital subscriptions, data rooms, and the emerging LP wallet and investor portal. You'll take difficult workflows from an ambiguous problem through launch and operation. The team will rely on you to get the details right because one incorrect number or failed payment can erode customer trust. What You'll Do Design, build, and ship complex workflows for distributions and capital calls, subscriptions, data rooms, and the LP wallet and portal. You'll own meaningful parts of this work end to end. Take difficult problems from design through release and operation. You'll handle the ed [... source excerpt omitted ...] not just the initial launch. Build for correctness, resilience, and strong UX where real money and investor trust are at stake. Help catch predictable failures before they reach customers. Model complex business domains and build maintainable systems and abstractions that your teammates can extend. Improve the team's work through thoughtful code reviews and design feedback, and mentor other engineers. Work with Product/Design and the Foundations teams to integrate product features cleanly with their money-movement and identity systems. What We're Looking For 3+ years building backend or full-stack web applications, including meaningful experience with complex, quality-crit
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