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Backend Developer

HeronAI

HeronAI

Software Engineering
Buffalo, NY, USA
Posted on Jun 12, 2025

What You’ll Do

  • Build and maintain backend systems for our ETL processes, enabling seamless data integration from tools like Excel and QuickBooks.
  • Enhance the scalability, security, and reliability of our Python Flask backend, with plans to upgrade to Django.
  • Optimize APIs and database queries to deliver near-instant performance, even with large data volumes.
  • Collaborate with the frontend and DevOps teams to deliver features that support our customer-first methodology.
  • Address codebase choke points to shorten sales cycles and improve system performance.
  • Contribute to SOC 2 compliance efforts by ensuring the backend adheres to security best practices.
  • Build, optimize, and maintain APIs and backend systems to ensure scalability and reliability.
  • Implement secure data handling practices to align with SOC 2 compliance requirements.
  • Collaborate with frontend and DevOps teams to ensure seamless data flow and performance.
  • Continuously improve database performance (e.g., Postgres), ensuring efficient handling of large datasets.
  • Develop robust backend testing strategies to maintain platform stability during rapid scaling.

What Makes This Role Exciting

  • As one of our first hires, you’ll have the freedom to define how we build solutions.
  • Choose the methodologies and tools that best meet our customers’ needs.
  • Work on a high-growth platform backed by MIT, Harvard, Techstars, and Forbes-recognized innovation.
  • Join us at an exciting time—we’ve grown our waitlist from 250 to 1,700 users in 10 months and recently secured $1.5M in seed funding.
  • Solve critical gaps in the data analytics market and automate workflows for industries facing major workforce transformations.

Who You Are

  • A professional with 5+ years of experience in backend development, specializing in Python Flask, Django, or similar frameworks.
  • Experienced in building scalable and reliable systems for financial applications, ETL processes, or data analytics platforms.
  • Skilled in database optimization for platforms like Postgres and managing complex queries with performance in mind.
  • Comfortable working with cloud platforms like AWS, including tools like IAM, ECR, and RDS.
  • Passionate about simplifying complex systems to deliver immediate value to users.
  • A team player who thrives in fast-paced startup environments and is excited by the challenge of scaling a product from MVP to industry leader.

Exceptional Candidates Will Bring

  • Experience working on financial data platforms, particularly those integrating Excel or QuickBooks APIs.
  • A track record of improving backend stability and scalability for high-growth applications.
  • Familiarity with SOC 2 compliance and ensuring system security and reliability.
  • A deep understanding of the data analytics market, its challenges, and opportunities for innovation.
  • A history of contributing to startup success—ideally, having been part of a scale-up or IPO journey.
  • Expertise in optimizing SQL queries and managing large-scale databases like Postgres.
  • Familiarity with SOC 2 compliance and secure backend development practices.

What Good Looks Like

Q1 Targets:

  • Build and optimize APIs for QuickBooks and Excel, ensuring data retrieval in under 2 seconds.
  • Deliver 5 pre-designed dashboard templates (e.g., AR Aging, Budget-to-Actual).
  • Complete backend support for SOC 2 compliance, including secure data handling and encryption.

Q2 Targets:

  • Support Xero and HubSpot integrations with at least 5 functional templates.
  • Enhance database query performance for dashboards to load in under 1 second.
  • Add automated data validation and cleaning processes to reduce user error rates by 30%.

Q3 Targets:

  • Develop backend features to support "Ask Jules" for multi-dataset queries.
  • Ensure backend APIs can handle 3,000 concurrent requests without performance degradation.
  • Enable action-item generation for all dashboard gap analyses.

Q4 Targets:

  • Add backend support for enterprise integrations, including SAP and Salesforce.
  • Implement predictive analytics APIs for proprietary metrics like Product Market Fit and Predictive Churn.
  • Achieve a system capable of supporting 5,000 users with robust performance monitoring.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

  • Be part of a company that’s saving businesses hours every week and driving smarter growth.
  • Work with a team of passionate innovators who see this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the game.
  • Develop alongside some of the best minds in tech, with connections to MIT, Harvard, and Techstars.
  • We believe in working hard, celebrating wins, lots of ‘Fika’, and building a strong team dynamic that fosters creativity and collaboration.