Senior Software Engineer - Core Platform

Specifics About The Role: We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build the product surface that merchants and developers actually touch. You will work primarily in Rails, Go, and TypeScript across everything from backend services to frontend components and the SDK layer merchants use to embed Frame into their products. The surface area is wide. The problems are deep. You will work across Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Product on systems where the experience is the differentiator. Why Frame: Frame is a compliance infrastructure company powering payments for complex, highly regulated industries. We enable businesses to move money with confidence by embedding compliance and payments into a single, intelligent platform. Our ambition is to become the infrastructure layer that regulated businesses rely on to operate, scale, and access services globally. At Frame, how we build matters as much as what we build. We're headquartered in Los Angeles with a globally distributed team. We're committed to running an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any adjustments along the way, let us know. What You'll Do: Build core FrameOS platform features including merchant onboarding flows, capabilities and requirements systems, and compliance workflowsOwn Frame.js, our TypeScript SDK and web component library used by merchants to embed compliance-aware payment flowsShip developer-facing APIs and documentationBuild internal operations tooling including dashboards, case management, and workflow automation that make our team fast and preciseBuild AI-powered pipelines for adverse media classification, underwriting automation, and document processing What We Require: 4+ years of software engineering experience with strong Ruby on Rails and TypeScript skills, or comparable framework experienceYou're known for having a track record building platform infrastructure where reliability and correctness matter with an instinct for clean abstractions. You have experience building APIs that are obvious on first read, systems that feel inevitable once you understand themYou move when things are unclear, find another path when a dependency slips, and ship to learn rather than waiting for perfect You'll Be Successful If: You have experience in fintech, payments, or a regulated infrastructure environmentYou have experience building developer-facing APIs or SDKs that other teams liked usingYou have experience with compliance or KYC/KYB systems, AI/ML pipelines for classification, document processing, automation, or GoYou are someone who doesn't wait for permissionWhen something is blocked, you find a way around itYou care about taste as much as speed: the system that feels inevitable, the API that clicks on first readYou move before it's perfect, and care enough that it's still good We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. Unlimited PTO with trust to manage your own time. A wellness budget covering dental, vision, and a free Equinox membership, plus team-led running and spin groups. Daily lunch and a fully stocked snack kitchen in our Los Angeles office. Apple hardware, Frame branded merch, regular company off-sites, and a relocation package if you're not already local.