Staff / Senior Software Engineer

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (NYC)

About Mandrel

Mandrel is building the AI-native ERP for physical goods. Today, our wedge is simple and painful: true, auditable gross margin by SKU and channel, tied to real supply-chain source of truth documents.

Founded in 2023, Mandrel has raised over $12M top-tier investors like Lux Capital, Construct Capital, Zigg Capital, Asymmetric Capital Partners, WndrCo, and Clocktower Ventures. The team is headquartered in New York and brings deep expertise in finance and AI.

About this role

We’re hiring a highly motivated Staff / Senior Software Engineer to join our team in New York. and collaborate across engineering, product, and customer teams to scale our core platform. You will own critical architecture decisions, drive technical standards, and ship high-impact systems end-to-end—from initial concept and prototypes to reliable, production-ready features. This is a deeply autonomous role where you will shape both the product and the underlying engineering foundation.

You will:

• Design, develop, test and deploy systems that automate key finance workflows and transform data into real-time financial insights for our brands.

• Define and contribute to the technical roadmap, working with customers and the internal team translate requirements into scalable architectures and identify opportunities for improvement

• Develop and refine AI-powered data pipelines for extracting, classifying, and linking unstructured data from a variety of operations and finance data sources, including supply chain documentation

• Architect and implement real-time data synchronization systems using GraphQL subscriptions, WebSockets, and PubSub to keep data instantly updated across all users

• Design multi-tenant enterprise features for procurement, inventory, and accounting automation with organization-level data isolation

• Build sophisticated integration layers connecting ecommerce platforms (Shopify, Amazon), warehouse platforms, financial software (Bill, QuickBooks), logistics providers, and email inboxes

• Optimize background processing systems for document analysis, data aggregation, and automated financial reconciliation workflows

• Influence engineering standards and mentor teammates, helping establish best practices for system design, code quality, testing, and operations

You're a good fit if you:

• Have 5+ years of full-stack industry experience building complex, data-intensive applications

• Are proficient in our core stack: TypeScript, NestJS, GraphQL, Next.js, PostgreSQL, and Redis

• Have experience architecting systems from scratch -- ideally in finance, accounting, supply chain, or other B2B domains

• Have built real-time systems (WebSockets, subscriptions, event-driven architectures)

• Have worked with AI/ML integrations (agentic workflows, document processing, content extraction)

• Understand multi-tenant architecture patterns and enterprise security requirements

• Have experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Heroku) and containerization (Docker)

• Are comfortable working with complex domains and translating requirements into technical solutions

• Are self-driven, product-oriented, and motivated by building software that material improves business operations.

• Bonus: experience with inventory management, document processing, financial, or general ledger systems

Benefits & perks

• Competitive salary & equity package

• Unlimited vacation (with 15 days encouraged)

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Relocation assistance to NYC

Why work with us

At Mandrel, we believe in fostering a culture where hard work is rewarded and personal growth is prioritized. Working with us means you’ll have:

• Play a key role as an early team member at a growing startup with a high level of ownership

• Work directly with the founding team and customers

• Be a part of a fast-paced team that works together in person in NY

• Opportunities for mentorship and professional development

• Solve real problems that impact the bottom line of your favorite consumer brands