Staff/Principal Software Engineer - South America

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Staff/Principal Software Engineer - South America</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Hey there! We are <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Jumpapp.com">Jumpapp.com</a>, AI for Financial Advisors. Jump’s mission is to empower financial advisors, firms, and clients to thrive in the age of AI with smarter workflows, deeper insights, and enterprise-grade security and compliance.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Jump leads its category in market share, customer satisfaction, and analyst rankings, and is rapidly growing Jump was launched in 2023 by repeat entrepreneurs and is led by a team with backgrounds from Harvard, Stanford, Google, Snowflake, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Bill.com">Bill.com</a>, JPMorgan, Fidelity, Bain, EY, Bain Capital Ventures, Auditboard, Nitrogen, and more.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>What is the job?</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">To succeed in this role, you should have <strong>at least 6 years of professional software engineering experience</strong>. The details of your tech background don’t matter as much as your ability to approach problems with curiosity and good judgment. We want people who can adjust when priorities shift and who see every new challenge as a chance to learn. Just as importantly, we value clear and respectful communication — the kind that involves both listening to feedback and offering it thoughtfully to help the whole team grow. In our culture, setbacks aren’t about blame, they’re about collaboration, problem-solving, and moving forward together.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>If you don't have experience with everything in our tech stack still apply!</strong> We are willing to teach the right candidates and get them up to speed. Our tech stack is Elixir, Liveview, Postgres, Github, k8s & Terraform on Google Cloud.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This role pays $70/hr and is for global software engineering contractors.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You can work any hours from anywhere. Our code is clean, well tested, well architected and fun to work in. You’ll love how quickly you can ship stuff!</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>What is the hiring process?</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We have a 4 step hiring process and it takes about a week.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">First, you’ll be invited to a quick screening call</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Second, you’ll be invited to a quick coding challenge</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Third, if your code looks good, our final step is a short chat with our CTO</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Finally, you'll be invited to a trial week to work with our team</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Our Culture</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We have a rigorous hiring process yet a kind and encouraging culture. We hire for a mix of experience, aptitude & attitude. We are a family-first company, so we work smart and hard but not round the clock at the expense of family.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Other info:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">We buy the subscriptions you need (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Cursor.ai">Cursor.ai</a>, ChatGPT, etc)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">We’re a small and efficient dev team</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">We’re growing gangbusters. All revenue-backed, super low churn.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Raised a $80M Series-B</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">$30-$70/hour depending on experience</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">HQ based in SLC, Utah</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You can work any hours (aiming for 3 hours overlapping HQ's hours) from anywhere outside of the United States</p></li></ul><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><h2><strong>About Jump</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Jump’s mission is to empower financial advisors and their clients to thrive in the age of AI. Jump’s primary product is an AI assistant helping financial advisors with their client meeting cycle and other workflows. Jump’s product is expanding to include many other advisor workflows, as well as into other finserv verticals.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em">Jump leads its category in market share, customer satisfaction, and analyst rankings, and has grown rapidly. Jump customers include leading independent broker dealers such as LPL, Osaic, Raymond James, and Cetera, and leading RIAs including Focus Financial, Merit, Savant, Allworth, Sanctuary Wealth, Integrated Partners, and more.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em">Jump was launched in 2023 by repeat entrepreneurs and is led by a team with backgrounds from Harvard, Stanford, Google, Snowflake, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Bill.com">Bill.com</a>, JPMorgan, Fidelity, Bain, Bain Capital Ventures, Auditboard, Nitrogen, and eMoney.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em">Jump is a Series A company backed by top venture capital firms and industry strategics including Battery, Sorenson, Pelion, and Citi.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em">Jump’s team values are High Velocity, World Class, and Direct + Kind + No Drama.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em">Please consider joining us in our work to transform the client and advisor / rep experience in financial services by delivering cutting edge, practical, compliant AI technology to help those who help safeguard the financial future of everyday people everywhere</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em">*Note candidates must wait at least six months before re-applying for the same role. Candidates who apply sooner will be disqualified from the hiring process.</p>

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