Senior Software Development Engineer
UTA Ventures is the venture division of United Talent Agency. It builds and invests in culture-defining companies, helping talent launch businesses and investing in startups across the creator economy, frontier technology, and entertainment.
About UTA Ventures
UTA Ventures seeks out, builds, and accelerates innovative businesses that change how people live, work, and play. It operates at the intersection of entertainment, commerce, and technology, partnering with talent to build companies, extend brand platforms, and expand into new categories. The division also invests in growing startups, including businesses in the creator economy, frontier technology, and the future of entertainment.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will design scalable backend services for revenue workflows, payments, invoicing, and financial reporting. You will build APIs and full-stack features, integrate internal systems and payment providers, implement financial logic, deploy AWS infrastructure, develop CI/CD and monitoring, and deliver auditable, fault-tolerant systems using modern TypeScript technologies.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience focused on backend or full-stack development
- Production experience with a TypeScript-native ORM
- Experience owning schema migrations, relations, and query optimization
- Deep production experience with Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL
- Hands-on expertise with AWS EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, and IAM
- Familiarity with event-driven systems, API integrations, and microservice patterns
- Understanding of data modeling, transaction workflows, and secure service architecture
- Financial systems experience
- Experience with complex domain logic
- Familiarity with Salesforce, NetSuite, Concur, or related platforms
- Serverless architecture and FaaS experience
- Familiarity with Anthropic Claude API and Cursor
Responsibilities
- Design and implement revenue, payment, and invoicing services
- Build APIs and full-stack features using Node.js, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL
- Manage schemas and queries using Drizzle or Prisma
- Own integrations with Salesforce, NetSuite, banks, and payment processors
- Implement contingent payments, commission calculations, and milestone-based billing
- Integrate Claude and use Cursor to accelerate development
- Build and deploy AWS infrastructure
- Implement CI/CD workflows and monitoring
- Ensure systems are fault-tolerant, scalable, auditable, and instrumented
- Translate financial and contractual rules into reusable service logic
- Drive quality, automation, and performance
Benefits
- Competitive programs to support your well-being