Software Engineer at Abacum

About Abacum: Abacum is the leading Business Planning solution for finance teams to drive performance. By automating reporting, enabling collaboration, and simplifying planning and forecasting, we help finance teams shift from number crunching to driving strategic decisions.

Founded in 2020 by two former CFOs, we’ve grown into a global team of 100+ people across 30+ nationalities. Headquartered in New York, we have offices in Toronto and Barcelona. We’re trusted by industry leaders such as Dish Networks, Strava, BetterUp, Kajabi, JG Wentworth, Abridge, Cortex, and hundreds more.

We have raised over $100M, closing in June 2025 our $60M Series B, led by Scale Venture Partners, with strong participation from Cathay Innovation, Y Combinator, Atomico, Creandum, and angel operators from Adyen, Zapier, and Twitch.

Mission: Join Abacum as we build the future of Business Planning!

We are looking for talented engineers who possess infinite curiosity to solve complex problems, such as building a multi-dimensional real-time calculations engine. We seek candidates excited to become part of our early story and help create groundbreaking technology that improves how finance teams work and collaborate. Our ideal candidate has a strong sense of ownership, is willing to learn quickly, and committed to shaping our technical design and engineering culture.

Being a Software Engineer at Abacum means:

• Collaborate closely with engineers, product designers, and product teams to perform experiments and test new ideas.
• Build performant, design-centric, reusable, and usable interfaces that solve complex needs, such as customization possibilities for users, complex data visualizations (graphs, charts, etc.), and delightful components for the best platform experience.
• Drive user-defined data modeling and performance, providing customization possibilities through reusable building blocks like models, variables, and formulas.
• Take operational responsibility for the components you write.
• Work in an environment that supports individual growth, offering challenging tasks and projects, and providing freedom to acquire new skills during hack time.
• Work with product and operations teams to incorporate customer feedback and constantly improve the product.
• Scale our complex data and calculations platform for a fast-growing number, size, and complexity of clients.

You can easily check off:

Stack:

• Python
• PostgreSQL
• Kubernetes

Methodology:

• Agile/Scrum
• Data-driven

Skills:

• Product mindset
• Team player
• Complex data structures
• Deep understanding of performance when building and operating through observability

Bonus Points if you have:

• Experience with Pandas, Polars, or similar DataFrame technologies
• Experience building ML and AI solutions
• Experience scaling complex data platforms