Software Engineer - AI-Native, Forward-Deployed
Visory
Software Engineer - AI-Native, Forward-Deployed
About Visory
Visory is building the AI-powered operating system for the financial back office of growing businesses.
Most SMEs already have data. What they don’t have is clarity. We combine a purpose-built workflow platform, real financial experts, and AI agents to turn bookkeeping, payroll and financial operations into insight, strategy, and confident decision-making.
In short: we handle the back office, so business owners can focus on what they do best.
Founded in 2020, we’re a well-funded, fast-growing startup with a global team across the US, Australia and New Zealand. We move fast, take ownership, and build with intent - using AI not as a feature, but as core infrastructure.
If you want to work on meaningful systems at the intersection of finance, AI and workflow automation - and help reshape how financial services are delivered - you’ll feel at home here.
The Role
You won’t be writing CRUD endpoints or tweaking button colours. You’ll build AI systems that run real business operations - payroll, accounts payable, bookkeeping - for SMEs across Australia, New Zealand and United States.
This role is AI-native, not AI-curious. You’ll design agentic workflows, build LLM pipelines, wire up tool integrations, and ship features that go live and handle real money the same week. You’ll work directly with the people who use what you build, and you’ll see the impact immediately.
We’re a small engineering team that ships weekly. No layers, no tickets-for-tickets’-sake. You pick up a problem, build the solution, and deploy it.
What You’ll Do
Design and build agentic AI workflows - from prompt engineering to production deployment
Build and maintain MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that connect AI to live business systems
Write production TypeScript and Python with real deployment expectations
Ship full-stack: from LLM orchestration and API design through to front-end interfaces
Work directly with operations, bookkeepers, and customers to understand problems and validate solutions
Own features end-to-end - planning, building, deploying, monitoring
Improve platform reliability, observability, and AI quality systems
Contribute to architecture decisions in a team where every engineer’s opinion matters
You’re Probably a Good Fit If You Have
Must-haves:
Strong software engineering fundamentals - you write clean, testable, well-structured code
Production experience with TypeScript and Python
Real experience building with LLMs and AI agents - not just tutorials, but features that shipped
You’ve taken an AI-powered feature from idea to production
You work autonomously and communicate clearly
You want to deeply understand a problem, collaborate closely with end users, and build incremental and iterative solutions
Nice-to-haves:
Experience with Anthropic/Claude and the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Background in fintech, accounting tech, or business operations software
Prior startup experience - you’re comfortable with ambiguity and moving fast
Open-source contributions or a visible portfolio of AI/engineering work
Our Culture
We hire people who are:
Gritty
Humble
Optimistic
Curious
A few things that matter to us:
Flock to problems: We run toward issues, not away from them. When something’s broken, we get curious, gather the right people, and work the problem together.
Give energy: We aim to be the people others want in the room - prepared, constructive, and generous with our knowledge and time.
Think customer: We start with the business owner and work backwards. We care about their outcomes, not just our internal process.
Step into the arena: We value people who take ownership, show agency, make calls with imperfect information, and are willing to be accountable. |
Curious to learn more? Here’s a few words from our CEO, Thomas Paule about what it means to work at Visory.
Interview Process
We keep it straightforward:
Initial conversation - a quick chat to get to know each other and make sure there’s a mutual fit
Technical conversation - walk us through your work, how you think, and what you’ve built
Technical challenge – a take home challenge to put your skills to the test
Offer - if it’s a fit on both sides, we move quickly
Why You Would Join Us
A real problem to solve: “Bookkeeping and payroll” sounds simple, sometimes ‘boring’ and ‘administrative’; in reality, it’s a rich, complex space with big unsolved problems. If you like working on hard problems with real-world upside, you’ll enjoy it here.
Ownership and autonomy: We hire smart and driven people, giving them space to own problems end to end.
Build, not just maintain: You’ll help shape our product and ways of operating.
Career growth in a high-bar team: You’ll work with people who care about getting better - as operators, as leaders, and as humans. You have access to opportunities that stretch you.
Meaningful impact: Your work matters to SMEs. You’ll see the direct impact of your work in customer stories and outcomes.
No two days the same: We move fast — you’ll work across different problems, customers, and teams, so there’s always something new to learn, build or improve.