Software Engineer Applied Math Jobs in Manhattan, NY

This is an exciting time at Enigma. Our products are creating tremendous value for our clients, and we are seeking to expand their capabilities and reach in the market.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Applied Technologies team. You will play a central role in architecting, building, and managing critical systems in financial crimes prevention and broader risk mitigation, working with teammates and clients to solve high-impact, real-world problems.

As a Senior Product Software Engineer on the Applied Technologies team, you'll design, build, and operate model-driven solutions and products that address complex problems in sanctions screening, AML, fraud detection and other risk-adjacent use cases. You'll partner closely with go-to-market, product and engineering colleagues as well as client stakeholders to turn real customer needs into scalable, production-ready solutions.

You'll own key product capabilities end-to-end, shaping and implementing technical designs and roadmaps, using sound judgement and engineering principles, and iterating based on customer feedback and outcomes. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys working across the full product lifecycle, thrives in ambiguous problem spaces, and is motivated by delivering high-impact solutions that create real value for customers.

• Build scalable, highly available, high-throughput, model-driven solutions and products, deployed in cloud and on-premises environments
• Solve problems with containers, cloud infrastructure, and infrastructure as code (we use Docker, AWS, Google Cloud, and Terraform)
• Manage project milestones and schedules directly with client stakeholders and team members, identifying threats to timelines as they arise, escalating as necessary, and ultimately delivering on time
• Pride yourself on writing highly readable, thoroughly tested code (we use Python and React)
• Have experience and passion for leveraging AI-assisted tooling like Claude Code and Cursor
• Is comfortable with LLM agent integrations such as MCP, API calls, and query optimization
• Identifies problems that others aren't seeing and makes sure they get solved
• Inspires their teammates to perform at their best while building a collaborative, supportive team culture

• Impact: Your leadership, technical ability, and decision making will have a direct impact on our customers and the success of our products in the market, driving critical decision making at multi-billion dollar companies. 
• Technical Challenge: Our systems integrate proprietary algorithms for matching and entity resolution with custom LLM agents for maximum coverage, precision, and insights, running at industrial scale.
• Ownership: The Applied Technologies team is solving some of the world's most demanding challenges. An ideal candidate is an engineer looking to grow their responsibilities and work with the team to have a significant technical and business impact.
• Growth: The Applied Technologies team plays a pivotal role in Enigma's overall success. We provide established clients with specialized capabilities essential for their business operations, and we are looking to expand our reach in 2026 and beyond.

• Has 8+ years of software engineering experience with 2+ years of product development & engineering experience in a client-facing capacity 
• Enjoys collaborating with cross-functional partners (product managers, other engineers, our client stakeholders) to set clear expectations and solve common problems
• Is driven to work with customers to have an impact on the real world

• Have an outstanding track record of leading both product and solutions engagements from start to finish
• Have extensive experience engineering SaaS and data products

At Enigma, we're building the single, most reliable source of data on businesses to power the future of financial services. By engineering better data from hundreds of public and third-party sources, we aim to tell the complete story of every business, so that companies of every size can access the financial services they need to grow and thrive. Our core values - generosity, curiosity, ingenuity, & drive - guide everything we do, from how we make our most important product decisions to how we work with and support one another on a daily basis. We're a team of curious, driven individuals with diverse backgrounds and skills, but we're all passionate about engineering deeper understanding through data-together. If this resonates, we would love to hear from you!

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Salary Range: $210,000-$295,000

A note on salary ranges: we pride ourselves on paying competitively for our size and industry. Salary is one piece of a total Enigma compensation package that includes additional benefits and opportunities. All of our compensation packages include equity because we believe 100% of Enigma employees should have the option to purchase ownership in the company and benefit from the value we're creating together.