Denari is building the modern software stack for accounting firms: an AI-powered platform that unifies client collaboration, document management, workflow automation, and financial insights in one place. We’re a small, well-funded team with a built-in proving ground. Our sister company, Lucida Tax + Accounting, uses what we build every day, so we hear how a feature landed within hours of shipping it.
We are genuinely open to change. If you have an idea and you’re willing to put in the effort, we will back you; whether that’s a new product direction, a better internal process, or rethinking how a whole workflow should work.
AI has also changed what counts as "hard." Things that used to be too expensive or time-consuming to attempt are now on the table, and we use that to stay flexible in a way that empowers people. If something was off-limits before because it was "too difficult," that’s an invitation to question it.
We invest heavily in AI tooling and efficiency engineering, and our agents are harnessed directly into the software we work in, which compounds how fast we can move:
AI development: Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Codex, and Conductor for running parallel agent workflows
Modern stack: Next, oRPC, TanStack-everything, and other current-generation tooling
Connected workflow: Linear for project management and Grain for meeting intelligence, both wired into our internal agents
Developer experience: 1Password integrated directly into development secrets injection, with seeding, tests, and more wired into Conductor (we care about our dx a lot).
A lot of companies don’t get this luxury. We do, and we constantly try new things. If a better tool ships next month, we’ll probably be experimenting with it the week after.
This is a hybrid role based in Madison. You’ll spend three days a week in the office with the team, and the rest of the week you’ll work from wherever you do your best thinking. Day to day, the whole team (in-office and remote) shares a digital engineering office in Gather. Drop by someone’s desk to talk through a problem, or set focus time when you need to go heads down and everyone will see it at a glance.
Design, build, and ship features across multiple products and codebases
Use LLMs and AI agents throughout your workflow wherever they accelerate output
Participate in architectural decisions and help define best practices for scalability, maintainability, and security
Work directly with founders and with real accounting firms using the product
Wear multiple hats; we’re a small startup and the most interesting work often sits between job descriptions
Talk directly with customers: you’ll join calls with the accounting firms using our products, hear problems firsthand, and ship features they care about
You disagree with us and say so, because you care about getting it right
You take ownership of a problem end to end instead of waiting for permission
You try a new tool or approach on a Friday and demo it on Monday
You ask “why is this hard?” and discover it doesn’t have to be anymore
You help a teammate get unstuck even when it’s not your area
We care that our co-workers care, even when we disagree. We’d rather hash out a real disagreement than watch someone quietly check out.
We’re not AI-pilled, but we think AI is clearly a complete game-changer. We’re just another crew trying to figure it out, which means we stay open and experiment constantly.
Assertiveness and accountability. Speak up, commit, follow through, and own the outcome either way.
Collaboration and flexibility. Small team, multiple products, lots of context-switching. We support each other through it.
Supportive by default. When someone’s stuck, struggling, or stretching into something new, the team shows up.
Strong software engineering fundamentals (how you think matters more to us than your years of experience)
Genuine curiosity about AI tooling, with experience using LLMs or agents in your workflow a plus
Comfort with ambiguity and small-team dynamics
Clear, honest, upfront communication
Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
401(k) with match
20 days PTO plus paid holidays
