Instead is a tax platform designed to help taxpayers and tax professionals collaborate to save money on taxes and file tax returns. As the first company in decades to receive IRS approvals to E-file 1040, 1041, 1120, 1120S, and 1065 — we're re-inventing a complex category. Founded in 2023, Instead combines LLMs with tax law to make tax management a continuous, proactive process rather than a dreaded annual deadline.
Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants. Instead's investors include Sarah Guo from Conviction ( ) and many of our customers who believe in our mission and vision. The Instead team comprises talented leaders from leading tax, financial services and fintech companies — Gusto, Intuit, Zenefits, Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer, Bloomberg — as well as top tax & accounting firms such as PwC, BDO, RSM, and KPMG. Instead was a 2024 Innovation Award Finalist in CPA Practice Advisor. Instead's CEO, Andrew Argue, is a CPA and has been named Top 100 Most Influential People in the Accounting Profession twice - Ones To Watch and CPA Practice Advisors 20 under 40. What You’ll Do
Design,implement,andmaintainsecure,scalablecloudarchitecturesalignedwithSOC2andothercompliancerequirements ImplementandimproveCI/CDpipelinestostreamlinebuild,test,andreleaseprocessesforourengineeringteams Driveobservabilityandreliabilitythroughlogging,metrics,alerting,andincidentresponsepractices Collaboratewithengineeringtodesignsystemsthataresecure,cost-effective,andeasytooperateinproduction What You’ll Need
StrongexperiencewithTerraformandinfrastructure-as-codeworkflows Familiaritywithcontainerization(Docker)anddeployingcontainerizedworkloads Experienceworkingwithinsecurity/complianceframeworks(SOC2,ISO27001,orsimilar) Proventrackrecordofowningsystemsend-to-endratherthanisolatedtasks Strongcommunicationskillsandcomfortcollaboratingcloselywithengineersandleadership Nice to Have
AWScertifications(e.g.,SolutionsArchitect,DevOpsEngineer,SysOpsAdministrator) ExperiencewithKubernetesinproductionenvironments Experienceinatleastoneprogramminglanguage(ideallyPython)fortooling,automation,andintegrations BackgroundsupportingSaaSorfintechproductswithhighsecurityanduptimerequirements Experiencesettingupandtuningobservabilitystacks(e.g.,Prometheus,Grafana,Datadog,CloudWatch) Workonamodernstackattheintersectionoftax,fintech,andAI,wherereliabilityandsecurityreallymatter HelpshapeDevOps/Platformpractices,tooling,andstandardsfromanearlystage,withrealinfluenceonarchitecturedecisions Partnerdirectlywithexperiencedengineers,taxexperts,andleadership Joinawell-fundedcompanywithstrongindustryinvestorsandpartners,buildingthefirstnewIRS-approvede-fileplatformformajorreturntypesindecades Growyourcareerinarolethatblendscloudengineering,security,andreliabilitywhileshippingvisible,meaningfulwork Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/D/V Wetrustourteamwithsensitiveinformation,soallcandidateswhoreceiveandacceptemploymentoffersmustcompleteabackgroundcheckbeforejoiningus. xsgimln PursuanttotheSanFranciscoFairChanceOrdinance,wewillconsiderforemploymentqualifiedapplicantswitharrestandconvictionrecords.
Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants. Instead's investors include Sarah Guo from Conviction ( ) and many of our customers who believe in our mission and vision. The Instead team comprises talented leaders from leading tax, financial services and fintech companies — Gusto, Intuit, Zenefits, Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer, Bloomberg — as well as top tax & accounting firms such as PwC, BDO, RSM, and KPMG. Instead was a 2024 Innovation Award Finalist in CPA Practice Advisor. Instead's CEO, Andrew Argue, is a CPA and has been named Top 100 Most Influential People in the Accounting Profession twice - Ones To Watch and CPA Practice Advisors 20 under 40. What You’ll Do
Design,implement,andmaintainsecure,scalablecloudarchitecturesalignedwithSOC2andothercompliancerequirements ImplementandimproveCI/CDpipelinestostreamlinebuild,test,andreleaseprocessesforourengineeringteams Driveobservabilityandreliabilitythroughlogging,metrics,alerting,andincidentresponsepractices Collaboratewithengineeringtodesignsystemsthataresecure,cost-effective,andeasytooperateinproduction What You’ll Need
StrongexperiencewithTerraformandinfrastructure-as-codeworkflows Familiaritywithcontainerization(Docker)anddeployingcontainerizedworkloads Experienceworkingwithinsecurity/complianceframeworks(SOC2,ISO27001,orsimilar) Proventrackrecordofowningsystemsend-to-endratherthanisolatedtasks Strongcommunicationskillsandcomfortcollaboratingcloselywithengineersandleadership Nice to Have
AWScertifications(e.g.,SolutionsArchitect,DevOpsEngineer,SysOpsAdministrator) ExperiencewithKubernetesinproductionenvironments Experienceinatleastoneprogramminglanguage(ideallyPython)fortooling,automation,andintegrations BackgroundsupportingSaaSorfintechproductswithhighsecurityanduptimerequirements Experiencesettingupandtuningobservabilitystacks(e.g.,Prometheus,Grafana,Datadog,CloudWatch) Workonamodernstackattheintersectionoftax,fintech,andAI,wherereliabilityandsecurityreallymatter HelpshapeDevOps/Platformpractices,tooling,andstandardsfromanearlystage,withrealinfluenceonarchitecturedecisions Partnerdirectlywithexperiencedengineers,taxexperts,andleadership Joinawell-fundedcompanywithstrongindustryinvestorsandpartners,buildingthefirstnewIRS-approvede-fileplatformformajorreturntypesindecades Growyourcareerinarolethatblendscloudengineering,security,andreliabilitywhileshippingvisible,meaningfulwork Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/D/V Wetrustourteamwithsensitiveinformation,soallcandidateswhoreceiveandacceptemploymentoffersmustcompleteabackgroundcheckbeforejoiningus. xsgimln PursuanttotheSanFranciscoFairChanceOrdinance,wewillconsiderforemploymentqualifiedapplicantswitharrestandconvictionrecords.