Full-Time
Staff Full-Stack Engineer
Updated on 8/1/2026
April
51-200 employees
IRS-authorized tax filing integrated with apps
Compensation Overview
$220k - $240k/yr
New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
Three days on-site per week required for team members in the New York City metropolitan area.
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- At least 8 years of experience as a software engineer, including at least 2 years in a senior-, staff-, or principal-level role.
- Proven experience designing and building distributed systems at scale in cloud-native environments using Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services.
- Deep expertise in backend technologies, including microservices, event-driven architectures, and representational state transfer or gRPC application programming interfaces.
- Strong hands-on experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular and full-stack engineering practices.
- Fluency in system design and architecture, with the ability to balance scalability, performance, and developer experience trade-offs.
- A track record of shaping technical direction and elevating team capabilities.
- Experience building high-impact, customer-facing products that are data-rich and intuitive.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate cross-functionally and influence without authority.
- Ability to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
- Lead critical, cross-functional engineering initiatives from design through development and deployment while ensuring quality and scalability.
- Participate in technical decision-making and knowledge sharing across multiple teams.
- Collaborate with Product, User Experience, and other stakeholders to deliver seamless, data-driven experiences.
- Evaluate and introduce tools, technologies, and practices that improve engineering excellence.
- Guide by example in service ownership, observability, and operational best practices across the engineering organization.
- Promote high standards, clean code, testing, and continuous improvement.
- Experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers in production environments.
- Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, infrastructure as code using Terraform, and container orchestration such as Kubernetes.
What April does: It helps people file taxes by integrating tax filing into existing financial apps (banking, payroll, and other fintech tools). It is IRS Authorized e-file provider and charges a transparent upfront fee. How it works: Users can import tax data with a single click from their financial apps, then April files the return electronically and aims to maximize refunds, backed by a maximum refund guarantee. How it differs from competitors: It sits inside popular financial apps for a one-click data import, maintains clear pricing with no hidden charges, and supports a wide range of common tax scenarios (parents, dependents, students, childcare expenses, employees, 401(k) contributors). What the goal is: To simplify and speed up tax filing, save users time and money, and help them get the largest possible refund within the agreed terms.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$78M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2021
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Partnership distribution scales through banks, payroll, and wealth platforms.
- Tax planning features create year-round usage beyond seasonal filing.
- Advisor and payroll workflows can drive cross-sell and retention.
What critics are saying
- Intuit, H&R Block, and IRS digital filing tools pressure partner conversion.
- White-label partners can commoditize April and replace it with in-house software.
- AI prefill and tax calculations create liability from filing errors and penalties.
What makes April unique
- Embedded, white-labeled tax software fits directly inside partner financial apps.
- April owns an AI-driven tax engine with closed-loop federal and state filing.
- April offers self-service, pro-assisted, and pro-led filing in one platform.
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Growth & Insights and Company News
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Israeli fintech April secures $38 million Series B to scale its AI-powered U.S. tax management platform following regulatory approval.
Israeli fintech company April has announced the completion of a $38 million Series B financing round led QED Investors with participation from existing investors Euclidean Capital, iAngels, NYCA, Team8, Transpose, Treasury, and new investors, Industry Ventures.
While death and taxes are the only guarantees in life, paying to file taxes is up there as a near certainty.According to page 107 of the 2024 Form 1040 instructions, the average cost of filing a basic federal 1040 tax return was $160 for a non-business taxpayer in 2023.In addition, the Tax Foundation estimated that total tax compliance costs — including fees, lost productivity and out-of-pocket expenses — cost American taxpayers over $546 billion each year, or 1.9% of the U.S. GDP.In a Wednesday (Jan. 8) press release from digital banking platform Chime, the company announced all new and existing members can file their federal and state taxes directly within the Chime app at no cost, bypassing the costs associated with using third-party software or traditional tax preparation services.“When Chime members e-file their taxes through Chime in partnership with [tax filing FinTechs] april and Column Tax, filing is completely free,” the release said.According to the release, “a successful pilot program” that began in 2023 led to the launch of free in-app tax filing for all Chime members.Chime’s chief product officer, Madhu Muthukumar, commented in the release: “Getting your money back from the government shouldn’t cost you money. By providing completely free in-app tax filing, we’re empowering Americans to unlock their financial progress confidently, making tax season easier and more rewarding.”Some additional highlights of the program being touted by Chime are that members can receive their federal tax refunds up to “six days early” with direct deposit into their Chime accounts and filing in “under 24 minutes.”PYMNTS reported that Chime Financial submitted a confidential filing for an IPO in December, and could possibly go public sometime this year. The company declined to comment.Another PYMNTS report focusing on this year’s FinTech IPO outlook noted that the climate seems right for several FinTech players to go public and see if investors take notice. The FinTech IPO Index is up more than 58% through the previous year
The first AI-powered tax-filing product built to be embedded with financial services providers, april strengthens leadership with the appointment of Raj R.Doshi as its President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Doshi brings over 20 years of experience in driving growth strategies and leading operations across prominent organizations including Google, TaxAct and Avantax. april has already integrated into over 20 fintech platforms, including industry leaders such as Chime, Dayforce, and Gusto. april continues to add industry veterans to its leadership roster; just last year, Christina Taylor, who previously led tax operations at Credit Karma Tax and Cash App Taxes, joined april to lead tax development and delivery. With april poised to become the first new national e-file provider in 15 years, Doshi’s focus will be to scale the company’s embedded partnership model and expand april’s reach, further solidifying the company’s position as a leader in innovative tax solutions.Prior to joining april, Doshi served as the Chief Growth and Marketing Officer at Blucora, where he co-owned revenue responsibility for TaxAct and Avantax, one of the largest DIY tax providers and a Top 10 broker-dealer respectively. Under his leadership, he created and implemented transformative go-to-market strategies, built and scaled cross-functional teams, and structured and executed complex partnerships