Are you passionate about building transformative technology at the intersection of AI, fintech, and global commerce? Sphere is looking for a Full Stack Engineer to help shape the future of global tax compliance, and we are interested in helping an Australian relocate to San Francisco for the position.

About Sphere

Sphere in an Australian founded startup, where we empower companies to navigate the complexities of global sales tax, VAT, and GST compliance with ease. Companies like Runway AI, Weaviate, and Zeplin trust our platform because it’s the only solution offering true global coverage, seamless implementation, and cost efficiency.

We’re on a rocketship trajectory:

• 🚀 50%+ MoM revenue growth
• 🤝 Customers like Codeium, Ideogram, and Sierra AI already onboard
• 🔮 Pioneering tax-focused LLMs as the foundation for a next-gen cross-border compliance platform

Backed by top-tier investors, including Felicis Ventures and the founders of Flexport, Lyft, and Xendit, we’re redefining what’s possible in global tax compliance.

What We’re Looking For

• Tech Expertise: Proficiency in Django/Python and Next.js/React. An interest in LLMs is a bonus (prior experience not required).
• Early-Stage Grit: A roll-up-your-sleeves mentality and the drive to own projects from start to finish.
• SF-Based Collaboration: Desire to work in-person at our San Francisco office.
• Domain Interest: Ideally, experience in fintech, compliance, or a related field.

Why this is a massive opportunity

🌍 The market is enormous: This is a ‘need to have’ solution for every business around the world once they hit a certain stage. It’s becoming increasingly hard to ignore (see below) and if businesses don’t collect and remit indirect tax, they end up paying for it out of pocket later.

🌬️ Strong macro tailwinds: Businesses are going global earlier and earlier and they’re not equipped to deal with cross border compliance. Additionally, tax authorities are clamping down on cross border tax compliance which means demand for this solution will continue to grow (e.g. EU forcing payment processors to hand over tax evaders from April 1, 2024).

✨ AI can change the game - a lot of processes related to tax compliance / research have been extremely manual and cumbersome to date. That’s why incumbents like Avalara, Vertex (and newer players like Anrok) haven’t been able to move outside the US. We think LLMs can change that.

🔮 Product vision: We believe that tax-focused LLMs will be the foundation of a broader cross border compliance platform that help businesses go global from day 1. We want to be the Deel for international billing.

Within Days

What you will do

• Work with our Engineering team (all ex-Deel) to understand the three key pillars of our platform - 1.) customer integrations, 2.) our web app and 3.) tax authority integrations
• Own a part of the platform and start shipping from Week 1
• Work directly with customers to solve their pain points. We need someone who has high empathy and is excited to work with companies like Weaviate, Runway, ElevenLabs as well as our tax team

Within Months

• Expand registration, filing and tax engine coverage across the US and countries around the world
• Build out our integrations capabilities with billing, accounting and HRIS providers
• Upgrade and enhance our internal infrastructure to make our platform scalable to thousands of businesses around the world

If you're excited about building cutting-edge technology that simplifies global expansion for businesses, and you're excited to be based in San Francisco and collaborating in person, we’d love to meet you.