About us

Modak is a US-based fintech platform on a mission to empower the next generation—kids and teens—through financial literacy, gamification, and real-world money management.

Our bold vision is to help kids to reach their full potential, regardless of background. We offer a dynamic, gamified ecosystem that includes teen cards, engaging financial education, chore management, and more. Parents gain peace of mind with tools to guide and support their child’s financial journey—all in one intuitive platform. Today, over 50,000 families in the US use Modak, with our user base growing more than 20% month over month.

Our team is distributed across the US and Latin America, and we come together in person every 2–3 months for company retreats in Buenos Aires, Bogotá.

Modak is currently at the Series A stage, having raised $19M from leading investors, including Notable Capital (Airbnb, Anthropic, Square, TikTok, Coinbase), Nazca (Kavak, Justo), Monashees (Rappi, Loft), ONE VC, Maya Capital, and more than 40 other top angel investors, founders, and operators across the US and Latin America.

About The Role

We want to highlight that not everybody has all the skills that match a job description. None of us did! We value diverse experiences and while having the desired qualifications make for a strong candidate, we encourage applicants with alternative experiences to also apply. Every qualified applicant will be considered within the employment process. We strive for a diverse, inclusive workplace environment. Here's more about our team's thinking on this topic.

What You’ll Do

• Team up with experienced engineers to build and improve our apps and services.
• Be given a lot of autonomy, responsibility, and ownership of product problems and the technical solutions you design and deliver to address customer needs
• Write clean, readable, and reliable code
• Debug, test, and ship new features that real users rely on.
• Join in code reviews and learn from honest, constructive feedback.
• Explore new tools and ideas with the team — we love experimenting.

What We’re Looking For

• Some experience (through work, school, or personal projects) with at least one backend programming language such as Golang, Java, Python, or .NET.
• Basic understanding of REST APIs and eagerness to learn how to design and build good ones.
• Familiarity with relational or document databases, and interest in learning more about building scalable systems.
• Curiosity about secure systems development (e.g., encryption, authentication, compliance).
• Interest in learning about financial systems, payments, or related domains (banking concepts like reconciliation, transactions, accounting are a plus, not a requirement).
  Some exposure to writing automated tests (unit, integration, or e2e) — or willingness to learn.
  Strong desire to grow technical skills and learn from more experienced teammates.
• Good communication and collaboration skills, with an openness to giving and receiving feedback.
• Enthusiasm for problem-solving and advocating for customer needs.