Senior Software Engineer - New Products

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Description

• Our mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone. • We empower students with financial support and supercharge their ability to pay down their debt. • Earnies are committed to helping students live their best lives, free from the stress of student debt. • Welcome to the New Products Team! • As Senior Software Engineer, New Products, you will: • Design and build systems that can quickly go from prototype to fully fleshed-out products. • Move quickly, embracing agile methodologies to deliver MVPs and PoCs in short iterations. • Constantly innovating and exploring cutting-edge technologies. • Lead and influence technical decisions that impact the entire organization. • Work closely with cross-functional teams, from product development to data engineering. • Mentor and guide junior engineers. • Contribute to the scalability, security, and reliability of our products and services. • Work in a dynamic and rapidly evolving environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional development experience • Experience with server-side concepts, e.g. microservices, database, caching, performance, monitoring and scalability • Extensive experience with modern Node.js preferred • Professional experience in React/Redux desirable • Relevant data modeling experience and integration with databases such as PostgresSQL • Strong understanding of distributed architecture patterns and microservice best practices • Knowledge of optimization techniques like caching, compression, performance tuning • Understanding of security best practices like encryption, access control, vulnerability management • Experience designing, building and maintaining cloud-based applications (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure) • Willing to travel to the Oakland office monthly to collaborate with other Earnies

Benefits

• Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans • Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office • Monthly internet and phone reimbursement • Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) • 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match • Robust tuition reimbursement program • $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world • Competitive days of annual PTO • Competitive parental leave