about 3 hours ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$164k - $259k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end architecture and delivery of backend systems connecting lending products with shared platforms.
- Drive complex, cross-team initiatives from problem definition through implementation and rollout.
- Own technical problems with real business impact and bring clarity to ambiguous situations.
- Define and evolve APIs and integration patterns for faster product team movement.
- Design systems for scale, resiliency, and operational excellence.
- Identify opportunities to create reusable platform capabilities from one-off product needs.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to translate ambiguous problems into technical solutions.
- Influence collaboration between product and platform teams to improve technical decision-making.
- Participate in on-call and incident response, leading improvements in systems and practices.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews and technical feedback.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in building and operating production software at scale.
- Strong backend engineering fundamentals, preferably with Ruby on Rails or similar frameworks.
- Experience with transactional databases, asynchronous processing, and large-scale application architecture.
- Strong system design judgment with the ability to make tradeoffs across various factors.
- A track record of leading complex projects across multiple teams and systems.
- Experience in fintech, lending, banking, or other high-integrity domains.
- High-ownership mindset and comfort operating in ambiguity.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to influence across teams.
- A product mindset with instincts for connecting technical decisions to member experience.
- Experience mentoring engineers to improve design quality and operational excellence.
Benefits
- In-office work policy with four days a week in the office and Fridays from home.
- Backup child, elder, and pet care, plus a subsidized commuter benefit.
- 401k match and comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.
- Generous vacation policy and company-wide paid days off.
- Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- Access to family planning tools with significant reimbursement for related expenses.
- Annual wellness stipend for eligible wellness-related expenses.
- In-person and virtual events to connect with colleagues.
Tech Stack
Ruby on Rails