About The Role
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Self Financial, you will be integral to our mission of increasing economic inclusion and financial resilience. You will work on our Platform Engineering Teams, focusing on the core of our credit-building products and services. Your main responsibilities will include writing clean and effective code from inception through deployment, collaborating directly with lead engineers, architects, and product managers.
The Incredible Project Domains You Will Work On
- Credit Reporting: Work in the heart and soul of our mission! Enable timely, accurate credit reporting to all major credit reporting agencies.
- Payments: Enable a highly available, secure, and feature-rich customer payment experience across all of Self Financial’s products and services.
- Bank Reporting: Enable timely, accurate reporting to all our partner banks.
What You’ll Bring
- 5+ years experience as a Backend Python Software Engineer with a focus on designing and building scalable applications.
- Solid understanding of software design principles, architectural patterns, and best practices for building scalable and maintainable systems.
- In-depth knowledge of SQL, database systems, and data modeling.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Experience designing, developing, and leading on software development projects.
- Experience in the container space such as Docker.
- Experience with common software engineering tools such as Git (or other VCS), Jira, Confluence, and similar platforms.
Other Wanted Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
- Experience with AWS or other related cloud architectures/services is a plus.
- Previous experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers is a plus.
Benefits And Perks
We have the compensation and benefits you expect. But there's one thing that Self Financial can offer that many companies cannot: we can positively change the world, while making a profit. We are a team of Builders, empowering our customers to build their dreams. We have a Do the Right Thing ethos in all that we do, and we hope you value that approach, too.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Dental insurance
- Company equity in the form of stock options
- Quarterly performance-based bonuses
- Generous employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance coverage
- Flexible vacation policy
- Educational assistance
- Free gym membership
- Casual dress code
- Team building events and activities
- Remote work arrangements/flexible work schedule
- Paid parental leave
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