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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Self Financial, Inc.

About the Role:

As a Senior Backend Engineer on our Platform Engineering Teams, you will be working at the very core of how we build and enhance our credit-building products and services. A majority of your time will be spent on writing clean and effective code which you will manage from inception through deployment. You will collaborate directly with lead engineers, architecture, and product managers and work alongside our amazing team of professional engineers.

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.

Teams that make a difference; individuals that matter:

At Self Financial, we love to put challenges into the hands of talented individuals to solve. Our teams are composed of skilled software engineers who participate in all areas of our creation process including systems design, solution architecture, planning and execution. At Self, we welcome and celebrate team members who show initiative, creativity and drive and encourage individuals to make a direct impact on our mission.

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
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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