SoLo Funds is on a mission to help the millions of Americans that live paycheck to paycheck and can’t survive a money crunch. Launched in 2018 as a unique and proprietary lending marketplace, today SoLo is the leading alternative financial solution providing the fastest loans available for borrowers and the opportunity for lenders to earn significant returns. We are a VC funded Fintech company backed by Techstars, and have partnerships with Visa and Kiva.
As Senior Software Engineer you will play a pivotal role in the architecture and programming of our backend systems. We’re looking for someone who is a creative problem solver, can think out-of-the-box, and can thrive in a fast-moving, creative company. You will help us grow the next set of future architects and be instrumental in expanding our team.
This is a hands-on role and will require significant research and software development efforts. If you are a self-motivated individual with an exceptional level of attention-to-detail then this is right for you!
What You'll Do
- Drive technical decisions within the company that align with the product roadmap and growth trajectory of the company
- Work with engineering team to design a modern, scalable technical architecture and be a hands on builder
- Review high level product features for technical feasibility and make technical recommendations
- Participate in performing technical due-diligence on potential partners and third party vendors for integration
- Load and performance test applications and identify areas for optimization across the entire technology stack
- Be a mentor to more junior developers working on your projects, by setting development schedules, delegating tasks, and reviewing code
- Develop and enforce development standards and best practices for the engineering teams
- Work closely with backend and frontend engineers
- Participate and provide feedback in brainstorming sessions and scoping meetings
You're a Great Fit if You've Got:
- Ability to work core hours of 9am-1pm PT (UTC-8:00/-7:00)
- 7+ years of experience in software development. We use Golang, Swift, and Kotlin
- Extensive experience with development across all application layers (data, business logic, user interface development)
- Extensive experience with Git, unit and integration testing, load and performance testing
- Experience with AI-LLM powered dev tools
- Experience with distributed architecture and containerization, event streaming, and microservices
- Adherence to database infrastructure/design best practices, experience with PostgreSQL
- Experience in API development, database and middle tier component design
- Experience in Test Driven Development, mocking frameworks, dependency injection
- Business-level English proficiency and ability to clearly communicate technical challenges to business units
You're an All Star Fit if You've Got:
- Mobile (iOS/Android) experience
- Experience with AWS services
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About SoLo Funds
Launched in 2018 as a unique and proprietary lending marketplace, today SoLo is the leading alternative financial solution providing the fastest loan option to borrowers and option for lenders to obtain significant value. We're on a mission to provide the most intelligent (affordable + financially empowering) option for funds and banking services by leveraging the best technologies in the world.
Our Benefits
Remote Workplace
Generous Vacation Time
We're happy to work with folks based anywhere in the Americas or able to work on US core hours. The posted salary range is for applicants located in Brazil; ranges will vary for different countries.