Staff Software Engineer, Flex
Consumer
$199-237k
Salary dependent on location + Company equity
Flexible rent payment application
Be an early applicant
Flexible rent payment application
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$199-237k
Salary dependent on location + Company equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Flex's mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be comfortable leading scoping, design and implementation for product features they build and can drive their production rollouts to completion with minimum oversight
- Strong computer science fundamentals
- API Development (Required)
- Proficiency in Java (5+ years) and Spring Framework (Core/Web/Boot)
- Experience building and maintaining high-quality APIs at scale
- Strong understanding of REST API design and mobile API best practices
- Experience with distributed services architecture, observability, and monitoring tools (e.g., DataDog)
- Ability to write maintainable, testable code with best practices in unit testing, linting, and automation
- Mobile & Web Development (Nice to have)
- Proficiency in React.js/React Native (7+ years) and associated tools (Hooks, Context, Redux)
- Experience building high-quality, scalable mobile and web UIs
- Strong TypeScript development skills, with a focus on maintainability and documentation
- Familiar with iOS/Android/web development tool ecosystems (Bonus: Native iOS/Android experience)
- Collaboration & Mentorship
- Proven ability to mentor engineers and promote software development best practices
- Strong communication skills and experience working with distributed teams
- Experience working on cross-functional teams involving product, design, and engineering
- Proficient in Java (Spring Boot), TypeScript (React.js/React Native)
- Familiar with CI/CD pipelines to improve code stability and quality
- Experience with cloud and containerized environments (Bonus: AWS, Kubernetes, MySQL)
- Comfortable working with IDEs such as VSCode, IntelliJ, XCode, and Android Studio
- Motivated to drive team effectiveness and engineering excellence
What the job involves
- Flex is looking for a Staff Software Engineer who will be responsible for developing and enhancing end-user experiences across our mobile and web platforms
- In this role you will be working closely with your team to launch new features
- You’ll be developing, designing, testing, and scaling new product offerings that solve complex problems in a simple way for all of our users
- As a staff engineer, you will play a key role in defining solutions, breaking down scope into actionable plans and leading your cross-functional team through implementation
- You can expect to be working closely with other cross functional partners across our organization on a daily basis
- Our team works in an agile manner, and some of the partners you can expect to work with in this role include designers, product managers, and quality engineers
- We expect you to be able to be hands-on and execute on work as both an individual, while also building products that allow for flexibility as we are evolving our product offerings
- You’ll work closely with your product, design and engineering peers to solve our users' most pressing problems around rent payment
- You’ll provide guidance on the long-term vision and architecture of our application stack, ensuring best practices and consistency across the team
- You’ll roll out changes to our customers in an agile manner with a delivery cadence that favors small, frequent iterations
- You’ll lead by example making high impact contributions, mentoring others and fostering a high performance culture
Our take
Many people struggle to pay their rent every month, with a variety of bills hitting their bank accounts simultaneously. Whilst many of these people earn enough money to cover their bills, the inflexible nature of monthly bills can make the all-in-one payment a harder obstacle.
Flex provides a mobile application for the flexible payment of rent, allowing users to pay their landlords through flexible payment plans, reschedule payments when necessary, and protect their funds through Overdraft Protection. The company achieves this by partnering with estate agents and paying their resident's bills upfront, taking on the challenges that landlords would normally have due to late payments.
Flex has experienced extremely rapid growth since its founding which has caused some issues, as it struggled to keep up with the surge in new customers. Having made improvements to its product and scaled its customer service team, it is set to continue providing a service that has come to be highly valued by both tenants and landlords.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2022
$160m
SERIES C
Apr 2021
$46.6m
SERIES B
Total funding: $225.1m
Company benefits
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision
- 401(k) + company stock options
- Unlimited paid time off + company paid holidays
- Parental leave + IVF and adoption support
- Flex Cares Program: Non-profit company match + pet adoption coverage
- Pet Insurance
- Free Flex subscription
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Shragie Lichtenstein
(CEO)Experience working in venture capital investments for Point72 and TVC. Also co-founded Boundless Reality.
YeTong Shao
(CPO)Experience as Data Science Researcher. Also co-founded Boundless Reality.
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