Principal Software Engineer, Avant
$130-190k
+ Annual bonus
M, T, Th in-office
3 days a week in office (Merchandise Mart, Chicago)
Personal credit FinTech
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Personal credit FinTech
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$130-190k
+ Annual bonus
M, T, Th in-office
3 days a week in office (Merchandise Mart, Chicago)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower every customer with innovative solutions designed to help them reach their goals.
Role
Who you are
- If you're passionate about leveraging technology to drive innovation and make a real impact on people's lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you
- 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with a strong track record of delivering high-quality software solutions
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
- Strong experience with microservices and event-driven architecture design and best practices
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and a passion for performance optimization
- Extensive experience with Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, partitions, and stream processing)
- Deep knowledge of asynchronous processing and message queuing patterns
- Solid experience with back-end development using languages like Python, Ruby, Java, or .NET
- Strong understanding of database systems, both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra)
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong background in designing and implementing distributed systems
- Strong experience with observability and monitoring and incident management processes
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working in collaborative, fast-paced environments
Desirable
- Experience with GraphQL, gRPC, or WebSockets
- Familiarity with Apache Flink, Spark, or other stream processing frameworks
- Background in CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm)
- Experience in highly regulated industries
What the job involves
- Avant is seeking a driven Principal Software Engineer to help us build the future of consumer lending
- We provide personal loans and credit cards to millions of customers across the US, empowering them to take control of their financial futures
- Architect, design, and develop scalable and robust solutions for Avant’s credit card and loan servicing products and services
- Partner with Engineering Managers and other engineering leadership teams and Principal Engineers to build the architectural vision and roadmap to improve system architecture and scale our systems
- Work with Product Manager and other stakeholders to design features to improve our customer experience and internal operations
- Work with engineering peers of various seniority to maintain and enhance Avant digital servicing platform and continuously improve the system performance and maintainability
- Build and improve observability and monitoring to enhance operational efficiency of our platform
- Build and improve system CI/CD pipeline and test automation systems to reduce cycle time and increase feature delivery velocity
Our take
Many Americans with below average credit scores are caught in a bind: they're unable to improve their score, and simultaneously cannot access traditional loans. Avant's alternative is to offer credit options that are powered by machine learning and based upon a large database that helps to manage risk.
For its users, the company offers a quick credit decision and speedy access to any allotted funds. It has issued over $8 billion in loans to date, and has also expanded its business through the acquisitions of ReadyForZero in 2015 and Zero Financial in 2021.
This expansion has enabled Avant to reach towards its goal of offering a whole suite of products in a single platform, such as loans, credit cards, and deposits. Although there are many FinTechs looking at ways to remove the barriers that people with low credit scores face when trying to take out loans, this expansion to banking products should help Avant to stand out.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2022
$125m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2015
$325m
SERIES E
Total funding: $779m
Company benefits
- Choice of great medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options
- 401(k) Match
- Unlimited paid time off
- Flexible work environment
- Generous paid parental leave
- Lunch allowance (Fooda) and in-office snacks
- WFH stipends for our remote employees
- Access to LinkedIn Learning for professional development
- No meeting wednesdays - (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sh!t Done)
- Summer fridays
- Fun in-office and virtual social events
- (And who doesn’t love the swag)
Company HQ
River North, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Al Goldstein
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)They worked for a year at Deutsche Bank before founding Pangea Properties in 2008, and Avant in 2013. They have been Chair since, alongside founding Amount, Spring Labs, and StoicLane.
Paul Zhang
(Co-Founder & CIO)Having studied at the University of Illinois, they spent a year as a Software Engineer at CashNetUSA and Enova Financial. They founded Debteye in 2011, before starting Avant in 2013, serving first as CTO then Chief Architect, CTO again and finally CIO.
Matthew Bochenek
(CEO)Has been with the business since 2013, working in a range of positions including Head of US Servicing, Head of Operations and COO - before becoming CEO in 2021. Previously spend a decade at Superfund Asset Management.
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