Staff Software Engineer, Flex

Finance Engineering

$221-237k

+ Equity

SQL

AWS

TypeScript

Python

Java

Node.js

Terraform

MySQL

RDS

Golang

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

New York

Flexible rent payment application

Open for applications

Flexible rent payment application

501-1000 employees

B2BPaymentsRentingFinancial ServicesMobile

Open for applications

$221-237k

+ Equity

SQL

AWS

TypeScript

Python

Java

Node.js

Terraform

MySQL

RDS

Golang

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

New York

501-1000 employees

B2BPaymentsRentingFinancial ServicesMobile

Company mission

Flex's mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Successful devs will feel comfortable in a startup environment and will be happy to work in a remote-first team with a lot of independence
6+ years of experience in software development or a related field
Experience in technical leadership, guiding engineering teams through complex projects
Experience with Java, Python, Golang, or TypeScript/Node.js
Strong experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, such as MySQL/PostgreSQL/DynamoDB
Experience in designing and developing the fault-tolerant and scalable distributed systems
Experience with AWS cloud services: ESC/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, VPN, RDS etc
Infrastructure as code(AWS CLI, AWS CDK/Terraform)
Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience
Follow engineering best practices as well as propose new ones
Experience with finance reporting and reconciliation
Deep experience with writing complex query and data mining

What the job involves

Flex is looking for a backend engineer to join our core platform team. We want engineers with ideas (because they’ll definitely be heard on our small and tight-knit team) and ambition!
Design, implement and maintain our Finance service and internal tooling, including financial reporting, reconciliation/audit process
Design and develop new APIs and functionalities to support large money movements across our banking partners via different payment rails, such ACH
Scale out core platform to support business growth while maintaining performance and reliability
Continuously improving our daily operations with automation, tooling, design evolution, observability etc
Work closely with product, analytics, finance and engineering peers to launch new financial features into our platform

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

Top investors

10% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.5)

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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