Senior Staff Software Engineer, Flex
Mobile & Web
$222-266k
Salary dependent on location + Company equity
More information about location
Flexible rent payment application
Open for applications
Flexible rent payment application
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$222-266k
Salary dependent on location + Company equity
More information about location
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
- Strong computer science fundamentals
- Proficiency in React.js/React Native (7+ years) and associated tools (Hooks, Context, Redux)
- Expertise in designing and delivering large, complex mobile and web UIs that are leveraged across multiple domains
- Strong TypeScript development skills, with a focus on maintainability and documentation
- Familiar with iOS/Android/web development tool ecosystems (Bonus: Native iOS/Android experience)
- Strong understanding of REST API design and mobile API best practices
- Experience working with distributed services architecture, observability, and monitoring tools (e.g., DataDog)
- Proven ability to mentor engineers and promote software development best practices, actively improving the level of craftsmanship within the teams you lead
- Strong communication skills and experience working with distributed teams
- Experience partnering with peers and strategizing with senior leaders across multiple functions within and outside of the company
- A high standard for code quality, processes, and standards
- Core competencies:
- Experience working on cross-functional teams involving product, design, and engineering
- Proficient in TypeScript (React.js/React Native) and familiar with Java/Springboot services architecture
- 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
- Ability to apply domain knowledge to solve complex problems with elegant technical solutions that are well integrated with the existing environment
- Knowledge and understanding of broader software engineering issues to improve your team's software design
What the job involves
- Flex is looking for a Senior Staff Mobile & Web Developer who will be responsible for defining and prioritizing the mobile & web platforms’ technical roadmaps and lead implementation of high-priority, cross-functional strategic initiatives
- In this role, you will work closely with senior product, design and engineering leaders to launch new features for our consumer users
- You will design, develop, test and scale new product offerings that solve complex problems in a simple way for our users
- As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will play a key role in defining solutions for classes of problems, breaking down complex scope into actionable plans, and leading your cross-functional team through implementation
- You will actively improve the level of craftsmanship within the teams you lead by following a high standard for code quality, processes and standards
- Our team works in an agile manner, and favors rapid iterative delivery to deliver value quickly
- We expect you to be hands-on and deliver your own high-impact contributions, while building a solid technical foundation that allows for flexibility as we scale out our product offerings across industry verticals
- You'll lead high priority, cross-functional, and cross-division projects that drive significant impact on the company's direction and growth
- You'll advocate for and influence the implementation of architectural best practices that allow our frontend applications to scale for our growing number of users, use cases, and developers contributing to the code base
- You’ll work closely with your product, design, and engineering peers to solve our users' most pressing problems
- You’ll work directly with engineering leadership to align our technical and product roadmaps, and proactively work with domain owners to help them understand new technical capabilities to build the right roadmap for the business
- You’ll be hands-on, make high-impact contributions and roll out changes to our customers in an agile manner with a delivery cadence that favors small, frequent iterations
- 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 lead by example, mentoring others, and fostering a high-performance culture by improving the level of craftsmanship within the teams you lead. You are responsible for designing and delivering large, complex features/systems that are leveraged across domains
- 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
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
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience working in venture capital investments for Point72 and TVC. Also co-founded Boundless Reality.
YeTong Shao
(Co-Founder)Experience as Data Science Researcher. Also co-founded Boundless Reality.
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