Software Engineer, Payactiv
$120-150k
Office located in Milpitas, CA
Secure tools to reduce employee financial stress
Open for applications
Secure tools to reduce employee financial stress
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$120-150k
Office located in Milpitas, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower lower-income American workers with dignity.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in .Net development stack, including .Net Core, C#, and Web API, or equivalent expertise
- Bachelor's Degree or work-related experience
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles
- Proficiency in RDBMS, with skills in MS SQL Server and Amazon Aurora
- Hands-on experience developing applications using RESTful APIs, Microservices, Web applications, Batch services, and Data connectors
- Sound knowledge of design patterns and ability to identify and mitigate anti-patterns
- Familiarity with source code control/versioning tools such as TFS and Git
- Experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS
What the job involves
- 1. Software Development: Embrace test-driven development principles and maintain code quality
- Create and optimize services and system architectures for projects, providing feedback to the team
- 2. Code Quality and Review:
- Improve code quality through unit testing, automation, and conducting code reviews
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including Back-End Software Engineers, Project Managers, and System Administrators
- 3. Innovation and Problem Solving:
- Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute innovative ideas for technology, algorithms, and product enhancements
- Dive into challenging problems and deliver effective solutions within specified timelines
- 4. Collaboration:
- Work closely with product and design teams to understand end-user requirements, translate them into use cases, and develop pragmatic technical solutions
- Foster open communication and collaboration within the engineering team
- 5. Security and Data Protection:
- Implement security measures and data protection protocols within applications
- Ensure adherence to fundamental design principles for building scalable and secure applications
- 6. Performance Optimization:
- Continuously optimize application performance, quality, and responsiveness
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks and bugs, developing innovative solutions
- 7. Database Management:
- Build and optimize SQL queries and stored procedures in SQL Server databases
- Ensure efficient data retrieval and manipulation
Our take
PayActiv provides earned wage access (EWA) technology that allows employees to access wages they have already earned before pyday, reducing reliance on overdrafts and short-term loans. The service integrates with most payroll and HCM systems and is paired with a financial wellness app offering tools for budgeting, savings, and money management.
Already, the playform has been adopted by major employers including Walmart, Pizza Hut, Subway, and Uber. Earned wage access has become an increasingly common employee benefit among large organizations such as Amazon and MCDonald's, reflecting broader demand for financial flexibility in the workforce.
Recently, PayActive has expanded beyond a standalone EWA app model with the launch of Access-as-a-Service, an API-driven infrastructure that allows Fortune 100 employers, HCM providers, and enterprise platform to embed EWA and financial wellness tools directly into their own systems under their own brand.
The company has also strengthened its market position through a $100M Series C funding round and the rollout of Visa+, allowing real-time wage disbursements to digital wallets such as PayPal and Venmo without requiring employees to share bank details. Now, PayActive reports serving millions of employees across thousands of businesses, putting its in a leading position in the evolving earned wage macess market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2020
$100m
SERIES C
Oct 2018
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $133.9m
Company HQ
Alviso, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Safwan Shah
(Co-Founder & CEO)They started their career at Bioserve Space Technologies, Fourth Wave, and Infonox for 19 years, before working as a TSYS Group Executive and President of Infonox. They co-founded Payactiv in August 2012, while working as an Advisor and Board Member.
Sohail Aslam
(Co-Founder & CTO)Having studied at San Jose State University, they worked with Safwan at Infonox before joining Microsoft as a Senior Engineer. They worked at Canfield Scientific before co-founding Stookle in 2008, and Payactiv in 2012.
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