Staff Software Engineer, Prosper Marketplace
Data Platforms
$167-245k
+ Bonus
Online P2P lending marketplace
Open for applications
Online P2P lending marketplace
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$167-245k
+ Bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To advance financial wellbeing by providing affordable financial solutions to consumers across the credit spectrum.
Role
Who you are
- BS in EE/CS with 12+ years of experience or MS in EE/CS with 8+ years of experience
- Deep expertise in object-oriented Python within an enterprise environment. Experience in Java, C#, or Go is a major plus
- Software-First Mindset: You treat data infrastructure as a software product, not a series of one-off scripts or data pipelines
- Production DevOps: Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) within modern cloud providers
- Data Fluency: Strong SQL (e.g. BigQuery, PostgreSQL) and an understanding of how to build systems around data warehouses
- Modern Workflow: Proficient with LLM-assisted development (e.g. Cursor) to accelerate delivery while ensuring you can understand, explain and defend every line
- Ownership: A track record of taking complex engineering problems from an “idea” or “concept” to "stable service."
What the job involves
- We need an Enterprise Python Expert to join our Data Engineering team
- While you’ll work within our data ecosystem, your primary focus is high-quality Software Engineering: designing and building pipelines and services, improving system architecture, and writing clean, scalable code with our Google cloud eco-system (GCP)
- Architect Services: Design and stand up backend services and APIs that power our data platform
- Build for Scale: Transition us from simple scripts to production-grade software with logging, alerting, and automated testing
- Modernize Tooling: Evaluate and implement new frameworks that improve system reliability and developer velocity
- Collaborate: Partner with analysts, software engineers and infrastructure teams to ensure our data services are fast, secure, and easy to consume
- Lead by Example: Set the standard for Python excellence, performing deep code reviews and mentoring the team on SDLC best practices
Application process
- Recruiter Call: A brief screening to discuss your experience and initial questions
- Department Interview: Deeper dive into technical skills and project alignment with the Hiring Manager or team member
- Take-Home Assignment: Analyze a real-world problem, propose solutions, and present findings, evaluating analytical, strategic thinking, and presentation skills
- Technical Interview: Deeper dive into coding skills
- Team/Virtual Interview: Meet team members for collaborative discussions, problem-solving, or technical exercises
Our take
Prosper is a peer-to-peer lending platform that connects investors with borrowers directly. When it launched in 2005, it was the first of its kind and paved the way for the now crowded peer-to-peer lending market, which includes competitors like Peerform, Upstart, Funding Circle and LendingClub.
The company provides an attractive option by cutting out the middleman and making applications faster, meaning that socially and financially rewarding investments can be made. Prosper is one of the largest and most recognized in this industry, having facilitated billions in loans to over two million borrowers.
In more recent years, Prosper has forged ties with banks to allow it to launch its home equity credit line, indicating a new direction for the company. It continues to develop its offering and remains a force in the market, with no reason to believe it won't continue to succeed.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Sep 2017
$50m
SERIES G
Jan 2013
$20m
LATE VC
Total funding: $153.8m
Company benefits
- Take-what-you-need (paid) vacation for salaried employees
- 20 days of PTO and 7 paid holidays/year for hourly employees
- Stock options
- 401K retirement savings plan with generous matching
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance plans, with options specific to your own health coverage needs
- Prosper Fit - A monthly stipend to use for gym memberships, personal training sessions, yoga and exercise classes, or club sports/fitness fees
- Pre-tax commuter/parking assistance
- Snacks and beverage selections in our kitchen
- Monthly meet-and-greet happy hours
- Perkspot discount programs
- One Medical
- SF Location - Rooftop deck with ping-pong and foosball table
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
David Kimball
(Chairman & CEO)Having studied for an MBA at Brigham Young University, David worked in Management at Ford Motor Company for over 10 years, prior to spending another decade at USAA. He left his role as CFO and COO to join Prosper Marketplace in March 2016 as CEO and Chairman.
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