Staff Software Engineer, Nav
$175-200k
Financial health hub for small businesses
Job no longer available
Financial health hub for small businesses
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$175-200k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To give every small business owner the chance to succeed.
Role
Who you are
- Experienced and Versatile: 7+ years of programming experience in production environments, with proficiency in one or more languages such as Golang, Java, or JavaScript, and a willingness to adapt to our tech stack
- Technical Leader: Proven ability to design, build, and scale backend systems and frameworks in a Linux environment. Familiarity with leading or contributing to organizational-level initiatives and best practices
- Growth-Oriented: You’ve contributed to organizations undergoing significant growth or tech stack rebuilds and understand the complexities of scaling systems and teams
- Strategic Partner: Comfortable working with engineering and company leadership, you act as a partner rather than a direct report to managers
- Communicative and Collaborative: Strong communication skills and a track record of successfully navigating complex, multi-stakeholder projects
- Innovative Problem Solver: Driven to identify root causes and create sustainable solutions, preferring your own analysis over predefined solutions. Experience contributing to or finding success in product-market fit scenarios
- Adaptable: Thrive in ambiguity, adjusting quickly to new insights and evolving priorities
- Results-Driven: Focused on delivering impactful results that drive success for our users and the business
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our Recommendations team
- We will be figuring out the best way to build and utilize small business credit health and to facilitate partnerships between vendors and small businesses who have built positive credit health with Nav
- Design and Build Systems: Architect and implement scalable, maintainable services that integrate with banking data vendors and internal systems. You’ll take end-to-end ownership of complex projects, from concept to deployment
- Solve Problems Proactively: Drive problem analysis and solution design, leveraging your ability to identify organizational-level challenges and develop impactful technical solutions
- Lead Technological Evolution: Play a key role in moving our systems through technology stack migrations and upgrades, supporting the company’s growth and scalability
- Collaborate Across Teams: Partner closely with engineering leadership, company stakeholders, and other departments to align technical decisions with business objectives
- Influence and Mentor: Establish best practices across the engineering organization and guide less experienced engineers by sharing knowledge and experience
- Enhance the User Journey: Optimize Nav’s customer experience across the entire lifecycle
Our take
Nav, previously known as Creditera, is a fintech aiming to help small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) gain easy, transparent access to available financing and credit options.
Nav gives free access to personal and business credit reports from major consumer and commercial credit bureaus including Experian, Dun & Bradstreet, Equifax and TransUnion, and hosts a robust marketplace with more than 100 business financing products including loans and credit cards. Its emphasis on reducing administration for SMBs, and matching them with their best financing options, has helped lighten the workload for many SMBs applying for finance.
Nav is used by over a million SMBs across the United States. SMBs, albeit as a loose category, make up about 99% of firms nationwide, and over half of these firms report that needs like credit services are going unmet, especially so during a period of economic downturn. So the potential market in which Nav operates is fertile ground, and the company has been proving this through expansions and acquisitions.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2019
$45m
SERIES C
May 2017
$13.8m
SERIES B
Total funding: $95.1m
Company benefits
- Generous time off. 16 paid holidays and flexible paid time off
- Top-notch benefits. Company sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
- Remote working stipends. Funds for home office support, wellness, education, and food
- Company ownership. We are all owners of the business, and have stock options as part of our compensation package
- 401(k) match. We match up to 3.5%
Company HQ
Shoreview, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Levi King
(Founder, CEO & Chairman)They studied Business Administration before founding a raft of financial services companies.
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