Staff Software Engineer, Earnin

$252-308k

+ Equity

Kubernetes

JavaScript

Python

Scala

Java

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Kotlin

MySQL

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

2 days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)

Paycheck advance service for employees

Job no longer available

Paycheck advance service for employees

501-1000 employees

FintechB2CB2BPersonal financePaymentsFinancial Services

Job no longer available

$252-308k

+ Equity

Kubernetes

JavaScript

Python

Scala

Java

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Kotlin

MySQL

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

2 days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)

501-1000 employees

FintechB2CB2BPersonal financePaymentsFinancial Services

Company mission

To build a financial system that works for people.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

7+ years of delivering value through software in a collaborative environment
Expertise in trade-off analysis for distributed architectures
Bachelor's, Master’s, or PhD in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent industry experience
Proficient in at least one modern programming language such as C#, Kotlin, Java, JavaScript, Python, Go, and Scala
Hands-on experience working with various databases (DynamoDB, MySql, ElasticSearch) and data technologies (Kafka, Databricks, etc.)
Experience with continuous integration and delivery tools
Experienced in developing and executing functional and integration tests
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience with Kubernetes and microservice architecture is a strong plus

What the job involves

Design & implement features robust enough for our exploding scale
Drive the implementation of new features - break down complex problems into their bare essentials, translate this complexity into elegant design, and create high-quality, maintainable code
Create and maintain test automation to enable continuous integration and development velocity
Design and implement highly reliable financial transaction systems that integrate deeply with money movement technologies (think debit card rails, ACH, RTP etc)
Design & deliver robust microservice integrations via REST/gRPC APIs using various communication, consistency, and coordination strategies
Collaborate with and mentor other engineers while providing thoughtful guidance using code, design, and architecture reviews
Work cross-functionally with other teams (data science, design, product, marketing, analytics)
Participate in hiring and onboarding for new team members
Lead cross-team engineering initiatives working with other teams, including data science, design, product, marketing, and analytics
Provide and receive design and implementation evaluations and improve per iteration
Debug production issues across our services infrastructure and multiple levels of our stack
Work with distributed systems and care passionately about producing high-quality designs and code
Assist with opportunity sizing and experiment readouts

Our take

Paying bills is an inevitable part of life, but paying them late or dipping into overdrafts can result in fees. This is the reality for millions of workers who have to wait for their paychecks to arrive – and the problem that companies like EarnIn are trying to solve. By allowing hourly workers access to their pay as it is earned rather than on a fixed date, it hopes to provide all Americans with the ability to deal with immediate costs without going into arrears.

Unlike competitors in this growing space, Earnin charges no mandatory fees, instead gaining revenue through a voluntary tipping system. It also requires no credit checks to access its services, which puts it ahead of the growing number of digital banking solutions. This approach has garnered it a strong user base of business customers who offer Earnin as an employee benefit.

Earnin has managed to continue its steady growth even while the wider tech landscape suffered setbacks, which suggests a wise leadership. It also continues to improve its offering and expand its network of businesses, aiming to give every employee in America control of the money they've earned.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

42% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Dec 2018

$125m

SERIES C

Sep 2017

$39m

SERIES B

Total funding: $190.1m

Company benefits

401k
FSA
Mental health resources
Employee Resource Groups
Stipend for growth opportunities
Pet friendly office
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance

Company HQ

Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA

Leadership

Ram Palaniappan

(Founder & CEO)

Was Senior Operations Manager at Reflect.com, a P&G company. Served as President of UniRush from 2004 to 2012.

Salary benchmarks

We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.

Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.

Share this job

View 9 more jobs at Earnin