Backend Software Engineer, Prosper Marketplace
$152-189k
+ Bonus
More information about location
2 days a week in office
Online P2P lending marketplace
Open for applications
Online P2P lending marketplace
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$152-189k
+ Bonus
More information about location
2 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To advance financial wellbeing by providing affordable financial solutions to consumers across the credit spectrum.
Role
Who you are
- Above all other factors, we are looking for determined candidates who want to be part of a culture of innovation and creativity as we develop financial technology!
- The ideal candidate is passionate about learning the Fintech domain and delivering cutting-edge, high-quality solutions to solve business problems
- BS in EE/CS with 5+ years of experience or MS in EE/CS or other applicable disciplines with 3+ years of experience
- Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, object-oriented programming, and distributed systems architecture
- Proficient in designing and building RESTful services and event-driven systems
- Expertise in Authentication and Authorization solutions
- Hands-on experience working with both relational and non-relational databases, such as Firestore, Redis, and MemoryStore
- Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging cloud-native architecture and cloud services, particularly in implementing Cloud Functions and architecting Data Flows within GCP or AWS environments
- Proficiency in utilizing tools such as Spring Boot, Spring, Hibernate, JPA, and JMS
- Fundamental knowledge of GraphQL
- Highly proficient in object-oriented languages such as Java
What the job involves
- Technologies we use: Java, Kotlin, SpringBoot, REST, GraphQL, Microservices, GCP
- Technology versatility is a critical success factor for our team. The ability to stretch beyond one’s specialty by learning new technologies fast and contributing to the team’s goal is highly valued
- Prosper’s Engineering culture encourages teamwork, ownership, and cross-functional development of well-rounded engineers who have a holistic view of the problems and solution designs
- We are seeking motivated software engineers to work on our interdisciplinary scrum teams, building large scale systems at Prosper Marketplace
- Design and construct highly scalable, resilient, cloud-native, microservices-based distributed architecture systems
- Develop, maintain, and enhance essential backend software components
- Collaborate with cross-functional product and analytics teams to guide or actively contribute to significant strategic initiatives, while also addressing ongoing operational challenges at scale
- Apply engineering expertise within a business framework to generate substantial business value, approaching problems with an operational perspective
- Proactively pinpoint gaps, challenges, and requirements within our systems and processes, formulating and implementing robust solutions independently
- Facilitate the migration of existing on-premises services to cutting-edge cloud technologies
- Collaborate with a team of dedicated, intelligent, and ambitious engineers committed to building large-scale systems at Prosper Marketplace
- Contribute to shaping and nurturing our company's engineering culture, promoting continuous learning and fostering innovation
Our take
Prosper is a peer-to-peer lending platform, meaning that instead of lending money itself, it 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 Prosper’s largest rival, 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 more than $20 billion in loans to nearly 1.5 million borrowers.
The company certainly felt the effects when the marketplace lending industry crashed in 2016, with more than $1 billion wiped from the company’s valuation. Since then, Prosper has secured new funding and continues to develop. In recent years the company has forged ties with banks to allow it to launch its home equity credit line, indicating a new direction for the company.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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 values
- Accountability
- Collaboration
- Excellence
- Diversity
- Simplicity
- Integrity
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
David Kimball
(Chairman and 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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