Staff Software Engineer, Earnin

Backend

CA$252.5-308.6k

+ Equity

AWS
Kubernetes
Python
C#
Kafka
Redis
Kotlin
Terraform
DynamoDB
Senior and Expert level
Vancouver

2 days a week in office

Earnin

Paycheck advance service for employees

Job no longer available

Earnin

Paycheck advance service for employees

201-500 employees

FintechB2CB2BPersonal financePaymentsFinancial Services

Job no longer available

CA$252.5-308.6k

+ Equity

AWS
Kubernetes
Python
C#
Kafka
Redis
Kotlin
Terraform
DynamoDB
Senior and Expert level
Vancouver

2 days a week in office

201-500 employees

FintechB2CB2BPersonal financePaymentsFinancial Services

Company mission

Earnin’s mission is to build a financial system that works for people.

Role

Who you are

  • 7+ years of experience working hands-on, delivering scalable software solutions
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience
  • Deep expertise in cloud-native services, Infrastructure as Code, and tops. (AWS, Elastic Kubernetes Service, Terraform, ArgoCD)
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, event-oriented microservices, and trade-off analysis for architectures. (Kafka, SNS, SQS)
  • Proficiency in at least one modern language (C#, Kotlin, Python)
  • Firm grasp of clean architecture principles and scalable system design. (DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing)
  • Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases. (DynamoDB, Redis, Databricks)
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical ideas effectively

What the job involves

  • EarnIn seeks an experienced, collaborative, resourceful Staff Engineer to join our backend team. In this role, you will work cross-functionally to architect, design, and develop scalable backend services that power our platform
  • You’ll play a key role in shaping our technical direction while mentoring senior engineers and driving impactful projects
  • Architect & build high-quality, scalable backend services and APIs
  • Solve complex problems by designing elegant solutions and writing maintainable, efficient code
  • Collaborate & mentor senior engineers, conducting thoughtful code, design, and architecture reviews
  • Define technical direction, drive engineering best practices, and contribute to the product roadmap
  • Optimize system performance & reliability by making informed trade-offs in distributed systems
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives, working closely with product, design, and data teams
  • Influence hiring & onboarding to help grow a high-performing engineering team

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Insights

Top investors

42% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

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

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Dec 2018

$125m

SERIES C

Sep 2017

$39m

SERIES B

Total funding: $190.1m

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 pay checks 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 such as Dave, 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 over 300,000 business customers which offer Earnin as an employee benefit. Around 70 million paycheck advances were taken through the platform in 2022 alone, totalling $5 billion. Since then, this number has grown to an overall earnings access value of $15 billion.

Earnin is growing despite current difficulties in the wider tech landscape and is continuing to hire in all departments. It will continue to improve upon its offering and expand its network of businesses, aiming to give every employee in America control of the money they've earned.

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