Senior Backend Software Engineer, Self Financial
$140-160k
+ Equity + Bonus
Credit and savings-building platform
Job no longer available
Credit and savings-building platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$140-160k
+ Equity + Bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To enable people to build credit, build savings, and reach their goals.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years experience as a Backend Python Software Engineer with a focus on designing and building scalable applications
- Solid understanding of software design principles, architectural patterns and best practices for building scalable and maintainable systems
- In-depth knowledge of SQL, database systems and data modeling
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Experience designing, developing and leading on software development projects
- Experience in the container space such as Docker
- Experience with common software engineering tools such as Git (or other VCS), Jira, Confluence and similar platforms
- A passion for learning, keeping up with technological advancements, and sharing knowledge with the team
Desirable
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline
- Experience with AWS or other related cloud architectures/services is a plus
- Previous experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Senior Backend Engineer on our Platform Engineering Teams you will be working at the very core of how we build and enhance our credit-building products and services
- A majority of your time will be spent on writing clean and effective code which you will manage from inception through deployment
- You will collaborate directly with lead engineers, architecture, and product managers and work alongside our amazing team of professional engineers
- Our Platform Engineering Teams work to provide impactful solutions at a massive scale. Our focus areas include:
- Credit Reporting: Work in the heart and soul of our mission! Enable timely, accurate credit reporting to all major credit reporting agencies
- Payments: Enable a highly available, secure, and feature rich customer payment
- Experience across all of Self Financial’s products and services
- Bank Reporting: Enable timely, accurate reporting to all our partner banks
- Develop capabilities that support our credit building products and banking core systems
- Develop services and infrastructure that provide essential functions at a massive scale
- Work closely with product managers to build tools and systems required for us to service our financial products to our large customer base
- Report to an engineering manager and work with our amazing team of professional engineers
Our take
Almost 50 million Americans are “credit invisible” with no credit score at all, while there are also around the same number with low credit scores. The ramifications of this are profound, as it goes on to affect mortgage and rental applications, personal loans, and even job prospects.
Self is one of many fintechs, along with the likes of Better, TomoCredit and SoFi, that are attempting to help people get easier access to loans, and in turn credit scores. The company offers consumers instalment loans and its own Visa credit card, regardless of their current credit score.
While there’s lots of competition in this particular fintech niche, Self has been scaling up rapidly over the last few years, increasing its headcount and expanding into credit reporting for rent with its acquisition of RentTrack. With its innovative approach and growing range of services, Self is positioned to continue making a meaningful impact on financial inclusion.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$50m
SERIES E
Dec 2020
$40m
SERIES D
Total funding: $127.6m
Company benefits
- Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA, HSA
- 401(k) investment plan
- Equity incentive plan
- Flexible time off
- Paid Parental Leave for primary and secondary care givers
- Wellness programs and fitness benefits
- Professional development reimbursement
- Reward and recognition program
- Hybrid work environment
Company HQ
East Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX
Leadership
James Garvey
(Founder & Member of the Board of Directors)Founded Self Financial in 2014 and served as the CEO until 2023. Previously founded GK Equity and co-founded Objective Loyalty where they served as the CTO for 5 years.
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