Lead Software Engineer, Lending Club
Backend
$190-215k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Online personal loans
Open for applications
Online personal loans
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$190-215k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To transform the banking system to make credit more affordable and investing more rewarding.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of software development experience, with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent experience
- Strong experience building applications in Java and working with Web Services
- Proficient with scripting (Shell, Perl, Python) and databases (SQL, MySQL, Oracle)
- Deep understanding of agile development, TDD, source control, and automated testing
- You set a high bar for code quality, maintainability, and production readiness
- You take full ownership of your domain - design, delivery, monitoring, and alerting
- You’re comfortable experimenting, learning from failure, and iterating quickly
- Passionate problem solver with strong communication skills
- Self-motivated and collaborative - you ask great questions and drive for clarity
Desirable
- Experience scaling high-traffic applications
- Familiarity with AWS and cloud-native architectures
- Proven track record delivering on time with high quality in an agile environment
- Excited about our mission to transform banking through innovation
What the job involves
- . As a Lead Software Engineer, you’ll play a key role in building the technology that helps our members achieve financial well-being
- You’ll work closely with a collaborative, high-performing team that values curiosity, experimentation, and learning. Our engineers move fast, celebrate innovative ideas, and take pride in delivering scalable, reliable, and high-quality software
- Lead code reviews and set the standard for engineering excellence
- Make pragmatic technology recommendations that balance innovation and reliability
- Champion observability—designing systems with strong instrumentation for production insight and troubleshooting
- Own medium-to-large initiatives from design through delivery and production
- Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering growth and knowledge-sharing across the team
- Partner effectively with Offshore and Near-shore teammates to improve execution efficiency
- Design, implement, and document new software components and APIs
- Understand the bigger picture—how your work fits within broader business and technical goals
- Troubleshoot effectively and drive root-cause resolution
- Ensure high testability, maintainability, and quality in all deliverables
- Collaborate with QA, Product, and Operations to deliver resilient, customer-focused solutions
Our take
Lending Club is a digital bank offering personal loans, auto loan refinancing, and debt consolidation to help individuals manage their finances. It provides flexible loan terms and competitive rates for a variety of needs, as well as high-yield saving and cash-back checking accounts, designed to help customers grow their money.
Focusing on digital solutions, Lending Club removes traditional brick-and-mortar branches, passing the savings on to customers through low fees and better rates. It connects borrowers with investors in a marketplace model and offers fast loan approvals and competitive interest rates.
To bolster its offering, the company acquired Tally Technologies' intellectual property (IP) to enhance its credit management services. It continues to develop and enhance its products and improve customer engagement in a bid to become a "top of mind" company with more active users.
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Insights
-8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2014
$65m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Nov 2013
$57m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $332m
Company benefits
- Untracked vacation for salaried employees, which means take it when you need it, and generous paid time off for hourly team members
- A hybrid work model that balances in-office and work from home
- Leading health and safety protocols related to COVID, including complimentary at-home testing kits from Cue Health for those coming to the office
- Up to 16 weeks paid leave for new parents, plus a fully paid, phased return-to-work policy for qualified leaves
- Mothers Rooms and hospital-grade pumps in every LC office
- Generous and varied mental health benefits
- Wellness program with cash incentives — earn up to $75 per month for being active
- Paid volunteer time and donation matching
- Onsite gym, locker room, bike room, and fitness classes (depending on location)
- Café with our own in-house barista
- Stocked pantries with healthy snacks and drinks
- Technology-forward and collaborative office spaces
Company HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Scott Sanborn
(CEO)Previously held leadership positions as the Chief Revenue Officer for publicly traded eHealth Insurance, President of RedEnvelope, Inc., and SVP at the Home Shopping Network. Joined LendingClub in 2010 and has worked as Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Operations Officer, and President before becoming the CEO in 2016.
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