Senior Software Engineer, Self Financial
Backend
$114-169k
+ Stock Options + Performance-based bonuses
Credit and savings-building platform
Job no longer available
Credit and savings-building platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$114-169k
+ Stock Options + Performance-based bonuses
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To enable people to build credit, build savings, and reach their goals.
Role
Who you are
- 5-8 years of experience in software development
- Strong experience with backend systems and service-oriented architecture
- Experience supporting or building payment systems or financial platforms
- Proficiency in programming languages, frameworks, and database systems (SQL)
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and production support
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate in a production-critical environment
Desirable
- Experience with payment processing, financial systems, or regulated environments
- Experience building bank or bureau reporting systems
- Familiarity with scalability, fault tolerance, and high-availability systems
- Experience working in high-growth or resource-constrained environments
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support our Payments (PayPort) platform, which powers critical business operations and revenue-generating processes. This role is responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and ongoing development of payment systems and related services
- As a senior member of the team, you will contribute to both "run the business" operations and key initiatives, including payment integrations and financial reporting capabilities. You will work cross functionally with product, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, resilient solutions
- Support and maintain the PayPort payment platform and related services
- Ensure system uptime, reliability, and performance of critical payment workflows
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues impacting payment systems
- Design, develop, and enhance payment processing capabilities and integrations
- Build and support bank and bureau reporting functionality
- Contribute to scalable, secure, and high-performance software solutions
- Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle
- Support day-to-day "run the business" operations for payment systems
- Improve system reliability through monitoring, alerting, and performance optimization
- Implement best practices in testing, automation, and deployment
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners including Product, DevOps, and Finance
- Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and sprint planning
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers as needed
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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