Director of Consumer Platform Engineering, Lending Club
$210-245k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Online personal loans
Job no longer available
Online personal loans
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$210-245k
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
- You are deeply technical, an expert in API and contract design, synchronous and asynchronous call patterns, database design, service monitoring, and observability
- You will have a track record in delivering services that let the platform team “get out of the way”, enabling product teams to ship new products safely and quickly
- This role requires a leadership-based managerial style that values a team-player approach, and clings tightly to the conviction that speed is an essential feature
- 10+ years of software development and software architecture experience and bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, or a related field of study; or equivalent work experience
- Ideally, you have Fintech and/or bank experience within functional areas like Loan Originations and Banking Web and Mobile Applications
- You have had significant leadership experience in engineering solutions, with current understanding of stack and common projects
- You have worked in a platform team and can talk fluently about API and contract design, what works and what doesn’t. You demonstrate empathy for service consumers and prioritize delivering software and solutions that work for internal teams
- You have a high bar for operational excellence; able to quickly lead a team through issues resolution, root cause analysis and successfully prioritize corrective action
- You have solid know-how in service architecture, technology stack and engineering tools to enable the direct team
- You have experience building and delivering software using Java and/or Scala technologies, with backends in Postgres, MySQL, Cassandra or DynamoDB. You know how to build asynchronous services with queues in SQS/SNS or Apache Kafka
- Practical experience building development platforms that enable multiple product-facing teams to be productive
- A strong focus on people development and coaching team members
- While the position will primarily work local hours, LendingClub is headquartered in Pacific Time and our ideal candidate will be flexible working across time zones when necessary
What the job involves
- LendingClub is looking to hire a Director, Consumer Platform Engineering
- LendingClub Technology is continually improving its core services that support its product originations and servicing experiences
- As a Director, Consumer Platform Engineering, you build services consumer product teams love, designed to work across multiple product lines
- You will be responsible for managing projects, technology, and a team of developers, working with product managers, ensuring quality, and enforcing processes and standards
- We are a Java, Scala, and node.js development shop
- We value speed to market and experimentation, fiercely competing in the market while never losing sight of the customer’s financial needs
- The right candidate will exemplify those values, ensuring that LendingClub remains high-performing, scalable and reliable for our borrowers and investors
- Help define and drive platform implementation of key services across our originations experiences and supporting services for our web and mobile application experience
- Drive a mixed team of engineers, architects, and quality assurance team members directly to deliver excellent software that is well architected and of a high quality
- Contribute to our consumer engineering platform services strategy, socializing with key partners
- Work closely to understand product management’s goals, mapping them against platform capabilities as well as project commitments
- Drive planning, environment vision and build out, performance management and tuning, new SW evaluation, etc
- Work with teams to ensure solutions align with corporate standards to keep us safe and secure
- Assess and improve all SDLC processes, ensuring they are repeatable, sustainable and scalable
- Drive results through proactively collaborating across organizational boundaries
- Clearly and continuously articulate “What’s Important”, focusing on the critical few and top priorities to ship
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.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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