Senior Software Engineer, Earnin
Live Pay
CA$199.9-244k
+ Equity
2 days a week in office
Paycheck advance service for employees
Open for applications
Paycheck advance service for employees
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
CA$199.9-244k
+ Equity
2 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build a financial system that works for people.
Role
Who you are
- This person will need to be strong in JVM programming languages and event-driven architecture, in addition to AWS
- 4+ years of development experience in Software Engineering
- Bachelor's, Master’s, or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience
- Proficient in at least one JVM programming language, such as Java, Kotlin, or Scala
- Experience with at least one major framework like Spring, Spring Boot
- Hands-on experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle, experience with NoSQL databases is a plus
- Hands-on experience working in cloud environments: AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Hands-on experience with streaming and messaging technologies such as Kafka, AWS SNS/SQS, and AWS Kinesis
- Experience with continuous integration and delivery tools
- Experienced in developing and executing functional and integration tests
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with Kubernetes and microservice architecture is a strong plus
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, LLMs)
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced, passionate, and resourceful backend software engineer to join our Live Pay team. In our team, you’ll work cross-functionally with various teams and contribute to the design and development of key platform services
- Drive the design and implementation of new features, break down complex problems into their bare essentials, translate this complexity into elegant design, and create high-quality, maintainable code
- Make a meaningful impact on the lives of our community members
- Create and maintain test automation to enable continuous integration and development velocity
- Design and deliver robust microservices integrations via REST/gRPC APIs and via messaging patterns (events/queues)
- Collaborate and mentor other engineers while providing thoughtful guidance using code, design, and architecture reviews
- Work cross-functionally with other teams, including data science, design, product, marketing, and analytics
- Debug production issues across our services infrastructure and multiple levels of our stack
- Work with distributed systems and services, and care passionately about producing high-quality code
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 paychecks 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, 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 business customers who offer Earnin as an employee benefit.
Earnin has managed to continue its steady growth even while the wider tech landscape suffered setbacks, which suggests a wise leadership. It also continues to improve 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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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
42% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2018
$125m
SERIES C
Sep 2017
$39m
SERIES B
Total funding: $190.1m
Company benefits
- 401k
- FSA
- Mental health resources
- Employee Resource Groups
- Stipend for growth opportunities
- Pet friendly office
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Ram Palaniappan
(Founder & CEO)Was Senior Operations Manager at Reflect.com, a P&G company. Served as President of UniRush from 2004 to 2012.
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