Lead Software Engineer, Lending Club
Full Stack
$165-210k
+ Bonus, Equity
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
$165-210k
+ Bonus, Equity
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
- We’re looking for a talented Lead Full Stack Engineer that is passionate about building new applications
- 8+ years of web-based software engineering experience using React, Java, & Javascript
- Strong knowledge of Java, RESTful APIs, Microservice design, and how to design service to service interactions
- 2+ years hands-on production level coding experience with Node.js in a consumer application
- Experience working with agile methodology, test-driven development, source control management, and automated testing
- Deep experience with unit test patterns (JUnit, Jasmine, Mocha, or similar)
- Strong database skills (SQL, MySQL, ORACLE)
- Production experience monitoring systems and resolving user issues
- Significant experience leading engineering solutions, with current understanding of stack and common projects
- Experience in leading design and code reviews, ensuring best practices are followed
- Passion for solving problems
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Experience with React-Redux or other similar modern frameworks
- Experience with Angular
- Ability to scale applications
- Working knowledge of AWS
- Experience in a true agile environment
- Passionate about our mission to transform the banking industry
- Practiced working in TDD style, building unit, integration and functional tests
- Cross-browser, cross-platform UI design
What the job involves
- The LendingClub Engineering team is looking for a modern-day software engineer who understands that building complex web experiences requires truly engineered solutions
- As an integral part of a dynamic business, the technology team collaborates with Product, Risk and Operations to develop new loan products and streamline our existing ones
- Together, we move fast, celebrate great ideas, inspire testing and learning, and stretch for new solutions
- Implement and document new software components
- Understand how code fits into broader technical and business context
- Actively participate in code and technical design reviews
- Design, implement, and document new software components
- Improve existing software
- Partner with Product Management to define requirements and contribute to release planning
- Work with QA and Operations teams to troubleshoot and fix defects in software
- Research new technologies and prototype new ideas
- Ensure high testability and quality of delivered software
- Lead, coach, and mentor junior Software Engineers
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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