Senior Software Engineer, Flex
Backend, Core Platform
$160-210k
+ stock options
Flexible rent payment application
Open for applications
Flexible rent payment application
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$160-210k
+ stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Flex's mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense.
Role
Who you are
- A minimum of 4 years of experience with Java is required for this position
- You have strong computer science fundamentals
- You have experience to translate the feature requirements into technical specifications
- You have experience leveling up the entire team’s bar by introducing best practices, mentoring junior people, etc
- You have experience with the Java frameworks and tools we use at Flex such as Spring (core/web/boot), Gradle and JUnit
- You have experience implementing and operating services in distributed services environments at scale
- You have experience with observability and monitoring tools such as DataDog for maintaining high availability
- You write high quality code that is testable, maintainable, scalable and secure
- You have a good understanding of REST and mobile API best practices
- You have great communication skills and are comfortable working with a distributed team
- Prior experience working on cross functional teams
- Experience with leading the project in its entire lifecycle, from requirements gathering to delivery
- Proficient with Java and Spring (Bonus: AWS, Containers, Kubernetes, MySql)
- Experience with CI/CD to improve code stability and code quality
What the job involves
- Flex is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will be responsible for implementing the platforms and APIs that support all business features
- In this role, you will be part of the Core Platform team, responsible for the backend systems and services that power our products, such as Payment, Ledger, Identity, etc
- You’ll be designing, developing, testing, and scaling the platform needed to deliver great user and partner experiences and a reliable end-to-end payment process
- You’ll work closely with your product, design and engineering peers to solve our users' most pressing problems around rent payment
- You’ll roll out changes to our customers in an agile manner with a delivery cadence that favors small, frequent iterations
- The ideal candidate will be comfortable leading scoping, design and implementation for APIs they build and can drive their production rollouts to completion with minimum oversight
Our take
Many people struggle to pay their rent every month, with a variety of bills hitting their bank accounts simultaneously. Whilst many of these people earn enough money to cover their bills, the inflexible nature of monthly bills can make the all-in-one payment a harder obstacle.
Flex provides a mobile application for the flexible payment of rent, allowing users to pay their landlords through flexible payment plans, reschedule payments when necessary, and protect their funds through Overdraft Protection. The company achieves this by partnering with estate agents and paying their resident's bills upfront, taking on the challenges that landlords would normally have due to late payments.
Flex has experienced extremely rapid growth since its founding which has caused some issues, as it struggled to keep up with the surge in new customers. Having made improvements to its product and scaled its customer service team, it is set to continue providing a service that has come to be highly valued by both tenants and landlords.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2022
$160m
SERIES C
Apr 2021
$46.6m
SERIES B
Total funding: $225.1m
Company benefits
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision
- 401(k) + company stock options
- Unlimited paid time off + company paid holidays
- Parental leave + IVF and adoption support
- Flex Cares Program: Non-profit company match + pet adoption coverage
- Pet Insurance
- Free Flex subscription
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Shragie Lichtenstein
(CEO)Experience working in venture capital investments for Point72 and TVC. Also co-founded Boundless Reality.
YeTong Shao
(CPO)Experience as Data Science Researcher. Also co-founded Boundless Reality.
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