Staff Backend Software Engineer, Self Financial
$168-205k
Plus stock options and quarterly performance-based bonuses
Credit and savings-building platform
Open for applications
Credit and savings-building platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$168-205k
Plus stock options and quarterly performance-based bonuses
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Self's mission is to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by helping people build credit and savings.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Solid understanding and application of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
- Fluency with the development of Python/Flask/FastAPI code in a production environment
- Extensive experience building and consuming REST APIs to work with other services
- Proficiency with SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL
- Experience in the container space such as Docker
- Experience with common software engineering tools such as Git (or other VCS), Jira, Confluence, and similar platforms
- Experience with AWS and other related cloud architectures/services
Desirable
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline
- Experience with GraphQL
What the job involves
- As a Staff Backend Software Engineer on our Consumer Verticals Card Team, you will be working to provide our builders with an equitable credit card experience, one that caters to their specific needs and will continue to grow with them on their credit-building journey
- Most of your time will be spent on writing clean and effective code which you will manage from inception through deployment
- You will collaborate directly with our Lead Engineers, Architecture, and Product Manager and work alongside our amazing team of Professional Engineers
- Develop capabilities that support our credit building products and banking core systems
- Develop services and infrastructure that provide essential functions at a massive scale
- Work closely with Product Managers to build tools and systems required for us to service our financial products to our large customer base
- Report to an Engineering Manager and work with our amazing team of Professional Engineers
Application process
- You’ll meet with someone from our Recruiting team so we can learn more about you and answer some of your questions
- You’ll meet with the Hiring Manager to learn more about the team, and the role, and get to tell us more about what you’d bring to the team
- You’ll meet team members who will be your peers to help you get a feel for a “real day in the life” at Self
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
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 a number of 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 installment 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.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$50m
SERIES E
Dec 2020
$40m
SERIES D
Total funding: $127.6m
Company benefits
- Mission-driven company
- Open paid time off & family leave
- Equity incentive plan
- Wellness programs
- Education reimbursement budget
- Performance-based bonuses
- Generous employer-paid health, vision and dental insurance coverage
- Free gym membership
- Casual dress code
- Team building events and activities
- Remote work arrangements/ flexible work schedule
- Paid parental leave
Company HQ
Congress Avenue Historic District, Austin, TX
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Founders
James Garvey
(CEO)Has founded two startups before Self; SaaS company GK Equity, and marketing tech company Objective Loyalty.
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