Back-End Software Engineer (Remote Work From Home)

Freedom Financial Network

Salt Lake City Utah

United States

Information Technology
(No Timezone Provided)

Description

THE OPPORTUNITY:

As Back-End Software Engineer with Freedom Financial Network, you will contribute directly to the success of the business and have a meaningful impact on our customers’ lives.

We are looking for engineers to bring new and innovative ideas and tackle challenges across the full stack, but mostly focused on backend applications. We believe in building teams that are passionate about solving complex problems and ready to grow and evolve alongside our expanding business and technology footprint.

THE ROLE:

  • Design, develop, deploy and manage complex microservices. Integrate the backend services with the front-end solutions.
  • Architecture and build customer facing APIs.
  • Contribute to an overall system design and architecture. 
  • Select the best implementation strategies; recommend the technologies, tools and libraries.
  • Deliver high-quality code to production; develop unit, integrated and system tests to ensure the code quality.
  •   REQUIREMENTS/CHARACTERISTICS:

  • 5+ years of experience in software development,
  • 3+ years of working experience with Go, NodeJS and/or Python. 
  • 3+ years of experience in development of distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, microservices.
  • 2+ years of experience in development of front-end solutions. Hands-on familiarity with modern frameworks (Angular/React) is a big plus!
  • Demonstrated experience working with data: SQL, NoSQL, key-value store, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience in delivering business-critical systems to the market
  • Demonstrated experience with event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks (Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
  • Working experience with cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure, etc.)
  • Demonstrated experience designing/developing scalable systems
  • Mature engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, secure coding, etc.)
  •  EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or relevant experience in software development
  • CULTURAL FIT (Our Core Values):

  • Care (for everyone):  We show compassion and contribute to the well-being and growth of those around us. We only pursue products that improve the financial lives of our clients.
  • Act with Integrity (every time):  We take the right action even when it is hard and even when no one is watching. We treat our employees, clients, and communities the way they wish to be treated.
  • Get Better (every day):  We innovate, iterate, and improve each day. We are creative, take thoughtful risks, and ultimately learn and recover from failures.
  • COLLABORATE (with everybody):  We strive to work together toward a common purpose by proactively sharing information and inviting participation. We recognize the perspective of various groups and embrace healthy, constructive debate.
  • WHY JOIN THE FREEDOM FAMILY?

  • Fast, continued growth – there’s a lot of opportunity for advancement 
  • Voted a Best Place to Work multiple times by our employees, most recently #1 in Phoenix for the 2nd year in a row!
  • Benefits start within 30 days
  • 401k with employer match
  • 3 weeks’ paid vacation (increased with tenure)
  • 9 paid holidays & 5 sick days
  • Paid time off for volunteer work and on your birthday
  • WHO WE ARE:

    Voted one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the Bay Area for 2020, Freedom Financial Network is a family of companies that takes a people-first approach to financial services, using technology to empower consumers to overcome debt and create a brighter financial future. The company was founded in 2002 by Brad Stroh and Andrew Housser on the belief that by staying committed to helping people, you can ensure better financial outcomes for both the customer and the business. This Heart + $ philosophy still guides the vision of our growing company, which has helped millions of people find solutions for their financial needs.

    What began with 2 people in a spare bedroom has now rapidly expanded to a vibrant business that employs over 2,400 employees (known internally as The Freedom Family) in two locations: San Mateo, CA and Tempe, AZ. When you visit either of our offices, you’ll understand why our employees have voted us the Best Place to Work for the last several years. It’s a place where the Heart + $ philosophy continues to thrive, where we believe that success is only achieved by doing what’s right for our customers, our employees, and our communities.

    In order to create brighter futures for our clients, employees, and businesses, Freedom Financial Network holds itself to four core values that have grown out of our Heart + $ philosophy: to  care  for everyone around us,  act with integrity  every time,  collaborate  with everybody we work with, and  get better  at what we do every day.


    Back-End Software Engineer (Remote Work From Home)

    Freedom Financial Network

    Salt Lake City Utah

    United States

    Information Technology

    (No Timezone Provided)

    Description

    THE OPPORTUNITY:

    As Back-End Software Engineer with Freedom Financial Network, you will contribute directly to the success of the business and have a meaningful impact on our customers’ lives.

    We are looking for engineers to bring new and innovative ideas and tackle challenges across the full stack, but mostly focused on backend applications. We believe in building teams that are passionate about solving complex problems and ready to grow and evolve alongside our expanding business and technology footprint.

    THE ROLE:

  • Design, develop, deploy and manage complex microservices. Integrate the backend services with the front-end solutions.
  • Architecture and build customer facing APIs.
  • Contribute to an overall system design and architecture. 
  • Select the best implementation strategies; recommend the technologies, tools and libraries.
  • Deliver high-quality code to production; develop unit, integrated and system tests to ensure the code quality.
  •   REQUIREMENTS/CHARACTERISTICS:

  • 5+ years of experience in software development,
  • 3+ years of working experience with Go, NodeJS and/or Python. 
  • 3+ years of experience in development of distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, microservices.
  • 2+ years of experience in development of front-end solutions. Hands-on familiarity with modern frameworks (Angular/React) is a big plus!
  • Demonstrated experience working with data: SQL, NoSQL, key-value store, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience in delivering business-critical systems to the market
  • Demonstrated experience with event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks (Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
  • Working experience with cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure, etc.)
  • Demonstrated experience designing/developing scalable systems
  • Mature engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, secure coding, etc.)
  •  EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or relevant experience in software development
  • CULTURAL FIT (Our Core Values):

  • Care (for everyone):  We show compassion and contribute to the well-being and growth of those around us. We only pursue products that improve the financial lives of our clients.
  • Act with Integrity (every time):  We take the right action even when it is hard and even when no one is watching. We treat our employees, clients, and communities the way they wish to be treated.
  • Get Better (every day):  We innovate, iterate, and improve each day. We are creative, take thoughtful risks, and ultimately learn and recover from failures.
  • COLLABORATE (with everybody):  We strive to work together toward a common purpose by proactively sharing information and inviting participation. We recognize the perspective of various groups and embrace healthy, constructive debate.
  • WHY JOIN THE FREEDOM FAMILY?

  • Fast, continued growth – there’s a lot of opportunity for advancement 
  • Voted a Best Place to Work multiple times by our employees, most recently #1 in Phoenix for the 2nd year in a row!
  • Benefits start within 30 days
  • 401k with employer match
  • 3 weeks’ paid vacation (increased with tenure)
  • 9 paid holidays & 5 sick days
  • Paid time off for volunteer work and on your birthday
  • WHO WE ARE:

    Voted one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the Bay Area for 2020, Freedom Financial Network is a family of companies that takes a people-first approach to financial services, using technology to empower consumers to overcome debt and create a brighter financial future. The company was founded in 2002 by Brad Stroh and Andrew Housser on the belief that by staying committed to helping people, you can ensure better financial outcomes for both the customer and the business. This Heart + $ philosophy still guides the vision of our growing company, which has helped millions of people find solutions for their financial needs.

    What began with 2 people in a spare bedroom has now rapidly expanded to a vibrant business that employs over 2,400 employees (known internally as The Freedom Family) in two locations: San Mateo, CA and Tempe, AZ. When you visit either of our offices, you’ll understand why our employees have voted us the Best Place to Work for the last several years. It’s a place where the Heart + $ philosophy continues to thrive, where we believe that success is only achieved by doing what’s right for our customers, our employees, and our communities.

    In order to create brighter futures for our clients, employees, and businesses, Freedom Financial Network holds itself to four core values that have grown out of our Heart + $ philosophy: to  care  for everyone around us,  act with integrity  every time,  collaborate  with everybody we work with, and  get better  at what we do every day.