Tech Lead/Senior Principal SWE - Digital Banking (Richmond, VA/San Francisco, CA/Remote)

Carter Wellington

San Francisco California

United States

Financial Services - Banking / Investment / Finance
(No Timezone Provided)

Our client is looking for a Tech Lead or Senior Principal SWE to join their geographically dispersed team as an early hire in our fast growing startup. If you are excited about building scalable, highly available systems then this is the right role for you. They are primarily based in Richmond, VA and San Francisco, CA, however they are open to considering remote candidates that would be open to travel to their offices on occasions. THEIR TECH Their core stack includes, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, React Native, Kotlin, Java, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, GCP What you will do

  • You will be solving some pretty interesting problems, without bureaucratic obstacles.
  • Work cross functionally with their Product, Design, Credit, Growth and Data Science teams to understand customer needs and how to design and build the most appropriate features or systems that impact the lives of millions of consumers.
  • You will also spend some time in the design and development across their web stack and the opportunity to work on or close to their Web, Cloud Platform, Data and Machine Learning teams.
  • Be an agent of technological change - learning and evaluating new technologies and making decisions on their adoption
  • Time permitting, a little online socialising with your peers.
    • What qualities do they look for
  • 7 plus years of professional experience building software. Bonus points if you have excelled at a small, high growth startup or been working in the fin tech space or an equivalent highly regulated industry.
  • Solid experience with modern Javascript, React, React Native or equivalent.
  • An intuitive understanding of web frameworks, APIs, cloud infrastructure, information security, and databases, and have worked with multiple programming languages.
  • A passion for making an impact through technology while building consumer products that make a difference to the lives of traditionally under served customers.
  • Both curious by nature and an impressively quick learner.
  • Unfazed by unfamiliar codebases and enjoy figuring complex things out on your own.
  • Able to wear multiple hats and work across the stack, both collaboratively and independently.
  • Strong progression in career growth.
    • You get Super Bonus points for
  • Fintech experience, Huge plus
  • Proven experience with Java, Kotlin, Scala, Python, or equivalent is a plus.
  • Proven experience with PostgreSQL or equivalent is a plus.
  • Knowledgeable and appreciative of user interaction, user experience, and design best practices.
  • Familiar with performance tuning, measurement and experimentation systems

    • Tech Lead/Senior Principal SWE - Digital Banking (Richmond, VA/San Francisco, CA/Remote)

    Carter Wellington

    San Francisco California

    United States

    Financial Services - Banking / Investment / Finance

    (No Timezone Provided)

    Our client is looking for a Tech Lead or Senior Principal SWE to join their geographically dispersed team as an early hire in our fast growing startup. If you are excited about building scalable, highly available systems then this is the right role for you. They are primarily based in Richmond, VA and San Francisco, CA, however they are open to considering remote candidates that would be open to travel to their offices on occasions. THEIR TECH Their core stack includes, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, React Native, Kotlin, Java, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, GCP What you will do

  • You will be solving some pretty interesting problems, without bureaucratic obstacles.
  • Work cross functionally with their Product, Design, Credit, Growth and Data Science teams to understand customer needs and how to design and build the most appropriate features or systems that impact the lives of millions of consumers.
  • You will also spend some time in the design and development across their web stack and the opportunity to work on or close to their Web, Cloud Platform, Data and Machine Learning teams.
  • Be an agent of technological change - learning and evaluating new technologies and making decisions on their adoption
  • Time permitting, a little online socialising with your peers.
    • What qualities do they look for
  • 7 plus years of professional experience building software. Bonus points if you have excelled at a small, high growth startup or been working in the fin tech space or an equivalent highly regulated industry.
  • Solid experience with modern Javascript, React, React Native or equivalent.
  • An intuitive understanding of web frameworks, APIs, cloud infrastructure, information security, and databases, and have worked with multiple programming languages.
  • A passion for making an impact through technology while building consumer products that make a difference to the lives of traditionally under served customers.
  • Both curious by nature and an impressively quick learner.
  • Unfazed by unfamiliar codebases and enjoy figuring complex things out on your own.
  • Able to wear multiple hats and work across the stack, both collaboratively and independently.
  • Strong progression in career growth.
    • You get Super Bonus points for
  • Fintech experience, Huge plus
  • Proven experience with Java, Kotlin, Scala, Python, or equivalent is a plus.
  • Proven experience with PostgreSQL or equivalent is a plus.
  • Knowledgeable and appreciative of user interaction, user experience, and design best practices.
  • Familiar with performance tuning, measurement and experimentation systems

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