Software Engineer - Platform

Since 1927, the bank has grown through more than a dozen acquisitions. Most lenders have lived in the area for decades and know their borrowers.

Position summary:

This is a backfill for a team member who moved to another team. We need another Software Engineer - Platform who likes owning a feature from the design doc all the way to the on-call rotation. Our team is spread across 12 countries. Headquarters is in Oakland. This is a full-time remote role. We use an employer of record in Pakistan, so you get a proper employment contract, not a freelance agreement. Our standups are at 9:00 AM Pacific.

Your responsibilities:

Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review. Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback. Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense. Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates. Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents. Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic.

Qualifications:

3+ years of professional software development experience. BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up. Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests. Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure. Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI. Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design.

Preferred qualifications:

Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ. Kubernetes and Docker in production. Contributions to open source projects. Background in payments, fintech or another regulated domain.

Pay and benefits:

Home office setup budget. Two weeks of paid leave at year end. Paid sick days. Monthly internet allowance. Flexible hours. Performance bonus.

We will only contact shortlisted applicants.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Chestnuttrack.