The Role:

Our technology team in Chicago is looking for a Software Engineer to help build out our platform in support of our rapidly growing lending business. This role will be instrumental in designing and coding a flexible, highly scalable online lending platform. We are seeking a strong, technical, hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and writing great code in a fun and fast-paced environment. We work hard but we also have lots of fun!

Primary Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand the business requirements, design, develop, and test high performant code in-line with the business requirements.
• Create technical requirements, software design specifications and other forms of architectural artifacts.
• Participate in Agile development activities including sprint planning, backlog grooming, stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Primarily work in the middle tier/backend service layer of the architecture. Ability to work in various other layers of the software stack from the database to the UI a plus.
• Stay up to date with tools, trends, and technologies in the FinTech space.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 3-10 years of hands on programming experience, full-stack experience a plus
• Ability to demonstrate experience with the following technologies and frameworks: Java, Spring, Spring boot, Postgres
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and experience working with QA automation engineers to help them implement testing strategies.
• Basic Experience with cloud hosted applications on Amazon AWS including AWS EC2 instances, S3 storage management, Elastic Beanstalk, Simple Queue Service
• Solid understanding of contemporary API and architectural concepts (REST, Microservices, MVC, Architectural Layers, etc.)
• Experience with Git (Github / BitBucket), Jira and Confluence.
• Experience working in an Agile or Lean Software Development such as Kanban, Scrum and Test-Driven Development.
• Ability to thrive in startup environment with heavy workload, competing priorities, and less structure than more established company

Looking for perks?

• 3% 401K employer contribution that is immediately vested

• Health benefits? We’ve got you fully covered

• Flexible work schedule with results-based culture

• Generous PTO

• Paid Parental Leave and "ease back to work" program for new parents

• Annual professional development allowance

• Fully stocked kitchen

• Casual dress code

• Team building events and happy hours

• Significant career upside as our business grows