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About the Role
At LearnLux, you will build a product that changes lives. Our mission is to empower people to take control of their financial future, whether that means getting out of debt, buying their first home, or preparing for retirement. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to shape this mission by building features that directly impact millions of lives and contribute to a platform that is revolutionizing how people access fiduciary financial guidance.
In this role, you’ll tackle complex technical challenges that come with scaling a global platform, including data architecture, backend integrations, and software delivery infrastructure. Your contributions will be instrumental in building a scalable, secure, and high-performance platform. You won’t just be writing code—you’ll be influencing the direction of our product and technology, working closely with product, sales, and the broader LearnLux team to ensure we deliver on our mission.
We are a small, agile team that moves fast and encourages innovation. Here, you will have the space to experiment, learn, and grow, with the autonomy to lead initiatives that matter. You’ll be a key player in shaping not only our technology but also our engineering culture as we continue to scale. If you’re passionate about solving meaningful problems, driving technical excellence, and contributing to a mission that truly makes a difference, we’d love to meet you!
This role is 100% remote within the US and reports to the Head of Engineering.
About LearnLux
LearnLux is the leading provider of workplace financial wellbeing that blends fiduciary digital planning with access to one-on-one guidance from Certified Financial Planner™️ professionals. LearnLux's award-winning program equips employees with a financial plan to guide them through decision points like budgeting, paying down debt, electing benefits, understanding equity compensation, starting a family, buying a home, saving for retirement, and more. Advanced reporting keeps our partners in the know, and drives results like reduction in financial stress, increased productivity, reduced employee turnover, greater use of pretax products, on-time retirement, and healthcare savings. LearnLux members feel great about their money, allowing their work and wellbeing to thrive. We’re a remote-first company, backed by prominent operators such as Ashton Kutcher’s fund Sound Ventures and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.
A day in the life:
- Collaborate with the team to migrate and optimize services on Firebase and Firestore, evolving them into scalable solutions leveraging GCP and AWS.
- Drive the adoption of cloud architecture best practices, utilizing infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform to manage multi-cloud environments.
- Architect and implement multi-tenancy solutions that enable seamless scaling while maintaining data isolation and tenant-specific performance optimization.
- Lead initiatives of all sizes and deliver products at scale, helping millions of people reach their financial goals.
- Prioritize automation, developer productivity, and internal best practices, driving efficiency through clean code, thorough testing, and practical programming.
- Ensure that innovation aligns with strong application performance and security standards.
- Uphold a high standard of work quality, leading by example and mentoring less experienced engineers to achieve the same level of excellence.
- Foster an atmosphere of open communication, encouraging engineers to share ideas and take initiative in solving problems that drive progress toward company goals.
What we’re looking for:
- Strong experience in Full Stack programming; TypeScript, Node.js, and React preferred. Experience with Python, Java, or C# is also welcomed.
- In-depth knowledge of cloud scaling strategies and the ability to integrate GCP, AWS, or hybrid solutions to support a growing user base.
- Proven experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) in cloud environments.
- Experience with performance monitoring and optimization tools for cloud services, ensuring high availability and security across multi-tenant applications.
- Experience building APIs and UIs that accelerate engineers’ ability to deliver on the product roadmap.
- Proficiency in relational and non-relational databases, including schema design.
- Commitment to continuous learning and fostering a culture of knowledge exchange.
LearnLux strives to be an inclusive workplace and values learning from and engaging across different perspectives. Women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and members of other minority or marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
LearnLux is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against candidates on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, or veteran status.
We are committed to fostering an environment that embraces diversity and inclusion and are seeking candidates from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to join our team. If you are interested in this opportunity but not sure if you fit this role, please apply and include a note to let us know of your interest. We’re excited to speak with you about joining our team!
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