About the Role
Title: Backend Engineer III
Location: Remote
JobDescription:
Too many people in the U.S. continue to be left behind by traditional financial services institutions. At Stash, an investing app for more than 2 million active subscribers, were on a mission to address that reality by empowering people to invest and build better lives. Were turning money into a source of hope and opportunity and giving our customers the confidence to take charge of their money and financial future.
Its an exciting time to be a Stasher! Bolstered by a new slate of world-class leaders and a fresh round of financing, were headed into our next phase of growth with momentum. Weve implemented product enhancements that make it easier for individuals to start their financial journey with us, and operational changes to help us deliver for and support our customers with optimal speed, rigor, and transparency. Also in the past year, Stash launched its groundbreaking back-end infrastructure, Stash Core, allowing the company to exceed 70% in gross margin as it marches towards profitability.
Our team is looking for a Backend Engineer with a passion for building reliable, scalable, and performant software to power the Stash experience. Weve had tremendous growth in the past two years and have an exciting product roadmap ahead of us. If youre interested in solving complex problems associated with scaling a popular consumer facing application and working in an open, diverse, and inclusive environment, Stash might be the fit for you!
What youll do:
- Build backend services including the core APIs that power our mobile apps, and our backend data processing and trading systems
- Deliver software components from the first commit to production
- Work in a multi-functional agile team to produce working software incrementally
- Instrument, test, profile, and code review software
- Continuously deploy to our cloud-based infrastructure
What were looking for:
- 3+ years of professional experience building consumer-facing software
- BS in Computer Science preferred or relevant industry experience
- A passionate engineer who can turn ideas and requirements into working software
- Experience building RESTful APIs
- Creative problem solver with a passion for testing, debugging, and overall code quality
- Familiarity with or interest in Scala, Akka, Terraform, Postgres, SNS/SQS, Kafka, Ruby on Rails