Perpay
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 89 days ago
JavaScriptPythonReactReduxReact NativeDjangoFlaskRailsDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentPostgreSQLRedisAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDDatadogRESTCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- We are looking for senior backend engineers passionate about backend technology, excellent user experience and system reliability.
- We are looking for people who can bring backend technical expertise to push our technology forward - whether it's hosting a lunch-and-learn on a new backend technology or directing a large refactor.
- We value engineers who demonstrate excitement around solving tough problems and delivering solutions in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve RESTful APIs used by our frontend and internal systems
- Own data modeling decisions across our relational databases with an eye toward performance and maintainability
- Partner with product and stakeholders to translate complex business rules into maintainable backend systems
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building web applications at scale in at least one modern language / framework (e.g. Python/Django, Rails, etc.)
- 2+ years of experience leading technical teams and large, complex projects
- Experience with background job systems and message queues (e.g. Celery)
- Experience with monitoring/observability tooling (e.g. Datadog, CloudWatch)
- Strong understanding of system reliability, failure modes, and operational tradeoffs
Skills
- Javascript, React, React Native, Redux, Python, Django, Flask, Kubernetes, AWS, Docker and more.
Compensation
- Meaningful compensation and equity
Benefits
- Expands access to the flexibility and benefits of a World Mastercard by removing common barriers like high security deposits and low approval odds.
- If you are passionate about a meaningful mission, collaboration, equity, and generous perks, Perpay is the best place to be in Philadelphia right now.
- Meaningful compensation and equity
- Premium medical benefits (fully paid base plan, and very reasonable premium for the buy-up option)
- Unlimited PTO policy
- Remote weeks around major holidays + extra holiday on weekends like MDW and LDW
Company info
- Perpay is a certified B Corp and Philadelphia's most impactful growth-stage startup. We are driven by a mission to significantly improve the financial stability of everyday Americans. For the past decade, we have established strong product-market fit and a profitable, efficient operating model across a suite of products, positioning Perpay as the premier financial partner for consumers with subprime credit.
- With over 500,000 customers who have utilized more than $1 billion in spending power, we are at a pivotal moment. We are scaling our operations, building new offerings, and deepening our impact. We are looking for teammates eager to join us on this journey.
- Our venture partners include First Round Capital and L Catterton.
- Products we've built to make an impact:
- Perpay is a certified B Corp and Philadelphia's most impactful growth-stage startup.
- We are driven by a mission to significantly improve the financial stability of everyday Americans.
- For the past decade, we have established strong product-market fit and a profitable, efficient operating model across a suite of products, positioning Perpay as the premier financial partner for consumers with subprime credit.
- With over 500,000 customers who have utilized more than $1 billion in spending power, we are at a pivotal moment.
- We are scaling our operations, building new offerings, and deepening our impact.
- We are looking for teammates eager to join us on this journey.
- Perpay Marketplace: Combines interest-free payments and modern e-commerce to reduce cost of ownership and promote healthy repayment behavior.
- Perpay+: Leverages Marketplace repayment history to help members monitor and build credit with all 3 credit bureaus.
- Perpay Credit Card: Expands access to the flexibility and benefits of a World Mastercard by removing common barriers like high security deposits and low approval odds.
- Our team thrives on in-person collaboration, operating from our unique center-city Philadelphia office.
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