Self Financial
Backend Software Engineer - Evergreen Posting
Austin, TX · Senior
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$22,149 more — $167,149 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $167,149 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- We care deeply about creativity, quality, learning, and delivering reliable, secure systems to a large customer base.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python, Flask, and FastAPI, with real ownership over your area of the system.
- Design and implement REST endpoints consumed by web and mobile clients, with an eye toward scalability and long-term maintainability.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, Frontend Engineering, QA, and your engineering manager to scope and ship user-focused improvements.
- Team building events and activities
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including meaningful ownership of backend services in production.
- Strong working knowledge of Python and solid understanding of web application fundamentals.
- Comfort with Git and common software development workflows, including code review and collaborative development practices.
- A track record of writing reliable, tested, secure, and maintainable code.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a cross-functional team.
- Professional experience with Flask or FastAPI in production environments.
- Experience using agentic engineering tools (e.g., Claude, OpenAI/Codex, Copilot) to accelerate development workflows.
- Strong experience with SQL and relational database design, including performance tuning.
- A track record of mentoring other engineers or leading technical initiatives, even informally.
- Solid understanding of REST APIs and how backend services communicate with clients and other systems, including tradeoffs in API design.
- What makes you stand out
- Personal, professional, or open-source projects that demonstrate strong backend craftsmanship and system design thinking.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience preferred.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), containers (Docker), or message queues in production systems.
Skills
- Backend Software Engineer - Evergreen Posting
- Interviews will be conducted in-person out of our Austin, TX headquarters.
- Please note:
Compensation
- Anticipated salary range for this level position: $145,000-175,000 annually.
Benefits
- Generous health, dental, and vision insurance coverage
- Employer-paid benefits including life, disability, and cost-containment resources
- Gym membership options through ClassPass or monthly reimbursement
- Education reimbursement program
- Paid parental leave
- Relocation bonus to move to Austin
- Company equity in the form of stock options
- Flexible vacation
Company info
- We're looking for people who share our passion and are driven to tackle challenges, find solutions and make the financial space better for the communities we serve.
- Executing on our mission requires deep collaboration across our teams to ensure our products reach the people who can benefit from them the most, particularly the 100 million+ Americans who have no or low credit.
- Please note: we are only able to consider candidates who are U.S. citizens or current green card holders, and we are not able to provide visa sponsorship of any kind at this time, including for current or future employment.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Please note: we are only able to consider candidates who are U.S. citizens or current green card holders, and we are not able to provide visa sponsorship of any kind at this time, including for current or future employment.
This listing is sourced directly from Self Financial's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.