January
Software Engineer
New York City · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 230 days ago
PythonJavaGoCode ReviewA/B TestingExcelCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- January's engineering teams are scaling rapidly to meet ambitious technical challenges across borrower experience, client operations, and compliance infrastructure.
- You'll work independently on complex technical problems while collaborating effectively across engineering, product, and operations teams.
- This role requires engineers who thrive in ambiguity, communicate trade-offs clearly, and take initiative to solve problems before they become blockers.
Responsibilities
- Own Feature Delivery End-to-End
- Independently scope, design, and ship features across the stack - from targeted enhancements to multi-system integrations
- Drive Technical Excellence with Business Context
- Translate product requirements into technical solutions, probing for edge cases and constraints that partners may not have considered
- Contribute meaningfully to technical discussions with data-driven recommendations, pushing back constructively when proposals create technical debt
- Write maintainable, well-tested code that other engineers can build upon without extensive context
Requirements
- Experience and Technical Expertise
- Strong proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Java, Go, or similar) with ability to write clean, testable code
- Proven ability to work on complex problems without constant direction
- Track record of fixing issues outside assigned scope when they block progress
- Experience turning ambiguous requirements into concrete solutions through clarifying questions and proposals
- Experience providing constructive code review feedback that improves team standards
Skills
- Work effectively when requirements are unclear or changing, asking clarifying questions that expose hidden assumptions and unblock progress
- Reduce coordination overhead by anticipating dependencies - notifying other teams before your work affects them
- Take ownership of problems outside your immediate scope when they block team progress
- Provide thoughtful code review feedback that catches not just bugs but architectural issues before they compound
- Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing that reduces onboarding friction and scales team effectiveness
- Actively use AI tools (Cursor, Copilot, ChatGPT) to accelerate your development velocity and code quality
- Identify opportunities where AI capabilities can improve product features or internal workflows
- Share learnings about effective AI usage patterns with your team
Compensation
- As a New York City-based company, we are dedicated to transparent, fair, and equitable compensation practices that reflect our commitment to fostering an environment where all team members are valued and supported.
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