Sr Back End Software Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for Full-Stack Software Engineers(with a backend focus) to join our team. As an integral member of the development team, you will participate in building the next generation of financial services and benefits platform. Our customers trust us with a lot: integrating seamlessly across financial institutions, moving funds, tracking balances, helping with their healthcare decisions, and keeping their data extremely secure. In order to take on this mission we’re building our applications on modern web technologies around HTML/CSS/Javascript/React, NodeJS/Typescript and PostgresSQL.

We are looking for engineers who want to create deep and meaningful product engagement experiences for our increasing user base, and are comfortable developing complex integrations with financial institutions and partners. We take great care and pride in building features that will delight our customers. You will be responsible for a lot so you should feel comfortable in a fast paced, growing, and nimble environment, keeping in mind that everything we do is to better the lives of our users!

Responsibilities

• Design and Development: Lead the design and development of high-quality, scalable, and maintainable software solutions.
• Code Quality: Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, adhering to best practices and coding standards.
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative engineering culture.
• Problem Solving: Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring the reliability and performance of our software.
• Testing: Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Architecture: Contribute to the architecture and design decisions, ensuring the robustness and scalability of the system.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Design, and QA, to deliver high-quality products on time.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of code, APIs, and technical processes.
• Innovation/Strategy: Continuously suggests enhancements for our product and services and can clearly evaluate ideas against team goals.
• Continuous Improvement: Advocate for and implement continuous improvement practices in development processes, tools, and methodologies.
• Security: Ensure that software solutions are secure and compliant with industry standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree: in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience: in software development, with a strong background in JS/TS, Node.js, React, and Postgres.
• Proven experience: in designing and developing scalable, high-performance web applications.
• Strong understanding: of software architecture and design patterns.
• Excellent problem-solving skills: and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing challenges.
• Experience: with agile development methodologies.
• Strong communication: and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity: with AWS cloud platforms and DevOps practices is a plus.
• Passion for technology: and a continuous learner mindset.

We encourage you to apply if you do not meet all of the qualifications but feel you would be a good fit for the position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Benefits and Perks

We offer competitive salaries, stock options, medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, HSA with employer contribution, flexible vacation, commuter benefits, a 401k plan, and more. At Lively, we believe having diverse teams in which everyone can be their authentic self is key to our success. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Come join us in our mission to help people optimize their healthcare spending, maximize their savings, and better their livelihood!