Software Engineer III

The role

This candidate will design, build and maintain large scale backend systems with a focus on performance, reliability and scalability. They will work with product managers and stakeholders to implement new features.

What you will do

• Design, build and maintain large scale backend systems
• Work closely with product managers and key stakeholders to implement new features
• Prioritize effectively
• Develop systems from the ground up
• Navigate ambiguous problem domains
• Grow the team via mentorship and leadership
• Perform all other duties assigned based on business needs

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience and a proven track record of shipping successful projects
• Passionate about building large scale systems in a cloud native environment
• Strong command of at least one language
• Demonstrated experience in working on large scale systems
• Developing and maintaining a high quality code base
• Consistently delivering challenging projects on schedule with high quality
• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to mentor and guide junior engineers
• Ability to collaborate/compromise to get to the best, most efficient outcome
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally to align stakeholders on the goals and deliverables
• Curious, have humility and are open to learning

Nice to have

• AWS
• Go and/or Java
• Fintech experience is a plus
• Ability to perform in a fluid environment with high autonomy

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Opportunities for equity grants
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• 401k Matching
• FSA
• HSA
• HRA
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible vacation policy, including PTO and paid holidays

About the company

Lead is a banking infrastructure platform that enables fintechs to offer compliant, programmable services like payments, lending, and digital assets at scale. It is an API-first, developer-focused partner bank.