Senior Back End Engineer
Alloy is where you belong!
Alloy is an Identity Decisioning Platform, enabling innovative fintech companies and banks to manage KYC, AML, fraud, risk and other components of customer onboarding. Alloy’s single API enables its customers to access about 150 third party data sources in real-time to improve decision-making and streamline customer experiences.
Alloy is the industry leader, working with companies like Brex and Marqeta, as well as top 20 banks. We're backed by venture capital firms that have taken countless companies to IPO like Lightspeed Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Canapi Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, Eniac Ventures, and others and well positioned to bring on incredibly talented individuals to help take us to the next level!
Come join an exciting startup company in the fintech space named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces in 2021, Best FinTech to Work for by American Banker, and Best Place to Work by Built in NYC.
Why We're Hiring
We're looking for help maintaining and building out features in the backend that help with fraud detection and classification of transactions, data ingestion, integrating with new clients and 3rd parties, and platform-level initiatives. We are looking for someone who has:
5+ years real-world experience working as a software developer on production code.
While we like to think of ourselves as "platform-agnostic" in our hiring process, we expect that someone in this role will be familiar with or willing to learn our existing stack:
Node.js (the language you'll be working in)
Experience working with and integrating third-party APIs
PostgreSQL - Our main data store.
AWS (we do have a dedicated DevOps team but it's good to at least have a passing knowledge of how your code will be running in production)
Unix command line
Teamwork experience!
We're open to people whose experience is mainly on personal projects and/or contracting but we'd really like someone who has experience working collaboratively with a team.
Related degrees are great but we care more about your coding and communication skills than a diploma.
What you'll be doing
Alloy's product can be roughly divided into two sides—a Django/React frontend web app and a Node.js backend for APIs, data processing, evaluations. We're looking for help maintaining and building out features in the backend that help with fraud detection and classification of transactions, data ingestion, integrating with new clients and 3rd parties, and platform-level initiatives.
- Architect new features
- Work with clients, understand their requirements, and work with a Solutions Architect and a Product Manager to spec out beautiful new exciting features and tools our clients are asking for.
- Build them
- You are fully empowered to start with the database design and own the entire development path finishing with API endpoints, triggered events, or manipulating data in our Postgres DB. You'll write good code that brings your features to life. Once they're tested, peer-reviewed, and QA'ed, they'll be deployed to our production environment.
- Bug fixes
- What went wrong? How can we make sure it never happens again? We live for the blameless root-cause analysis after getting things back up and running for our clients as soon as possible!
- Support the team
- Keep the customer success crew in the loop for a feature timeline. Run a SQL query for operations to determine this month's billing amounts. Teach engineers about a new technology you've been learning about. Mentor your coworkers. Help out where you can!
- You decide! It's a small team—the definition of the role is somewhat flexible and will grow to reflect your own strengths and interests!
Benefits and Perks
Unlimited PTO and flexible work policy; we are remote for most roles!
Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA employer contribution, FSA, and FSA dependent programs
401k with 100% match up to 4% with immediate vesting and eligibility
$500 to set up your WFH space
Monthly commuter contribution
Monthly credits to shop at Public Goods
Monthly credits for Seamless
Monthly wellness credits to ClassPass
Annual Citi Bike membership
Annual $1,000 learning & development stipend
4 free therapy sessions and 1 year of talk therapy
We're a lean team, so your impact will be felt immediately. If this all sounds like a good fit for you, why not join us?
How to Apply
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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to an inclusive interview experience and provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with visible and invisible disabilities. We encourage applicants to share needed accommodations with their recruiter.