Bloom Credit is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Product Engineering team, who can design, develop, test and deploy golang and python microservices that power our innovative B2B consumer-focused and developer-friendly financial service platform.
Software engineers work in cross-functional features with 4-6 other engineers, and collaborate with other feature development teams as well as our Product and Platform teams. The ideal candidate for this position is an experienced software engineer who has good experience with distributed systems, and is passionate about APIs, developer experience, and SaaS platforms. Prior experience working in FinTech or other regulated industry is a major plus.
Initially this individual will take on many of the client and prospect onboarding responsibilities, acting as a solutions engineer and product evangelist. In this capacity, the Senior Software Engineer will have broad latitude to create or update documentation, develop automations and scripts for our control plane, and propose / develop product enhancements that reduce friction for our client’s developers. After this initial period, the role will transition into a standard product development engineering role or product team lead role depending on the individual’s prior experience and interests.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering roles
- Strong expertise in golang and/or python
- Prior experience with microservice architecture, and design best practices
- Prior experience with cloud services, kubernetes, and containerization
- Strong background in SQL and No-SQL databases (Postgres, MySQL, DynamoDB, etc.)
- Ability to learn and work autonomously, taking an idea and seeing it through to implementation with minimal supervision
- Excellent troubleshooting instincts, including proficiency with SQL, and monitoring platforms such as Data Dog, Rollbar, Logz, etc.
- Strong working knowledge of reliability, scalability, performance, and security practices for large-scale SaaS products
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