Frontend Software Engineer

Summary

Join First Help Financial (FHF), a rapidly growing company offering auto loans, as a Frontend Software Engineer. Work remotely from anywhere in the US and enjoy a competitive salary of $110k+ plus bonus. Contribute to building and optimizing our applications using JavaScript frameworks like React and backend languages. Collaborate with a team of engineers, stakeholders, and designers in an Agile environment. FHF offers a supportive culture, robust benefits, and opportunities for career growth. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and provide a healthy work-life balance.

Requirements

• 2+ years of industry experience and familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as React or comparable technologies, and at least one modern backend language and/or frameworks
• A strong fundamental understanding of Computer Science through pursuit of a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• Experience with relational databases such as Oracle and/or MSSQL
• Experience and familiarity with and building REST services with Spring Framework, ORM (Hibernate, JPA)
• Good knowledge of DevOps & collaboration tools: CircleCI, Jenkins, GIT, Sonarqube, etc
• Experience working with small teams in an Agile environment
• Ability to write clearly to explain your work to stakeholders and team members
• Ability to work in a remote / distributed environment
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with others

Responsibilities

• Write software that will be used in production, and has meaningful impact to FHF
• Become a subject matter expert for our systems with an ability to optimize distinct codebases and debug time-sensitive production issues
• Identify performance bottlenecks using code analysis and advanced debugging practices to ensure speed and stability across all our applications
• Give and receive technical feedback through code reviews or design discussions
• Work closely with business stakeholders, team of engineers, Scrum Master and Designers to build new features
• Learn quickly by asking questions, finding how to work with your teammates effectively, and communicate the status of your work clearly

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience on AWS ecosystem with exposure to creating and debugging serverless (lambda) functions and frameworks is a plus
• Familiarity with System Design: A solid understanding of system design is essential. The ideal candidate should be capable of designing and developing scalable infrastructure components that align with the organization’s goals
• Familiarity with containers and developing containerized applications using Docker
• Familiarity with navigating and managing your work in new code bases, with multiple languages

Benefits

• Great Perks –social activities, monthly lunches, and a robust employee recognition and talent development program to enhance your career with us
• Culture - We are believers in maintaining a healthy work-life balance. While we work hard and care deeply about our customers and partners, we want you to have room for your family, friends, and yourself
• Growth - Company growth provides unprecedented career growth. FHF’s extraordinary year over year growth in revenue and new markets provides an opportunity for you to establish and develop your career growth. We engage each employee to build a career plan that benefits everyone, and we have a proven record of investing in you