Oportun is hiring a
Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join Oportun's team and contribute to delivering affordable credit to those left out of the financial mainstream. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the conceptualization, design, development, testing, and deployment of complex software applications, setting the standard for best practices and high-quality coding.

Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or a Master's degree with an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proven track record of delivering sophisticated software solutions and leading complex technical projects
• Expertise in one or more programming languages, such as Java, Python, C++, or similar
• Complete Mastery over data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
• Demonstrated experience in web application development, RESTful APIs, and frontend technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is advantageous
• Proficiency in working with relational databases and SQL
• Strong grasp of version control systems, such as Git
• Proven track record designing and building scalable and reliable distributed systems in a cloud environment (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Proven ability to mentor and lead a technical organization, fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with a passion for tackling complex technical challenges
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities, with a track record of effectively collaborating in a team-oriented environment

Responsibilities

• Lead the conceptualization, design, development, testing, and deployment of complex software applications
• Establish, influence, and ensure policies and procedures for developing extensible, reusable, and maintainable code
• Create and apply metrics to drive the quality and stability of code
• Lead platform & product development and scaling to customer requirements
• Oversee overall system architecture for critically important and high-impact spaces
• Hold accountability for incorporating critical product strategy components into the system architecture
• Create a strategic roadmap for the system architecture by considering how related systems will evolve in the near future
• Establish and/or maintain processes to measure and ensure system architecture is effective, durable, and meets the current and future needs of the service or product
• Provide technical leadership for problem solving and/or efficiently building software developer tools
• Mentorship to engineers across all levels, empowers their growth and promotes technical excellence throughout the group
• Collaborate and coordinate with other senior leaders to align on policies and procedures for safe and effective dependency adoption