Oportun is hiring a
Software Engineer

Summary

Join Oportun's team and be part of a mission-driven fintech that empowers members with financial confidence. As a software engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, deploy, support, and maintain high-quality software applications using industry best practices and modern technologies.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience preferably 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions in a timely manner
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a passion for tackling complex technical challenges
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
• Strong proficiency in Java, Micro services, Spring boot, Spring Framework, RESTful APIs, Hibernate
• Experience with relational databases like MySQL, MariaDB and SQL
• Experience in working with version control systems, such as Git
• Experience in Frontend technologies (ReactJS, React Native & nextJS)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to work independently with minimal help
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and apply them as and when needed
• Strong Unit and integration testing

Responsibilities

• You collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers, to understand business requirements and translate them into efficient and scalable software solutions
• You design, develop, test, deploy, support and maintain high-quality software applications using industry best practices and modern technologies. You own issues, including initial troubleshooting, identification of root cause and issue resolution/escalation
• You write clean and maintainable code that adheres to industry coding standards and contributes to the overall stability of our systems. You participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members to ensure code quality and promote knowledge sharing
• You proactively find and address technical debt, inefficient practices/tools and performance bottlenecks and bugs, continuously improving the reliability and performance of our software through building observability and other features to help trouble-shoot/triage issues
• You demonstrate proficient usage of tools, techniques and architecture/coding patterns. You have demonstrated you are able to understand trade-offs of various architectural and design choices. Your solutions are focused on solving the needs of your customer
• You stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends, and proactively propose and implement innovative solutions to enhance our products and services through continuous evolution and refinement of current tools and applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS or Azure, is desirable
• Experience in working on ReactJS, React Native & nextJS
• Knowledge/experience in working with DevOps/CICD