Remote Software Engineer

Summary

This job is for an engineer on the Core Services team at SmartAsset, a fast-growing financial technology company. The role involves managing critical lead services, collaborating with teams, making key technical decisions, and working remotely.

Requirements

• 3+ years engineering experience: Creating, maintaining, and scaling highly available systems and services
• Languages: Proven track record in building, shipping, scaling, and operating Java (or similar) applications, with deep expertise in ReactJS
• Databases: Proficient in SQL and comfortable working with relational databases
• Source Control: Solid knowledge of Git or similar source control tools
• Cloud Solutions: Experience designing and implementing complex cloud solutions (preferably AWS), with the ability to plan and execute effectively
• Coaching & Mentoring: Passionate about growing yourself, unafraid to ask for help, coaching and mentoring from others while volunteering to do the same for others
• Risk Management: Skilled at identifying risks, creating mitigations, and influencing solutions effectively

Responsibilities

• Be part of an AGILE SCRUM team responsible for running and scaling our critical lead management services
• Collaborate closely with everyone around you including our product team and other stakeholders to complete sprint and triage objectives
• Participate and support making key technical decisions, documenting technical and improving processes as we revamp and reshape the services we provide
• Play a strong role in identifying tech debt, documenting it, and lobbying for its payback

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of least privilege principle, application structure and OOP patterns
• Experience working in or developing in a CI/CD environment
• Familiarity using IAC tools such as (Terraform, Cloudformation)
• Knowledge operating incidents, releases, problem, and change management processes