Software Engineer II, Risk Platform

Summary

Join Flex, a NYC-based FinTech company revolutionizing rent payments, as a Senior Software Engineer on our Risk Platform team. You will spearhead the development of platforms and APIs for credit and fraud risk mitigation. This role involves building decision platforms, designing high-scale APIs, and collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams. We are seeking a highly skilled engineer with experience in risk engineering, Java, React, and AWS. The position offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to contribute to a rapidly growing company.

Requirements

• Experience working in a risk engineering team and with decision platform architecture or risk/fraud detection systems
• 4+ years of professional experience in Software Development
• 2+ years of Java experience required
• 1+ years of experience in React.js or React Native required
• Experience building high-quality mobile and web UIs to specifications
• Ability to write well-documented and testable TypeScript code
• Proficient in Java frameworks and tools used at Flex, including Spring (core/web/boot), Gradle, JUnit, and JVM (memory/performance tuning, GC)
• Experience with Service-Oriented Architecture, REST APIs, Message Queues, and scalable architectures
• Experience with architectures and tools in React Native and React ecosystems (Hooks, Components, Context, Redux)
• Experience with AWS (EKS, Aurora RDS, Elasticache, DynamoDB) and containerization tools

Responsibilities

• Build decision platform / machine learning solutions to respond to/mitigate business risks in Flex
• Design and develop 24/7 high-scale APIs and distributed systems. The tech stack will be on AWS. Java would be the language for the existing code base. Java Spring Boot will be the framework
• Work closely with product, design, and engineering peers to launch new features across our web and mobile platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient in CI/CD systems (preferably GitHub Actions), git, and automation
• Skilled in observability and monitoring tools, such as DataDog, to ensure high availability
• Experienced with big data platforms and tooling, including Snowflake
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code, using tools like CDK and Terraform
• Skilled at elevating team standards through best practices, and mentoring junior engineers
• Excellent written and verbal communicator, with experience in cross-functional collaboration

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) + company equity
• Unlimited paid time off with a PTO minimum + 13 company paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Flex Cares Program: Non-profit company match + pet adoption coverage
• Free Flex subscription
• Competitive Pay
• Company Equity
• Unlimited PTO