Earnin is hiring a
Staff Application Framework Software Engineer

Summary

EarnIn is seeking a Staff Application Framework Software Engineer to develop a unified framework supporting microservice and API developers. The role involves improving efficiencies in current development processes, driving architectural decisions, and leading the migration from a Kotlin monolith to a microservice oriented architecture.

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years in software development with architectural leadership
• Significant experience in Java (Kotlin), Python, and TypeScript
• Proficiency in RDBMS (Postgres/MySQL), document databases, key-value stores, Elasticsearch, AWS managed services (Lambd) and application monitoring and performance tuning

Responsibilities

• Lead the effort to build standards into reusable and shared components, significantly improving the developer experience
• Establish and enforce development practices, standards, and guidelines to ensure consistency and quality across the team
• Drive architecture design reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices and high standards of software development
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including Backend and ML developers, and L0 architects, to develop robust frameworks that improve developer productivity
• Assess and build cutting-edge technologies, tools, and frameworks to enhance the performance, scalability, and maintainability of our software systems
• Lead the migration from a Kotlin monolith to a microservice oriented architecture and/or serverless, event-based architecture, ensuring a seamless and efficient transition while optimizing system performance and scalability
• Influence processes that ensure all teams are delivering high-quality software in a consistent fashion, without restricting creativity
• Continuously evaluate software systems to identify potential issues or areas for improvement and proactively address them. Your insights will help us build resilient and efficient systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing a unified framework that addresses the complexities and inefficiencies in current development processes
• Experience in leading projects and collaborating with various teams to ensure the successful implementation of framework solutions

Benefits

The base salary range for this full-time position is $206,600 - $308,000 + equity + benefits