Human Interest is hiring a
Staff Engineer Backend Engineering, Remote - United States

Summary

The job is a senior technical leadership role in the Engineering team at Human Interest, a high-growth tech company offering retirement benefits. The role involves driving technical direction, providing guidance, defining architecture, and collaborating with engineers to design, build, test, and own systems for 401(k) plans.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale backend software products and systems
• Expertise in designing and building modular distributed applications to support a rapidly growing customer base
• Solid understanding of auto-scaling cloud technologies and efficient use of compute, storage, network, and virtualization technologies (preferably AWS)

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical direction for over 20 engineers across 4 agile teams
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship
• Define and refine architecture, processes, and best practices
• Collaborate with domain experts and engineers to design, build, test, and own systems for servicing 401(k) plans

Benefits

• A great 401(k) plan: Our own! Our 401(k) includes a dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 4% of compensation (immediately vested) and $0 plan fees
• Top-of-the-line health plans, as well as dental and vision insurance
• Generous PTO and parental leave policies
• Additional benefits: Unlimited access to digital tools, financial professionals, and a knowledge center to help you understand your equity and support your financial wellness, Lyra - Enhanced Mental Health Support for Employees and dependents, Carrot - Fertility healthcare and family forming benefits, Candidly - Student loan resource to help you and your family plan, borrow, and repay student debt
• Monthly work-from-home stipend; quarterly lifestyle stipend
• Employee Resource Groups including Veterans, Lift Ev’ry Voice, Pride, LatinX, Families, and Women in Tech
• Fun online and regional events and celebrations and department and company offsites
• The vast majority of our positions can be 100% remote