Oportun is hiring a
Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Oportun's team and contribute to delivering affordable credit to those left out of the financial mainstream. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead complex software applications, drive technical decision-making, and mentor senior engineers.

Requirements

• 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or a Master's degree with an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proven track record of delivering sophisticated software solutions in a leadership capacity with high quality
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with a passion for tackling complex technical and business problems challenges
• Mastery over data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
• Demonstrated experience in web application development, Java, Micro services, Spring boot, Spring Framework, RESTful APIs, Hibernate
• Ability to quickly learn new systems/requirements and create POCs and develop code
• Experience in relational databases like MySQL, MariaDB and SQL
• Solid grasp of version control systems, such as Git
• Knowledge in OAuth2
• Proven ability to mentor and lead a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, with a track record of effectively collaborating in a team-oriented environment

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex software applications, ensuring adherence to best practices and high overall quality standards
• Create frameworks and abstractions that lessen the workload of other engineers. Your documentation and tutorials enable other teams to leverage your work independently
• Identify and resolve improvements in test coverage for end-to-end business flows across multiple systems (and teams)
• Drive technical decision-making, contribute to, and sometimes lead, architectural discussions, and propose innovative solutions to address complex technical and/or systemic architectural challenges
• Take ownership of critical projects and initiatives, providing project leadership, and ensuring successful delivery through effective project management and communication
• Have the ability to provide a clear and concise explanation of business strategy, technical concepts, designs or implementation to a non-technical audience
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to gather and translate business requirements into efficient and scalable software solutions
• Have a track record of leading cross-team efforts that deliver meaningful results across engineering, product, and/or design
• Work through technical, organizational and scheduling complexity to align teams and deliver results in a positive way for the people and teams involved
• Be the technical thought leader of the team and provide necessary guidance and mentorship to senior team members whenever required
• Play the key technical counterpart to an engineering manager with a larger team; you can provide effective feedback to engineering managers at all levels to identify and help address gaps in their teams
• Successfully advocate for technologies and processes that make multiple teams more efficient
• Conduct rigorous code reviews, offering valuable feedback to maintain code quality, performance, and maintainability
• Continuously identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency gains within the software development lifecycle
• Stay informed about emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices, and proactively introduce relevant advancements to enhance our products and services

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS or Azure, is highly desirable
• Experience in working on Authentication and Authorization with any Identity Providers
• Experience in automation with Web Driver IO
• Knowledge/experience in working with DevOps/CICD