Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Summary

Join Flex, a growing FinTech company in NYC, revolutionizing rent payments. As a Software Engineer, you will be a key member of the backend engineering team, building and scaling systems for payment, billing, and identity features. You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to solve user problems, deploying changes frequently using an agile approach. This role requires a minimum of 5 years of Java experience and strong computer science fundamentals. Flex offers competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and a dynamic work environment with remote options.

Requirements

• Have a minimum of 5 years of experience with Java
• Possess strong computer science fundamentals
• Have experience translating feature requirements into technical specifications
• Have experience with Java frameworks and tools such as Spring (core/web/boot), Gradle, and JUnit
• Have experience implementing and operating services in distributed services environments at scale
• Have experience with observability and monitoring tools such as DataDog for maintaining high availability
• Write high-quality code that is testable, maintainable, scalable, and secure
• Have a good understanding of REST and mobile API best practices
• Have great communication skills and be comfortable working with a distributed team

Responsibilities

• Implement various backend systems supporting all business features
• Design, develop, test, and scale systems to deliver great user and partner experiences
• Work closely with product, design, and engineering peers to solve users' problems around rent payment
• Roll out changes to customers in an agile manner with small, frequent iterations
• Lead scoping, design, and implementation for APIs
• Drive production rollouts to completion with minimum oversight

Preferred Qualifications

• Have prior experience working on cross-functional teams
• Be proficient with Java and Spring
• Have experience with AWS, Containers, Kubernetes, and MySql
• Have experience with CI/CD to improve code stability and code quality

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