SoLo Funds is on a mission to help the millions of Americans that live paycheck to paycheck and can’t survive a money crunch. Launched in 2018 as a unique and proprietary lending marketplace, today SoLo is the leading alternative financial solution providing the fastest loans available for borrowers and the opportunity for lenders to earn significant returns. We are a VC funded Fintech company backed by Techstars, and have partnerships with Visa and Kiva.

As Head of Software Engineering you will direct architecture and programming of our mobile applications and backend systems - directly driving our members’ experiences and outcomes. We’re looking for someone who is a creative problem solver, can think out-of-the-box, take feedback, and thrive in a fast-moving, creative company. You will lead and help grow a team of high-performing and diverse developers, while building relationships with cross-functional partners across SoLo Funds. This role is extremely collaborative and will work hand-in-hand with all departments and levels; communication skills will be critical.

What You'll Do

Create next-level, scalable solutions that build upon the SoLo Funds product foundation
Leverage deep knowledge of design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming to solve complex and mission-critical problems, internally and externally
Own design, development, and delivery of scalable applications as per the functional needs of the business while maintaining high performance, coding and security standards
Work with Product, Data, Growth, Customer Success, and Design teams to design, develop, test, and implement software products
Work with Talent Acquisition to help grow a team of high-performing and diverse developers and craft the engineering culture
Research and prototype new technologies as appropriate, and deploy performance and scalability tuning
Own quality and completeness of the product through unit testing, documentation, and maintenance
Participate in design reviews and provide input to the design recommendations
Develop Architectural Standards into application design specifications, while incorporating security requirements
Manage priorities between IC work, software architecture, team-building, and management duties
Directly participate in data-driven quarterly and annual product planning sessions

You're a Great Fit With:

3+ years of experience leading and scaling an engineering organization, including hiring, performance management and guiding feature requests from ideation into production
Fintech experience, including exposure to money movement systems and payment integrations
Experience with Golang or Java
Extensive experience with development across all application layers (data, business logic, user interface development)
Experience with object-oriented programming languages and design principles (we use Go)
Experience with web services, REST API, and RESTful web service implementations
Experience with Git, MySQL, API development, and Test Driven Development
Experience with unit and integration testing, and load and performance testing
Experience with distributed architecture, event streaming, and microservices
Ability to clearly communicate technical challenges to business units
Ability to coach and mentor team members at all levels across technical and soft skills

You're an All Star Fit With:

Experience with cloud-based platforms

About SoLo Funds

SoLo is the leading alternative financial solution providing the fastest loan option to borrowers and option for lenders to obtain significant value. We're on a mission to provide the most intelligent (affordable + financially empowering) option for funds and banking services by leveraging the best technologies in the world.

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