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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