Lead Engineer

This is an opportunity for you to be an impactful contributor across all aspects of our technology environment. We intend to break out of the traditional (and cerebrally painful) ways of the past and leverage technology as a means to deliver game-changing innovation and improvements to commercial banking and financial services for small business owners.

Agility is a key characteristic necessary to fulfilling our goal of delivering the best-of-breed solutions. We’re looking for self-driven, critical thinkers with the ability to deliver. As a Lead Engineer, you will lead tech team members in designing and building solutions across the entire end-user application stack. You will deploy new products and enhance existing experiences for our customers.

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• Build customer-facing banking and financial service experiences that are simple, functional, and user-friendly.
• Architect complex client components for web and mobile applications using React frameworks.
• Implement core business logic and code conventions that neatly integrate our system with multiple external services.
• Work with third-party dependencies and GraphQL APIs.
• Work with engineers across the company to build new features and products.
• Own problems end-to-end, thinking through everything from user experience, data models, scalability, operability, performance, operational costs, and ongoing metrics.
• Be responsible for full software development lifecycle - development, testing, operating in production.
• Manage and mentor junior team members during development.
• Set milestones, communicate project status, and identify or address setbacks.
• Plan and oversee product development using engineering principles and methods of analysis

Technical skills

• Background in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Development, or related quantitative field
• Significant experience working with React web and mobile
• Familiarity with modern front-end tools and building pipelines
• Understand React Native best principles and design aesthetics
• Strong knowledge of React fundamentals such as Virtual DOM, functional components, hooks, contexts, and lifecycle events
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript / Typescript, CSS, HTML, functional programming, and front-end languages
• Very strong experience with the following core backend frameworks:
• NodeJs
• TypeScript
• GraphQL / Apollo
• Docker
• Understanding of database design/architecture (PostgreSQL)
• A complete understanding of the full mobile app development lifecycle right from prototyping to deployment
• Knowledge of type checking, unit testing, prop types, and code debugging
• Experience working with REST / GraphQL APIs, document request models, offline storage, and third-party libraries
• Knowledge of user interface design and responsive designs
• Understanding of asynchronous development and data security principles.

Non-Technical skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate strategy
• Good interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ability to write clean, well-documented code that follows good coding practices
• Ability to provide an in-depth evaluation of multiple technical directions and determine tradeoffs of each
• A collaborative approach to building apps and solving complex problems
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Client-focused approach with a goal of creating user-centric designs
• Strong propensity to make data-driven decisions on technical architecture and project prioritization
• Strong knowledge of software development approaches, principles, and flows
• Candid, constructive, and receptive attitude when exchanging technical or professional feedback
• Capable of mentoring and helping junior developers

Bonus Points

• Ability to create and maintain smooth continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline of React Native applications (Github Actions + EAS)
• Familiarity with UI/UX design principles
• Hands-on experience in AWS - especially on AWS ECS, AWS API Gateway, AWS Route53, etc.
• Experience creating web-based or native UI animations