Senior Backend Engineer

MoneyLion, New York, NY

GIVE YOUR WALLET A BOOST

Duration: Full-Time

MoneyLion is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our New York City engineering team to help build the future of financial technology. You will be instrumental in the architecture and implementation of a robust, scalable backend system responsible for handling millions of dollars’ worth of financial transactions. You will design RESTful APIs, architect event-driven backend systems, and help drive software and technology decisions while having a direct impact on the community as we build and scale the world's most rewarding program for financial wellness.

MoneyLion is America's most powerful financial membership, which empowers people to take control of their finances. Since its launch in 2013, MoneyLion has amassed more than five million members and has earned its customers' trust with new mobile online banking and managed investment services that offer a one-of-a-kind cashback rewards program, no-fee checking account, overdraft protection, and loans funded in 15 seconds. From a single mobile app, users can get a 360-degree snapshot of their financial lives and have access to personalized tips and tools to build and improve their credit and achieve everyday savings.

MoneyLion's success relies on finding ways to make its members' money work as hard as they do. MoneyLion is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

What You Will Do At MoneyLion

Support members of the team in delivering groundbreaking backend services that bring the joy of financial wellness to millions of users
Facilitate collaboration between engineers, product owners, and designers to create new features related to financing and payments
Architect and implement event-driven backend systems that provide support for our core underwriting business
Build well-documented and scalable RESTful APIs
Posses a deep understanding of the product and business goals which you can translate into tech
Mentor other specialists
Challenge yourself to keep growing as a senior developer.
Contribute to the vision and long-term strategy of the company
Find ways to spread learning across the organization (gives internal talks, write on internal blogs, etc).
Serve as the go-to person for solving problems in your domain of expertise

Who You Are

You have a deep understanding of Java and the Spring ecosystem or Golang
You are proficient with MongoDB, Kafka, and Postgres
Some experience in or exposure to web frontend technologies such as React, AngularJS, or VueJS
You are skilled with Kubernetes and AWS
You adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment. This includes working independently and on a team
You love mentoring other engineers
Intellectually curious, passionate, and inventive
You seek simple approaches to complex solutions
You write simple, elegant, well-structured and well tested code that drives new features and improvements
You may have some domain knowledge related to Fintech

What We Offer

We are a high-growth FinTech company solving real-world problems for many Americans
Hackathons for all employees
Unlimited PTO
Professional development benefit for attending conferences, industry events, and external courses
Work/life autonomy via flexible work from home days
You'll work with other strong engineers who enjoy collaborating
Medical, dental, vision, & life insurance

About MoneyLion

MoneyLion is a leading mobile finance platform that empowers consumers to take control of their financial lives through better products for borrowing, saving, and investing. Founded in 2013 by a team of leading technologists and financiers, MoneyLion uses superior analytics and machine learning-based risk technology to gain a 360-degree view of its users’ personal finances, enabling better underwriting and the development of tailored financial product offers. With its built-in system of referrals, points and rewards, MoneyLion endorses good financial behavior.