Principal Software Engineer

EarnIn•Mountain View, CA

2d•$254,600 - $379,500•Hybrid

About The Position

As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members access their earnings as they earn them, with options to spend, save, and grow their money without mandatory fees, interest rates, or credit checks. We’re fortunate to have an incredibly experienced leadership team, combined with world-class funding partners like A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, Ribbit Capital, and a very healthy core business with a tremendous runway. We’re growing fast and are excited to continue bringing world-class talent onboard to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey. ABOUT EARNIN As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members access their earnings as they earn them, with options to spend, save, and grow their money without mandatory fees, interest rates, or credit checks. Since our founding, our app has been downloaded over 13M times and we have provided access to over $15 billion in earnings. We’re fortunate to have an incredibly experienced leadership team, combined with world-class funding partners like A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, Ribbit Capital, and a very healthy core business with a tremendous runway. We’re growing fast and are excited to continue bringing world-class talent onboard to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey. POSITION SUMMARY We are seeking an experienced, passionate, and resourceful Principal Software Engineer to join our product engineering organization. You will work cross-functionally with various teams and contribute to the design and development of our products. This position is hybrid and will require in-office work 2-days a week. The base salary range for this role is $254,600 - $379,500 plus equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

Requirements

Bachelor's, Master’s, or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent industry experience.
15+ years of development experience in backend or full-stack software development
Software development experience in Java, Python or Kotlin
Hands-on experience working in cloud environments: AWS, GCP, Azure
Familiarity with clean architecture approach and software craftsmanship
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, result-driven environment

Responsibilities

Make a meaningful impact in the lives of our community members.
Drive the design & implementation of new features - break down complex problems into their bare essentials, translate this complexity into elegant design, and create high-quality, clean code.
Collaborate and mentor other senior engineers while providing thoughtful guidance using code, design, and architecture reviews.
Contribute to defining technical direction, planning the roadmap, escalating issues, and synthesizing feedback to ensure team success.
Estimate and manage team project timelines and risks.
Care passionately about producing high-quality, efficient designs and code.
Participate in hiring and onboarding for new team members.
Lead cross-team engineering initiatives.
Apply new technologies and industry standards

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