Software Engineer, Backend

Finch • San Francisco, CA

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

Finch is on a mission to revolutionize employment by building the infrastructure that powers every facet of work. They are looking for individuals who think about problems holistically and in-depth, are relentlessly curious, self-starters, and determined to drive ideas from inception through to completion. Finch is a Series B company backed by prominent firms and individuals. The team consists of problem solvers who value velocity, curiosity, empathy, and diverse perspectives. They prioritize security and privacy and encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and unique career paths. The ideal candidate loves breaking down complex problems, possesses a balance of technology and people skills, thrives in ambiguous environments, and can coordinate across teams. They are comfortable wearing multiple hats and are excited about working on an API product that powers impactful applications.

Requirements

• 4+ years of relevant backend development experience in a start-up environment.
• Track record of executing and delivering on projects with high ambiguity.
• Detail-oriented approach to challenges and the ability to drive initiatives to completion.
• Exposure to high-growth start-ups.
• Knowledge of agile best practices and how to leverage them to release faster.
• Technical understanding of the software development process.
• Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, including technical leaders and executive management.
• Experience working cross-functionality across multiple teams to deliver high-quality products.
• Experience working in a remote-friendly environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with APIs.
• Knowledge of system-design best practices and experience working with distributed systems.
• Experience working with NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Redis.
• Experience using Git in a professional environment.
• Familiar with various API authentication and authorization methods; particularly OAuth.
• Experience using a cloud provider. AWS is a bonus.
• Experience using a distributed messaging system is a bonus.
• Strong knowledge of testing best practices. TDD is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Live by and champion our values: empathy, execution, humility, curiosity.
• Design, build, and maintain powerful services to enable Finch’s data presentation layer.
• Be a significant contributor to product expansion initiatives, including horizontal expansion of existing integrations to increase data coverage and depth as well as greenfield development in entirely new product verticals.
• Develop, test, and maintain integrations to meet security, scalability, and performance requirements to ensure that our services run reliably and efficiently at scale.
• Deploy code daily.
• Contribute to large product initiatives that may span across multiple teams.
• Understand roadmap priorities and write code focused on scalability, testability, and maintainability.
• Quickly debug issues throughout our stack using modern observability tooling and your solid foundation of engineering knowledge.

Benefits

• Competitive equity with a 10-year exercise window
• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% for employees, 85% for dependents)
• Unlimited PTO (with a 3-week minimum)
• 401(k) plan
• Regular team offsites and meetups

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed