Oportun is a certified community development financial institution that provides financial services, including personal loans and financial resources. The company offers “respons
Staff Software Engineer
Location
India
Posted
61 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Software Engineer
Oportun
• You lead the end-to-end delivery of complex software applications, ensuring adherence to best practices and high overall quality standards. • You create frameworks and abstractions that lessen the workload of other engineers. Your documentation and tutorials enable other teams to leverage your work independently. You identify and resolve improvements in test coverage for end-to-end business flows across multiple systems (and teams). You introduce new tools, techniques, and coding patterns to other engineers, some of which may be developed by yourself, and drive this change to other teams. • You drive technical decision-making, contribute to, and sometimes lead, architectural discussions, and propose innovative solutions to address complex technical and/or systemic architectural challenges. You collaborate across teams and build systems to address architectural gaps. • You take ownership of critical projects and initiatives, providing project leadership, and ensuring successful delivery through effective project management and communication. You engage with stakeholders across the group, understanding their needs and working through the complexity and conflicting goals. • You have the ability to provide a clear and concise explanation of business strategy, technical concepts, designs or implementation to a non-technical audience. You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to gather and translate business requirements into efficient and scalable software solutions. You have a track record of leading cross-team efforts that deliver meaningful results across engineering, product, and/or design. You work through technical, organizational and scheduling complexity to align teams and deliver results in a positive way for the people and teams involved. Your interactions build trust and speed at scale into our organization. • You are the technical thought leader of the team, and provide necessary guidance and mentorship to senior team members whenever required. • You play the key technical counterpart to an engineering manager with a larger team; you can provide effective feedback to engineering managers at all levels to identify and help address gaps in their teams. • You successfully advocate for technologies and processes that make multiple teams more efficient. • You conduct rigorous code reviews, offering valuable feedback to maintain code quality, performance, and maintainability. • You continuously identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency gains within the software development lifecycle. • You stay informed about emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices, and proactively introduce relevant advancements to enhance our products and services.
Job Requirements
- Typically requires a minimum 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or a Master's degree with an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proven track record of delivering sophisticated software solutions in a leadership capacity with high quality.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Java, Python, C++, or similar.
- Mastery over data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
- Demonstrated experience in web application development, RESTful APIs, and frontend technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is advantageous.
- Proficiency in working with relational databases and SQL is a plus.
- Solid grasp of version control systems, such as Git.
- Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS or Azure, is highly desirable.
- Proven ability to mentor and lead a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment.
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with a passion for tackling complex technical and business problems.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, with a track record of effectively collaborating in a team-oriented environment.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible working hours
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
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