A consumer FinTech startup, Best Egg provides personalized financial solutions to people who have little to no savings. A division of Marlette Funding, a consum
Lead Software Engineer – Java, Python
Location
United States
Posted
54 days ago
Salary
$100K - $135K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Lead Software Engineer – Java, Python
Best Egg
• Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally. • Works closely with senior leaders to shape solutions. • Ensure software follows modern engineering practices, including clean code, testing, automation, and cloud-native patterns. • Support continuous improvement in code quality, reliability, performance, and developer experience. • Build and enhance distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native solutions in AWS. • Apply cloud best practices—security, cost awareness, performance, and operational efficiency—under guidance of senior engineers. • Contribute to observability through metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerts. • Assist in performance tuning, resiliency improvements, and troubleshooting production issues to ensure system stability. • Collaborate effectively with Product, Architecture, InfoSec, and DevOps to deliver well-aligned solutions. • Contribute to a culture of learning, curiosity, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.
Job Requirements
- 4 - 6 years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong backend development experience with Java and Python
- Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization
- Working knowledge of AWS cloud architecture, services, and best practices
- Experience with modern databases such as DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and container orchestration systems
- Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as CloudWatch or Datadog
- Ability to produce clear technical documentation and participate in design discussions
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams
- Comfort working in Agile environments with iterative delivery and shared ownership
- Ability to bring clarity to complex situations and drive work forward with teammates.
Benefits
- Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching program
- Generous paid time-off plans including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short-term and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company holidays
- Multiple health care plans to choose from, including dental and vision options
- Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
- Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, wellness platforms, employee assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs
- Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance, fitness center reimbursements, and many more!
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