Principal Software Engineer

About the position

Avant is seeking a driven Principal Software Engineer to help us build the future of consumer lending. We provide personal loans and credit cards to millions of customers across the US, empowering them to take control of their financial futures. If you're passionate about leveraging technology to drive innovation and make a real impact on people's lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop scalable and robust solutions for Avant's credit card and loan servicing products and services
• Partner with Engineering Managers and other engineering leadership teams and Principal Engineers to build the architectural vision and roadmap to improve system architecture and scale our systems
• Work with Product Manager and other stakeholders to design features to improve our customer experience and internal operations
• Work with engineering peers of various seniority to maintain and enhance Avant digital servicing platform and continuously improve the system performance and maintainability
• Build and improve observability and monitoring to enhance operational efficiency of our platform
• Build and improve system CI/CD pipeline and test automation systems to reduce cycle time and increase feature delivery velocity

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with a strong track record of delivering high-quality software solutions
• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong experience with microservices and event-driven architecture design and best practices
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a passion for performance optimization
• Extensive experience with Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, partitions, and stream processing)
• Deep knowledge of asynchronous processing and message queuing patterns
• Solid experience with back-end development using languages like Python, Ruby, Java, or .NET
• Strong understanding of database systems, both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra)
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong background in designing and implementing distributed systems
• Strong experience with observability and monitoring and incident management processes
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working in collaborative, fast-paced environments

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with GraphQL, gRPC, or WebSockets
• Familiarity with Apache Flink, Spark, or other stream processing frameworks
• Background in CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm)
• Experience in highly regulated industries

Benefits

• Choice of great Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plan options
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Time Off
• Flexible Work Environment - (i.e. Mon/Tues/Thurs in-person)
• Generous Paid Parental Leave, Adoption Assistance and Post-parental leave ramp-up program
• Lunch Allowance (Fooda) and In-office Snacks
• Summer Fridays
• Fun In-Office and Virtual Social Events
• And who doesn't love the swag