Staff Software Engineer

Earnest • Oakland, CA

15h • Remote

About The Position

The Staff Software Engineer at Earnest in Oakland, CA will lead the technical direction of engineering teams to revolutionize consumer lending, automating the loan approval process and orchestrating large-scale financial transactions. This role involves building customer-facing software products using Node.js, TypeScript, React/Redux, Angular, Sequelize, PostgreSQL, and Docker, while ensuring high code quality through comprehensive unit and integration testing with Mocha, Chai, and Sinon. The Staff Software Engineer will document technical designs using Confluence, employing proven software design principles and diagrams, and troubleshoot defects using debugging, log analysis via Splunk, and tools like FullStory for user session replay. This position also drives the architectural direction, sets technical standards, and leads agile processes, including daily standups, sprint reviews, and planning sessions. Collaboration with Product Managers and Engineers is essential to refine product requirements in JIRA, provide technical feedback, and recommend solutions that optimize speed, customer experience, and cost savings. Additionally, the role includes mentoring engineers, providing feedback through GitHub and pair programming, and offering operational support by participating in on-call rotations to respond to system alerts using tools such as Splunk, New Relic, and AWS CloudWatch. Position is 100% remote.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field
• 3 years of experience as a software developer or related occupation
• 2 years of experience with Server-side concepts, including micro-services, databases, caching, performance, monitoring, and scalability
• 2 years of experience with NodeJS
• 2 years of experience with TypeScript and JavaScript
• 2 years of experience with Front end frameworks, including React or Angular
• 2 years of experience with AWS or other cloud-based infrastructure
• 2 years of experience with PostgreSQL
• 2 years of experience with Docker and container services
• 2 years of experience with Testing frameworks, including Mocha, Chai and Sinon
• 2 years of experience with Working with CI/CD pipelines, including Jenkins and Github Actions

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction of engineering teams
• Build customer-facing software products
• Document technical designs
• Troubleshoot defects
• Drive the architectural direction
• Set technical standards
• Lead agile processes
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers
• Mentor engineers
• Provide operational support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level