Principal Backend Engineer

***This position can be remote anywhere in the United States***

We're looking for a seasoned backend engineer to join our fast growing Digital Services team to help build out a world class financial services experience tying together checking, credit, and loan products. Working within the new banking organization at Avant, you'll be working cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data, and Compliance to help bring new features to life.

What you do at Avant

• Deliver high quality, performant, and robustly tested APIs and systems
• Work with a team of engineers with years of experience in the financial services space
• Collaborate with leaders and business stakeholders to develop product features
• Ensure both the team and technologies continuously improve
• Taking pride in building a reliable and scalable product while working with great colleagues, tools, and frameworks

What you'll do at Avant

• Develop our core banking platform and APIs in Python with Django and the Django REST framework with 8+ years of experience
• Collaborate with leaders and business stakeholders to develop product features
• Take pride in building a reliable and scalable products while working with great colleagues, tools and frameworks
• Be a part of a strong culture of ownership, code quality, and testing
• We have a culture that treats engineers as both teachers and students and encourages this by presenting weekly Lunch and Learns, hosting hackathons, and attending conferences

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We believe that a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences helps us create the most innovative solutions for our customers. We invite you to apply to our positions even if you do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed in the description. If you’re passionate about our mission and aligned to our values, we hope you’ll come contribute to our awesome culture.

Why Avant is the place for you:

At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:

Authenticity. We show up to work as our whole selves and make sure others can too.

Collaboration. We can only succeed when we do so as a team.

Problem-Solving. The harder the problem, the more satisfying the solution.

Customer. We are all owners of the customer experience.

Initiative. Plan. Adapt. Get Sh!t Done.

We believe that great ideas come from anyone and anywhere, that everyone is an owner who drives change, and that we have more fun when we work together. We're problem solvers who love collaborating with intelligent and highly-motivated people to reshape the face of digital banking. Avant offers terrific perks and benefits, fun social events with employees who actually like hanging out together, and a flexible growth environment where trying your hand at new projects and being the active owner of your career path is encouraged and supported.

Some of our benefits include:

• Choice of great Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plan options

• 401(k) Match

• Unlimited Paid Time Off

• Flexible Work Environment

• Generous Paid Parental Leave

• Lunch Allowance (Fooda) and In-office Snacks

• WFH Stipends for our Remote Employees

• Access to LinkedIn Learning for Professional Development

• No Meeting Wednesdays - (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sh!t Done)

• Summer Fridays

• Fun In-Office and Virtual Social Events

• And who doesn’t love the swag

This position may require you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If required, you'll be asked to provide proof that you’re fully vaccinated upon your start date or before working in or visiting our Chicago office. You’re considered fully vaccinated two weeks after you receive the second dose of a two-dose vaccine series (e.g., Pfizer or Moderna) or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine (e.g., Johnson & Johnson/Janssen). Failure to provide proof of vaccination may result in termination. Subject to applicable law and requests for accommodation.