Staff Engineer, Java/Salesforce

As a leading financial technology platform, OppFi powers banks to bring credit access to  millions of everyday consumers who are locked out of mainstream financial options. We go beyond our mission - to help people rebuild financial health - and go further to ensure we keep the customer at the center of everything we do. We are creating a Customer-obsessed culture, with the capital “C”. 

And it starts with our team here. We are a team of caring, innovative, and inclusive individuals who thrive in being immersed in diverse talents, expertise, perspectives and backgrounds. Our employees approach every new challenge with an unparalleled ability to see what could be rather than settle for what is. We welcome individuals who want to make a difference in the financial system through creating and building simple, transparent products that facilitate credit access, enable savings, and build wealth.

A few other fun facts about us. OppFi is an Inc. 5000 company for six straight years, a Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, the seventh fastest-growing Chicagoland company by Crain's Chicago Business, and was named on Built In's 2022 Best Places to Work in Chicago.

As a member of the Salesforce Engineering team, you will support a growing FinTech Environment, reporting to the Salesforce Development Manager.

Our FinTech platform is built on Salesforce including our Origination and Servicing flows. Utilizing Salesforce as a Platform - we use the Service Cloud, Einstein Bots, LWC, Platform Events, Live Agent, and much more. We are also focused heavily on automation and working with the latest Salesforce technologies; we have implemented Sandbox Spinup automation, full automation regression, automated data snapshot testing, and are continually improving and rolling out new ways to improve our platform and development processes.  You will also get to…

• Design/develop software on our Salesforce platform.
• Partner with business operations to turn requirements into technical solutions.
• Develop 3rd party APIs and integrations with dozens of internal and external services.
• We want you to grow your skills with us! Our team manages our own internal training with budgets for classes, conferences, books, and materials.
• Opportunity to mentor other team members. 
• Dynamically solve interesting and unique problems 
• Lead cross-team technically initiatives and help with overall design and implementation

The Salesforce Engineering team is an essential contributor to the health of the services/products we provide for our customers. You will have:

• 5+ years experience with Java or a similar modern programming language, including object-oriented design principles. Show us you’ve solved non-trivial engineering problems with your language and we’ll be interested in you.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce.com developer toolkit including Apex, LWC, and Migration Tools (Ant and Salesforce CLI)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and version control (Git)
• Strong desire for continuous improvement in the organization and yourself

Salesforce at OppFi is used more than just a CRM. We are the source of truth for most data in Origination and Servicing and the back office tool to access the rest. Our development processes are built around multiple releases a week supported by CI/CD, custom built linters, automated environment spin up, a strong product organization, and quality-oriented development practices. Our development is full stack requiring developers to write code in Salesforce’s frontend framework, as well its backend development, and finally manage its data structures on the database side. We are using the latest tools salesforce provides including starting to design and develop on Salesforce’s event bus technology “Platform Events."

• Visual Studio Code w/ Salesforce DX Extension Suite
• Harness
• Github
• Jira
• Salesforce CLI

Reports to: Manager, Software Engineering

Job Level: Sr. Tech I

The minimum salary for this role is $155,000. The total compensation package includes eligibility for performance-based bonuses as well as a 1-time equity grant based on level.

The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be at the company’s sole discretion, and determined by a myriad of factors including, but not limited to, years of experience, depth of experience, and other relevant business considerations.

Total Rewards and Benefits

OppFi offers a flexible remote environment, 401(k) matching program, and flexible paid vacation. Other benefits include medical benefits, dental and vision coverage, and tuition reimbursement. To support your wellness & growth, we provide monthly meditation and yoga classes and access to all LinkedIn Learning courses. We also offer Fringe, which is a lifestyle benefits platform that lets you decide how you want to spend your rewards from dozens of vendors like Uber, Doordash, and Urban Sitter. Dress code is casual. 

EEOC Statement: 

OppFi is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on any actual or perceived legally recognized protected bases under local, state, or federal law or regulations. Our goal as a company is to build an equitable workplace that actively works to dismantle systems of oppression in our processes, procedures, and interactions. We aim to help our employees thrive where they work and beyond. Check out our Culture page here.

OppFi is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, OppFi will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at [email protected]. 

Pursuant to the requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act, OppFi is providing the "OppFi California Employee Privacy Policy", which details the categories of personal information collected and your rights under the policy. If you are a California resident, please review the policy here: https://www.oppfi.com/careers/