Staff Software Engineer

Earnest · USA

Company

Earnest

Location

USA

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Title: Staff Software Engineer Duties: The Staff Software Engineer (Multiple Positions Open) at Earnest LLC in Oakland CA will drive the technical strategy and execution for our engineering teams. Lead the development of a scalable high-performance lending ecosystem from customer onboarding to checkout. Architect and build customer-centric financial products ensuring a frictionless and optimized user experience and orchestrating large-scale financial transactions. Define and execute the technical vision and best practices for a high-performing engineering team. Lead architectural decisions to enhance scalability reliability and efficiency of the lending platform. Collaborate with Product UX and Business teams to align technology with strategic goals. Design build and maintain customer-facing lending applications using Node.js TypeScript React/Redux Angular Sequelize PostgreSQL and Docker. Develop and optimize high-quality testable code implementing unit and integration tests with Mocha Chai Sinon and Sequelize. Ensure performance security and scalability through best-in-class software engineering practices. Identify and resolve defects through debugging profiling logging log analysis tracing and FullStory session replays. Oversee code deployment to Staging and Production environments. Partner with Quality Engineers to address issues found in testing and improve automated testing coverage. Lead and participate in Agile ceremonies. Break down product requirements into engineering deliverables in Jira. Review and provide critical feedback on Product Requirements Documents Epics and User Stories influencing the technical and business roadmap. Recommend alternative technical solutions to optimize delivery speed enhance customer experience and reduce costs. Maintain technical documentation. Contribute to Earnest’s DevOps culture and participate in rotating on-call support for production applications. Position is 100% remote. Salary: $207585 per year. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a closely related field plus 3 years of software development experience. The 3 years of experience must include 3 years of experience with each of the following: (1) building highly distributed microservices; (2) SQL databases including PostgreSQL and caching performance monitoring and scalability; (3) server- side technologies including Node.js Typescript and Javascript; and (4) client-side technologies including React Native and Angular. Must include two years of experience with: AWS or similar cloud-based infrastructure; and leading the architecture design development and deployment of large-scale projects. This notice is subject to Earnest LLC's employee referral program. Interested candidates can apply online at www.earnest.com/careers [earnest.com] or send a resume to [email protected] and reference job code 058.

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Date Posted

11/26/2025

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