Software Engineer, Core Pricing

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Title of Role : Software Engineer, Core Pricing

Location : United States (Remote, with quarterly onsite sessions in San Mateo, Columbus, or Austin)

Company Stage of Funding : Publicly Traded / Growth-Stage Fintech

Office Type : Digital-First Remote

Salary : $142,000 - $196,600 base + Bonus + Equity

Company Description

We're representing a leading AI-powered lending platform that partners with financial institutions to expand access to affordable credit. By leveraging machine learning, distributed systems, and real-time decisioning engines, the company helps improve loan approval rates, reduce risk, and deliver a modern borrower experience.

The Core Pricing team is central to the platform's success - building the systems that calculate risk and profitability for every loan originated while enabling new product strategies and ensuring scalability. This is a high-impact engineering role where you'll work across product, data science, and business stakeholders to influence pricing and revenue outcomes at scale.

What You Will Do

As a Software Engineer on the Core Pricing team , you will :

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into scalable technical requirements.
• Develop robust, high-performance services that enable real-time loan pricing decisions .
• Optimize and refactor code to ensure low-latency, scalable pricing engines.
• Maintain and evolve API infrastructure to support growing products and integrations.
• Ensure the quality and reliability of pricing models through testing, monitoring, and code reviews.
• Lead and contribute to multi-month initiatives that improve conversion and profitability across loan products.
• Mentor junior engineers and elevate team practices.

Ideal Background

Preferred

Compensation and Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

This role is perfect for an engineer passionate about building scalable pricing systems, driving fintech innovation, and collaborating across disciplines to influence revenue strategy at scale.

Salary Range : $142,000-$196,000 base.