Senior Software Engineer

As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members access their earnings as they earn them, with options to spend, save, and grow their money without mandatory fees, interest rates, or credit checks.

We’re fortunate to have an incredibly experienced leadership team, combined with world-class funding partners like A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, Ribbit Capital, and a very healthy core business with a tremendous runway. We’re growing fast and are excited to continue bringing world-class talent onboard to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.

POSITION SUMMARY

We seek an experienced, collaborative, and resourceful Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. Our Early Bets initiatives are critical to EarnIn’s success, providing new experiences and products for our users to ensure they are empowered with a more comprehensive ecosystem of solutions. We seek engineers who thrive in uncertainty and excel at defining technical solutions in ambiguous environments and collaborating closely with Product teams to refine requirements. The ideal candidate has experience in fintech or has built 0‑to‑1 products, demonstrating a strong ability to design and implement scalable architectures that support rapid product evolution. Candidates with backgrounds in early‑stage software products engineered for scale or those who have worked in Research & Development for new technologies will fit well in our team.

The base salary range for this full‑time position is $207,000 - $253,000 plus equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. This is a hybrid position in Mountain View (Headquarters) and will require in‑office work 2 days a week.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design and implement new features, breaking down complex problems into elegant, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
• Architect and maintain robust microservices integrations, leveraging REST / gRPC APIs and event‑driven messaging patterns (events / queues) to build flexible and extensible systems.
• Collaborate with Product teams to define technical solutions in ambiguous environments, ensuring that backend architectures support rapid product iteration and expansion.
• Ensure scalability and performance by developing services designed to handle high‑throughput and real‑time transaction processing.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks, ensuring our backend systems remain secure, reliable, and resilient.
• Mentor and guide engineers, providing technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, and architectural guidance.
• Develop test automation to enable continuous integration and deployment, maintaining high development velocity.
• Debug and troubleshoot production issues, working across multiple stack levels to maintain service stability.
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams, including data science, product, analytics, and marketing, to ensure backend services align with business objectives.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

At EarnIn, we believe that the best way to build a financial system that works for everyday people is by hiring a team that represents our diverse community. Our team is diverse not only in background and experience but also in perspective. We celebrate our diversity and strive to create a culture of belonging. EarnIn does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. EarnIn is an E‑Verify participant.

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