SOFTWARE ENGINEER, ASSOCIATE
At Current, we’re on a mission to enable our members to create better financial outcomes for themselves. Headquartered in NYC, we’re a leading U.S. fintech and one of the fastest growing companies with nearly 4 million members. No matter your title, we’re a team that collaborates on building great products and making an impact together.
Current’s Engineering team is dedicated to building our products and infrastructure. With our applications running on Google Cloud Kubernetes Engine, we support a proprietary banking core that can scale to handle millions of transactions a day. We use a variety of databases, including MongoDB,Postgres, and Spanner. Our services are written in Java and TypeScript.
We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join our team in New York. This role has a base salary range of $125,000 - $150,000. You will work to deliver on key business initiatives, improve existing architecture and services, and design large-scale data-intensive applications. The ideal candidate should have a background in backend development and experience working with cloud-hosted services. This person should also be a motivated self-starter who is able to feel at ease working in a fast-paced environment.
Owning the end-to-end delivery of key business initiatives from product discovery, to system design, and all the way to feature launch
Learning and apply distributed system optimization patterns
A strong culture of code and architecture review
Designing and delivering large-scale data-intensive applications with cutting edge techniques in:
Evolving the company standards for engineering excellence by helping to improve architecture, testing, and monitoring practices
Helping Current’s users access new decentralized financial systems for wealth creation
Less than one year of professional experience in software development or related roles
Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent
Production experience with one of the following languages: Java and Scala
Experience with cloud-hosted services, like AWS or GCP
Proficiency in both RDBMS and NoSQL databases
A good grasp of concurrency and multi-threading
Prior internship or project experience in software development is a plus
Hybrid workspace
Competitive salary
Meaningful equity in the form of stock options
401(k) plan
Discretionary performance bonus program
Biannual performance reviews
Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100% for you and your dependents
Flexible time off and paid holidays
Generous parental leave policy
Commuter benefits
Fitness benefits
Healthcare and Dependent care FSA benefit
Employee Assistance Programs focused on mental health
Healthcare advocacy program for all employees
Access to mental health apps
Team building activities
Our modern Chelsea-based office with open floor plan, stocked kitchen, and catered lunches