Senior Software Engineer

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Social Finance, LLC seeks Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA:

Job Duties : Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable backend systems for financial technology platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build secure, reliable software services. Develop and maintain microservices using languages such as Java and Kotlin. Design and implement APIs and service interfaces (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) for distributed systems. Build and manage backend workflows and batch processing systems for large-scale data operations. Implement workflow orchestration and scheduling for reliable, fault-tolerant processing. Develop data integrations and pipelines across relational, NoSQL, and data-warehouse technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Snowflake). Contribute to distributed system architecture to ensure scalability, performance, and reliability. Implement resilience features such as rate limiting, throttling, and fault-tolerance strategies. Improve observability through logging, monitoring, and alerting systems. Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement system reliability improvements. Write maintainable, well-tested code and contribute to code reviews, CI/CD workflows, and system quality efforts. Part-time telecommuting is an option. Hybrid work from Social Finance offices in San Francisco, CA.

Requirements: Master’s degree inComputer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline and (2) two years of experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field.

Special Skill Requirements: (1) Backend software development using Java and Kotlin; (2) Developing APIs and service interfaces using REST, GraphQL, and gRPC; (3) Object-oriented programming and microservices architecture; (4) Designing and developing scalable and distributed systems using Spring Batch and Temporal workflow orchestration; (5) Relational databases including MySQL and PostgreSQL; (6) NoSQL databases including MongoDB and DynamoDB; (7) Application security including authentication and authorization mechanisms; (8) Web frameworks including Spring Boot and Spring MVC; (9) Cloud platforms including AWS and containerization technologies; (10) CI/CD pipelines, build tools, and deployment workflows using Maven and Gradle; (11) Software testing, debugging, and monitoring using logging and alerting systems; and (12) Messaging and streaming systems using Kafka or ActiveMQ. Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable. Part-time telecommuting is an option. Hybrid work from Social Finance offices in San Francisco, CA.

Salary: $176,000.00 - $193,600.00 per year & standard company benefits.

Submit resume with references using the apply button on this posting or by email to: Req.# 1014.381.4at: ATTN: HR, View email address on aiapply.co.

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Compensation and Benefits

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