# Software Engineer

**Company:** [Current](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/current)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Java, Jvm, GCP, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Cloud Spanner, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, BigQuery, Scala, Microservices, Rdbms, NoSQL
**Posted:** 2026-07-30

> Backend-focused Software Engineer building scalable Java microservices on GCP for a consumer fintech platform. Requires 2+ years experience, JVM backend skills, and a CS or related degree.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Take ownership of well-scoped features and deliver them from implementation through production
- Build and maintain backend services within a distributed microservices architecture
- Contribute to data-intensive applications and gain exposure to real-time transaction decisioning, stream-processing, and machine learning
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to a culture of engineering quality
- Contribute to engineering best practices including testing, monitoring, and documentation
- Collaborate with product, data, and business stakeholders to ship features that directly impact members

## Requirements
- 2+ years of software engineering experience, with backend experience using a JVM language, preferably Java
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented design principles
- Experience with RDBMS or NoSQL databases
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with cloud-hosted services like AWS or GCP

## Benefits
- 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

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