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Staff Software Engineer, Lending Products

265k – 330kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringHybrid8+ YOE
Summary

Leads technical design and evolution of platforms powering lending products, partnering cross-functionally to build scalable infrastructure. Requires 8+ years backend experience, strong architecture skills, and ability to mentor engineers.

About the role

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead the technical design and evolution of the platforms, frameworks, and shared infrastructure that power all of Parafin's lending products.
  • Partner with engineers on teams that own specific lending verticals to understand their needs and build platform capabilities that enable them to move quickly.
  • Set technical direction through engineering design docs, architecture reviews, and design discussions, aligning the team on priorities and tradeoffs.
  • Identify, prioritize, and own infrastructure improvements that accelerate product development and maintain high levels of system reliability.
  • Raise the bar for engineering quality through mentoring, code review, and improving team processes and reliability practices.
  • Mentor other engineers, drive improvements to team processes and code quality, and foster a culture of craft and ownership.

What We’re Searching For

  • 8+ years of experience working in a backend engineering role, ideally in a platform or product-focused environment.
  • You care deeply about building high-quality software and take immense pride in your craft.
  • You have experience leading ambiguous, cross-functional projects and can make sound tradeoffs across reliability, scalability, developer experience, and time to value.
  • You take the initiative to identify commonalities between different problem statements and design appropriate abstractions.
  • You have strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working across Engineering, Product, and Data Science teams.

Bonus Points

  • Experience building internal platforms or frameworks that other engineering teams build on top of.
  • Experience in fintech, financial products, or embedded finance.
  • Experience designing systems with strong correctness and auditability requirements.

What We Offer

Salary Range: $265k - $330k
Equity grant
Medical, dental & vision insurance
Work from home flexibility
Unlimited PTO
Commuter benefits
Free lunches
Paid parental leave
401(k)
Employee assistance program

Skills
backendplatform engineeringinfrastructurearchitecture designfintechsystems designcode reviewmentoringscalabilityreliability
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