Founding Engineer (Full Stack)
Pier, San Francisco, California
- Pay
- $180K–$230K / year
- Work type
- Not stated
- Level
- Not stated
- Area
- Software engineering
- Posted
- Aug 7, 2024
About the role
About Us
At Pier, our mission is to improve credit access for Americans by enabling the next generation of credit providers. We're building "Stripe for Credit" -- Our API is the fastest and simplest way for companies to launch & manage loan, line of credit and other credit programs, in compliance with state and federal laws.
We recently raised an oversubscribed round and have been adding 6-figure ARRs every single month. 🚀🚀🚀
About the Role
As a founding engineer at Pier, you will have an integral role building our credit infrastructure products, setting the technical direction of our platform, and developing our culture. You will work directly with our co-founders and drive strategic projects and initiatives for the team.
Your primary responsibilities will be:
- Collaborate closely with founders to architect our systems, define the engineering roadmap and improve our processes
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code across the entire stack
- Build and maintain APIs and integrations with third-party services
- Take full ownership of large projects, guiding them from the initial design phase through to deployment and ongoing maintenance
- Mentor and guide junior engineers as the team grows
Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience in software development, preferably at a high-growth, pre-series B startup
- Proven track record of shipping high-quality software quickly and efficiently
- Passion for financial technology and developer products (experience in fintech/compliance a big plus)
- Willingness to embrace new and widely varying challenges in a dynamic startup setting
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to challenges
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with a growing team
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