Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Why TrueAccord?
Debt collection is failing consumers. Every year, more than 70 million Americans have negative experiences with the collections process, and they deserve a much better treatment - more relevant, more digital, less abrasive. That’s why banks, lenders, and industry leaders are coming to TrueAccord for innovative solutions in recovering outstanding receivables.
TrueAccord is a category-defining company. We combine machine learning with a human-based approach to guide both lenders and borrowers through a challenging financial process. With a world-class leadership team, passionate and driven team members, and a diverse and growing client base, TrueAccord is well positioned for continued success.
The Position:
Engage is a fast-growing, pre-product/market fit consumer SaaS product that is on its way to becoming the new standard for consumers looking to get out of debt and achieve financial health. Built on top of the consumer trust that TrueAccord has successfully developed since 2013, Engage paves the path to financial well-being for millions of consumers. This is a unique opportunity for your work to make a real impact in the world and in people’s lives.
In this position, you will be responsible for helping to craft and guide the direction of our technology ecosystem as well as tackle large implementations yourself. We welcome you to be a part of a highly collaborative and competent team where everyone is responsible for a piece of TrueAccord’s success.
We are looking for a Software Engineer with a consistent track record of making productive development decisions. We highly value code quality and maintainability, and we fully embrace continuous deployment. We are primarily a functional Scala shop, so functional language experience is a huge plus.
We are a small, highly-productive engineering team that appreciates clean and elegant solutions to large and messy real-world business problems. This is a great opportunity to join an engineering team of a successful fast-growing start-up that is transforming the industry, while expanding your software engineering skills.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead a stream of work from design, testing, implementation and maintenance once released
- Lead the back-end development of our Engage product. Work closely with the TPM and our clients to collaborate on requirements
- Work closely with DevOps to prepare new applications for deployment
- Be a part of a culture of continuous improvement
- Break work down to tasks and determine path to completion
- Mentor other engineers, effectively communicate complex systems simply
- Contribute to overall engineering initiatives including recruiting
Desired Skills & Experience:
- Expert in debugging and solving complex distributed systems
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work within a team setting and work multi-functionally
- Ability to prioritize work in a rapidly growing environment
- Strong hands on experience in cloud technology
- Expert in implementing and deploying micro-services
Bonus Points:
- Expert in object oriented modeling
- Expert in Scala or Java Functional programming is a plus
- CS degree or equivalent experience
- Hands-on experience with a production Kubernetes installation
- Hands-on experience with gRPC
What TrueAccord offers you + Culture & Benefits
TrueAccord is distributed company with a major presence in the San Francisco Bay area and Lenexa, KS. We offer a healthy work environment that continuously builds an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is able to develop the best version of themselves. We are a dynamic group of people who are subject matter experts with a passion for change.
We offer:
*** Generous paid time off
*** Paid training
*** We promote work/life harmony
*** Paid holidays
*** Health, dental and vision benefits
*** 401K with matching
Our teams are crafting solutions to big problems every day. If you’re looking for an opportunity to do impactful work, join TrueAccord and make a difference.
Our Dedication to Diversity & Inclusion
TrueAccord is an equal opportunity employer. We promote, value, and thrive with a diverse & inclusive team. Different perspectives contribute to better solutions and this makes us stronger every day. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.