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Senior Software Engineer (R14037)
Oportun
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Key highlights
- Level Required: 7–8 years of related professional experience (or master’s degree with equivalent education and experience combination)
- Required qualification: Proficiency in Java, C#, C++, or similar backend programming languages
- Required qualification: 4+ years of experience working with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud platforms
- Required qualification: 3+ years of experience designing, building, deploying, and maintaining container-based applications
Role overview
Oportun's Engineering Ecosystem Org exists to empower engineers to deliver member value with high speed and high quality, by designing, developing, and maintaining cutting-edge software solutions that power the company's mission and advance its business. The Senior Software Engineer is a key technical contributor role focused on designing, building, and maintaining scalable, reliable platform services and shared libraries, with responsibilities that include contributing to architectural decisions, leading complex end-to-end features, and raising the technical bar across teams to drive meaningful impact on Oportun's evolving platform and engineering ecosystem. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with experience building and operating distributed systems, who enjoys solving complex technical problems and mentoring other engineers while remaining deeply involved in day-to-day development.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain scalable, reliable platform services and shared libraries.
- Contribute to platform and system architecture decisions with a focus on reliability, scalability, and developer experience.
- Write high-quality, maintainable code and set a strong example of engineering best practices.
- Collaborate with Staff Engineers and peers to implement standards and patterns that support Continuous Delivery.
- Identify and address performance, scalability, and reliability issues across platform services.
- Participate actively in design reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions, providing thoughtful and constructive feedback.
- Drive operational excellence by improving monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices.
- Investigate root causes of production issues and implement long-term fixes to reduce on-call burden.
- Mentor and support junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions that create measurable business and customer value.
- Lead complex features end-to-end.
- Help raise the technical bar across immediate teams.
Requirements
- Requires a minimum of 7–8 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or a master’s degree with an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong experience in software development with a focus on backend systems and services.
- Proficiency in Java, C#, C++, or similar backend languages.
- Strong understanding of software design principles, data structures, and algorithms.
- Experience building and operating scalable, reliable, and secure systems.
- Experience (3+ years) designing, building, deploying, and maintaining container-based applications.
- Experience (4+ years) working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex technical issues.
- Experience with Continuous Delivery practices and automated deployment pipelines.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work well within cross-functional teams.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to team-level technical leadership.
- Working knowledge of secure development practices and security considerations in distributed systems.
Nice to have
- Financial services or fintech industry experience is a strong advantage.
Additional details
- Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a mission-driven financial services company that puts its members' financial goals within reach. With intelligent borrowing, savings, and budgeting capabilities, Oportun empowers members with the confidence to build a better financial future. Since inception, Oportun has provided more than $22.7 billion in responsible and affordable credit, saved its members more than $2.5 billion in interest and fees, and helped its members set aside an average of more than $1,800 annually.
- We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants for employment opportunities without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other category protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
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- We will never request personal identifiable information (bank, credit card, etc.) before you are hired. We do not charge you for pre-employment fees such as background checks, training, or equipment.
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