Job Description
Join the forefront of innovation in the financial services industry as a Senior Software Engineer at arenaflex. We're a pioneering company harnessing bleeding-edge technology to empower financial institutions to work smarter and serve better. Our products are powering millions of interactions every month for over a hundred unique financial institutions, and we're just getting started.
As a Senior Software Engineer on our Customer Data Platform team, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of financial services by designing and developing cutting-edge solutions that drive business growth and customer satisfaction. With a focus on verticalized AI, we're committed to staying two steps ahead of the curve, embracing innovation from the collective industry, and bringing the best solutions into production, now.
- *About arenaflex**
arenaflex is a hybrid workforce with employees located across the United States & Canada, and our home base located in Boston, MA. We're a small and mighty team that prides ourselves in a tasteful balance between voracity and disciplined craftsmanship. We value those who embrace ambiguity, leverage their curiosity and passion to push the boundaries of their knowledge, and build exceptional products.
- *Our Tech Stack**
Our tech stack is a combination of TypeScript (node.js and React) and Python, hosted in a scalable and distributed multi-cluster Kubernetes environment. We don't expect everyone to have prior experience in all of our tools, but we expect fundamental competency and intellectual curiosity.
- *Key Responsibilities**
As a Senior Software Engineer on our Customer Data Platform team, you'll be responsible for:
- **Pioneering Integrations**: Design and develop integrations with new core banking systems of record, ensuring seamless data exchange and minimizing manual effort.
- **API Wrapper Optimization**: Optimize our API wrapper to route traffic, orchestrate reads and writes to core banking systems of record, and maintain a strong API boundary (abstraction layer).
- **Monitoring and Alerting**: Implement monitoring, alerting, and anomaly detection to better respond to operational incidents and ensure high system availability.
- **Automation and Optimization**: Implement automations and optimizations to reduce repetitive manual effort, including boilerplate generation and configuration intake.
- **Low-Latency Configuration Database**: Contribute to our low-latency and up-to-date configuration database that defines client-specific setup, shared by our entire platform.
- **Code Quality and Best Practices**: Write code that is easy-to-understand, ready-for-change, and safe-from-bugs, and drive engineering best practices, including code reviews and testing methodologies.
- **Team Leadership**: Guide engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning, and drive engineering best practices.
- **Collaboration**: Collaborate with other engineering teams, product managers, designers, and UX researchers to deliver high-quality solutions.
- *Essential Qualifications**
- **4+ years of experience** in full-stack development with a focus on backend systems, proficient in TypeScript.
- **2+ years of experience** leading projects and mentoring engineers.
- **Familiarity with SOAP/XML and/or core banking systems of record** is a plus.
- **Architectural Expertise**: Skilled in designing scalable, robust systems and anticipating implementation challenges.
- **Database Proficient**: Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL.
- **Passionate about delivering high-quality, user-centric solutions** with a "get things done" attitude.
- **Comfortable navigating ambiguity and adapting to change**.
- **Excellent communication skills** and a team player who positively influences others.
- **Committed to writing code that is easy-to-understand, ready-for-change, and safe-from-bugs**.
- **Hands-on experience building high-performing, scalable architectures** – not just theoretical knowledge.
- **Continuous Learner**: Eager to stay ahead of technology trends and enhance both technical and leadership skills.
- *Preferred Qualifications**
- **Experience with GraphQL, REST, Websockets, and event-driven Pub/Sub**.
- **Familiarity with proprietary NLP/ML shared utility services & models**.
- **Experience with proprietary RAG ingestion pipeline and search algorithm**.
- **Knowledge of Google Cloud, GitLab / CI, and Frontier LLM providers – OpenAI and Google**.
- *What We Offer**
- **Competitive salary and benefits package**.
- **Opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects** that drive business growth and customer satisfaction.
- **Collaborative and dynamic work environment** with a small and mighty team.
- **Professional development and growth opportunities** to enhance your technical and leadership skills.
- **Flexible work arrangements**, including remote work options.
- **Comprehensive training and onboarding program** to ensure your success.
- *How to Apply**
If you're eager to join a company that's actively drafting the history books on the most seismic shift of FI strategy, we'd love to hear from you! Apply now to become a part of our innovative team at arenaflex.
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