Hybrid Senior Software Engineer

at YouLend

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Angular, AWS, Cloud, Docker, DynamoDB, Kubernetes, Microservices, MySQL, NoSQL, Postgres, SQL, Terraform, .NET
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Atlanta, United States

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer developing scalable financial systems at YouLend. Collaborating with teams to ensure seamless delivery of features using C#, .NET Core, AWS, and Angular.

Responsibilities

• **About Us **
• YouLend is a rapidly growing FinTech that is the preferred embedded financing platform for many of the world’s leading e-commerce platforms, tech companies, and Payment Service Providers. Our software platform enables our partners to extend their value proposition by offering flexible financing products in their own branding, to their merchant base, without capital at risk.
• We are owned by the leading Private Equity company, EQT, and have grown +100% year-on-year since 2020. We are headquartered in London, UK, but are also present in several European countries as well as the United States where we service our partners, including eBay, Amazon, Just Eat, Shopify, and Stripe.
• **The Role**
• We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in C#, .NET Core, AWS, Angular, and Kubernetes. The ideal candidate is both very technically competent and able to articulate challenging technical topics with stakeholders, they consistently direct their impact to the highest leverage areas, whether it be mentoring and bringing up others in the team, or driving challenging architecture changes and refactoring.
• As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and deploying robust financial systems that meet evolving business needs. This role requires strong technical skills and a collaborative mindset, as you will work closely with Product Managers and other development teams to ensure seamless delivery of features and functionality. You’ll be tasked with building scalable solutions while ensuring the alignment of technical initiatives with business priorities.

Requirements

• **Responsibilities: **
• Deliver on complex, high-impact projects, ensuring the team’s work is aligned with business goals and technical standards.
• Collaborate with Product Managers to understand business requirements, define technical specifications, and deliver solutions that meet end-user needs.
• Own the entire software development lifecycle, from concept to deployment.
• Lead the design and development of complex applications using C#, .NET Core, and Angular.
• Build and maintain microservices architecture using .NET Core, and deploy containerized applications with Kubernetes and Docker for scalability and resilience.
• Ensure that engineering decisions are well-informed and aligned with company priorities.
• Champion software engineering best practices and deliver high-performance, maintainable code.
• Work closely with platform teams to implement automated CI/CD pipelines and initiatives to improve system performance and maintainability.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers, conduct code reviews and ensure coding standards are followed.
• Work seamlessly with teams across the organization, fostering a culture of open communication and knowledge sharing.
• Proactively contribute to sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• **The ideal candidate will have the following skillset: **
• 7+ years experience in software development using C# and .NET Core
• Strong experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and tools
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture
• Experience developing applications using Angular (Angular 8+ preferred)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools
• Expertise in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB)
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and optimise solutions
• Passionate about mentoring and guiding junior developers
• **Desirable skills: **
• Understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience in a regulated industry
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies

Benefits

• **Why join YouLend?**
• **Award-Winning Fintech**: YouLend has been recognised as a “Top 250 Fintech Worldwide” company by CNBC.
• **We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:**
• Health Care Coverage. Youlend covers 80%; employee contribution is 20% of the premium.
• Medical Plan (medical insurance and prescription drug coverage)- Choice of 5 different plans through United Healthcare.
• Dental plan coverage
• Vision plan coverage
• Benefits can be for: Employee only; Employee & Spouse; Employee & Child; Employee & Family
• Retirement - 401K match. Employee match $1 for $1 up to 5% of salary.
• Basic Life & AD&D Insurance.
• International travel insurance covered if traveling abroad for work purposes.
• Paid Time Off (PTO)- 20 working days (4 weeks) + US public holidays
• Paid Office Parking