Upgrade is a fintech company that provides affordable and responsible credit, mobile banking, and payment products to everyday consumers. We were the fastest growing company in the Americas last year according to the Financial Times and Upgrade Card was the fastest growing credit card in America two years in a row. We have delivered over $33 billion in affordable and responsible credit to our 5.5M customers. The company is backed by some of the most prominent technology investors and was recently valued at $6.3B.
We have built an energizing, collaborative and inclusive culture where team members help each other, learn and innovate to move the company and its customers in the right direction, and own the outcome of their efforts.
Upgrade has been named a “Best Place to Work in the Bay Area” three years in a row, “Top Companies to work for in Arizona” and one of the "Best Engineering Department" awarded annually by Comparably. We've also received recognition for being a best company for Diversity, Women, Culture, and Veterans.
We are looking for new team members who get excited about designing and delivering new and better products to join a team of 1850 talented and dedicated professionals. Come work with us if you like to tackle big problems and make a meaningful difference in people's lives.
About the Role:
At Upgrade, the Platform team works horizontally with our different engineering teams. We build tools and shared libraries to simplify / abstract / speed up the day to day of our developers.
As part of the Platform team, the infrastructure squad is responsible for multiple tools used by our product teams to build, test and ship their services up to production.
We are seeking a passionate and curious Senior Software Developer to help drive the Platform roadmap at Upgrade. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and work with different programming languages, on different technologies. Join us!
Projects in flight:
- Rebuild our internal tool used to provision Kubernetes development stacks on-demand
- Renovate our build and continuous deployment infrastructure
- Mergebot, an entity which automatically merges or declines pull requests depending on a set of policies (moving from JavaScript to Golang)
- Revamp our GraphQL Federation tooling
- Build various prototypes exploring how large language models could improve developer experience
Responsibilities:
- Create innovative tools or enhance existing ones to boost developer productivity and efficiency
- Work closely with various engineering teams to evaluate the effectiveness of our platform and identify improvement opportunities
- Assist in troubleshooting and resolving issues
Requirements:
- Proficient in at least one of these programming languages: Golang, Node.js, or Python
- Proficient in Kubernetes
- Experience with microservices architecture and understanding the challenges that come with it
- Fundamental knowledge of AWS
- Effective communication abilities
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline
What We Offer You:
- Competitive salary and stock option plan
- 100% paid coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- RSP (Retirement Savings Plan) and company match program
- Annual stipend for professional growth, learning, and development
- Paid parental leave
- Health & wellness initiative
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