Software Engineering Manager FFAM - Consumer Lending (Remote Work From Home)
Company: Freedom Financial Network
Location: Austin
Posted on: June 24, 2022
Job Description:
THE OPPORTUNITY:Our team continuously delivers reliable and
scalable core services that make up the building blocks for most of
our products. We also drive the leveraging of new technologies (Go
(Golang), Kubernetes, and Cloud Infrastructure) across the
company.As part of our team, you will help build new services that
are shared across the Freedom Financial Network Companies. An
opportunity to participate in the design, architecture,
development, and deployment of these new services (end-to-end)
aimed at solving complex engineering problems that will benefit
multiple teams across all of Freedom's products. You will find here
a highly productive, collaborative, and innovative environment
where your voice is heard.As a Software Engineering Manager, you
will lead a cross-disciplinary agile development team(s) and take
responsibility for delivering high-quality software that drives
value for the business.From your bed to your desk in 30 seconds!
We're proudly offering fully remote work options for this role
which can be based in CA, AZ, TX, CO, UT, OR, WATHE ROLE:In this
role, you will have not only the technical expertise to take on and
provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a
team of engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make
sure engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software
Engineering Manager, you will manage your project goals, contribute
to product strategy and help develop your team. You are expected to
operate with scale and speed. Our exceptional software engineers
are just getting started -- and as a manager, you will guide the
way.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, coaching, career
development, and feedback for team members
- Establish priorities and set expectations and accountability
for members of the development team
- Foster an engaging and collaborative environment within and
among teams
- Hire talented engineers that will thrive in this collaborative
environment
- Help create and follow a technology vision, roadmap, and
process
- Promote sound engineering practices through example and
mentorship
- Work closely with the Product team and business stakeholders to
understand and improve KPIsREQUIREMENTS/CHARACTERISTICS:
- 7+ years' experience in software development and delivery
- 3+ years' experience building, leading, managing, and mentoring
high-performance engineering teams
- Experience with languages like Go, Java, or C++
- Experience with developing loan
origination/payment/platforms.
- Servicing platform experience optional
- Key technologies this role will employ: Go (Golang),
Kubernetes, GCP, Kafka, Swagger
- Experience with cloud-based large scale distributed systems and
enterprise software development
- Experience with product roadmap planning, prioritization with
product management
- Experience with communicating complex topics to stakeholders
and business executives alike
- Being hands-on by contributing code weekly (outside the
critical path) to stay connected with the team and their
experience
- Prior experience with Lending platforms (Loan origination
platforms) preferred.
- Reviewing code to ensure high coding standards are met
- Demonstrated experience with microservice architecture
- Ability to motivate and mentor junior members of the
teamCULTURAL FIT (Our Core Values):
- Care (for everyone): We show compassion and contribute to the
well-being and growth of those around us. We only pursue products
that improve the financial lives of our clients.
- Act with Integrity (every time): We take the right action even
when it is hard and even when no one is watching. We treat our
employees, clients, and communities the way they wish to be
treated.
- Get Better (every day): We innovate, iterate, and improve each
day. We are creative, take thoughtful risks, and ultimately learn
and recover from failures.
- COLLABORATE (with everybody): We strive to work together toward
a common purpose by proactively sharing information and inviting
participation. We recognize the perspective of various groups and
embrace a healthy, constructive debate. WHY JOIN THE FREEDOM
FAMILY?
- Fast, continued growth - there's a lot of opportunity for
advancement
- Voted the Best Place to Work multiple times by our employees,
most recently #1 in Phoenix for the 2nd year in a row!
- Benefits start within 30 days
- 401k with employer match
- 3 weeks' paid vacation (increased with tenure)
- 9 paid holidays & 5 sick days
- Paid time off for volunteer work and on your birthdayAbout Us:
Freedom Financial Network is a leading digital personal finance
company, built to help people. We do what traditional banks don't:
Put people first. We believe in treating people like humans, not
account numbers. We help everyday people get on, and stay on, the
path to a brighter financial future, with innovative technology and
personalized support at every step. We help people control
expenses, manage debt, save money, plan ahead, and make better
financial decisions. By leveraging our proprietary data and
analytics and artificial intelligence we offer solutions tailored
for each step of a consumer's financial journey, including personal
loans, home equity loans, help with debt, and even financial tools
and education.With 2,400 employees across California, Arizona and
Texas, we have served more than 1 million customers, resolved more
than $15 billion in consumer debt and originated $6.5 billion in
loans over the course of our 20 years in business. Driven by our
core values, we're passionate about supporting our communities and
proudly awarded over $500,000 in grants distributed by the Freedom
Foundation Fund and the Freedom Family Fund in 2021. We believe in
a culture led by diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourage
our employees to bring their full selves to work every day. Our
diversity-focused Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are open to all,
whether a member of the ERG community or an ally of the group and
we are a member of the Fintech Racial Equity Coalition to address
and improve inequality in the fintech industry.And finally, we take
great pride in our achievements. This year we topped the list of
Best Place to Work by the Phoenix Business Journal, were a top 100
Corporate Philanthropist by the San Francisco Business Times, a
2021 Most Admired Company and a Tech Company with the Best Company
Culture by BestCompaniesAz, a 2021 Top Work Places winner by
AZcentral and a BuiltIn Best Places to Work winner, to name a
few.
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Keywords: Freedom Financial Network, Austin , Software Engineering Manager FFAM - Consumer Lending (Remote Work From Home), IT / Software / Systems , Austin, Texas
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