Staff Engineer, Powered By Team

Company: Greenlight
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: June 13, 2021

Job Description:

Greenlight is an Atlanta-based fintech company that makes a debit card for kids and companion apps for the family. We proudly serve more than 2 million parents and kids, with in-app tools for sending money, setting savings goals, monitoring balances, managing chores, automating allowance and investing.

But that's not all that we do. Here at Greenlight, we are on a mission to support parents and help every kid grow up to be financially healthy and happy. It's no small task, but it's the reason we leap out of bed every morning to come to work. Because creating a better, brighter future for kids depends on it.

Greenlight is looking for a solutions oriented Staff Engineer to work alongside our Powered By Team. In this role, you will design and build highly scalable, available and resilient services for Greenlight Partners. The ideal candidate brings a strong technical background in design, development, integration and solution architecture.

This role will report to the VP of Engineering.

Technologies we use:

• Backend: Node.js, Kotlin, Java, Go
• Frontend: React, Redux, Swift, Kotlin
• REST, gRPC, graphQL
• AWS
• MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis
• Kubernetes, Ambassador, Helm, Rancher

What you will be doing:

• Work with engineering leaders to develop and drive the Greenlight product and technical roadmaps
• You will help engineers define new services and features which include identifying bounded contexts, defining interface contracts, managing non-functional requirements and architectural abilities
• Execute Proofs-Of-Concept and verify the functionalities and design of products to align with product roadmaps
• Serve as a champion of best practices

What you should bring:

• Bachelor's Degree Required; Masters or MBA preferred
• Prior experience working in a high-growth stage company building and architecting SAAS products and solutions
• Experience prototyping proof-of-concept
• Proven experience in design, coding and implementation of complex systems and/or mobile applications
• Experience with cloud-based architecture and software deployment, preferably with AWS
• The ability to provide technical insight and overall direction on projects from concept to delivery

Who we are:

In 2021, Greenlight was valued at $2.3B, backed by leading venture capitalists and institutional investors. Now, it takes a special kind of person to join a never-been-done-before mission like ours. We need people who love working with each other because they know it makes us stronger, people who look to others and ask, "How can I help?" and then "How can we make this even better?" If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and help parents raise a generation of financially smart kids, apply to join our team today.

Greenlight is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal state, or local law.

Keywords: Greenlight, Atlanta , Staff Engineer, Powered By Team, Other , Atlanta, Georgia