Job description
ABOUT OPORTUN
Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a mission-driven fintech that puts its 2.0 million members’ financial goals within reach. With intelligent borrowing, savings, and budgeting capabilities, Oportun empowers members with the confidence to build a better financial future. Since inception, Oportun has provided more than $16.6 billion in responsible and affordable credit, saved its members more than $2.4 billion in interest and fees, and helped its members save an average of more than $1,800 annually. Oportun has been certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) since 2009.
WORKING AT OPORTUN
Working at Oportun means enjoying a differentiated experience of being part of a team that fosters a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where we all feel a sense of belonging and are encouraged to share our perspectives. This inclusive culture is directly connected to our organization’s performance and ability to fulfill our mission of delivering affordable credit to those left out of the financial mainstream. We celebrate and nurture our inclusive culture through our employee resource groups.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for creating and influencing innovative solutions that meet not only functional, but also performance, scalability and reliability requirements.
Contribute to defining the Roadmap, Translation of complex functional and technical requirements into detailed execution plans and schedules.
Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team by defining, implementing, and maintaining a coherent, progressive development strategy for our product line.
Champion engineering and operations, establishing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement
Provide Technical and Thought Leadership to the team members.
Management of departmental resources, staffing, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of- class engineering team while establishing strong lines of communication at all levels.
Evolution of the software engineering practice within the organization, including better reporting, tools, and evolution of development methodology
Continue to build an effective development organization by developing and managing the team/group, and conducting performance reviews of team members through regular 1:1’s and continuous feedback.
Drive technical discovery through collaboration with your engineers and implement software alongside your team members.
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and QA to iterate on the design, implementation, deployment, and monitoring of our product.
Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts to achieve the OKRs.
Delivery of quality applications on-time and on-budget
Promote an engaged, product-focused, positive engineering culture of excellence
Proactively identify risks and unblock teams
Qualifications:
- Typically requires a minimum 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or a Master’s degree with an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions in a timely manner.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a passion for tackling complex technical challenges.
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
- Strong proficiency in Java, Micro services, Spring boot, Spring Framework, RESTful APIs, Hibernate
- Experience with relational databases like MySQL, MariaDB and SQL
- Experience in working with version control systems, such as Git.
- Experience in Frontend technologies (ReactJS, React Native & nextJS)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team-oriented environment.
- Ability to work independently with minimal help.
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and apply them as and when needed
- Strong Unit and integration testing
Desired:
- Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS or Azure, is desirable.
- Experience in working on ReactJS, React Native & nextJS
- Knowledge/experience in working with DevOps/CICD
Why Join Us:
If you are passionate about leveraging technology to make a positive social impact and are excited to contribute to our mission, we invite you to apply for the role of Associate Software Engineer at Oportun. Join us to shape the future of responsible finance and improving the lives of hard-working individuals and families.
- Make a meaningful impact by contributing to solutions that address real-world financial challenges for underserved communities.
- Experience a collaborative and inclusive work culture that values innovation and diversity.
- Take advantage of opportunities for professional growth and skill development through mentorship and training.
- Enjoy competitive compensation package, including benefits and potential for performance- based incentives.
- Achieve work-life balance and flexibility to support your personal and professional well- being.
#LI-REMOTE
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants for employment opportunities without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other category protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
California applicants can find a copy of Oportun’s CCPA Notice here: https://oportun.com/privacy/california-privacy-notice/.
We will never request personal identifiable information (bank, credit card, etc.) before you are hired. We do not charge you for pre-employment fees such as background checks, training, or equipment. If you think you have been a victim of fraud by someone posing as us, please report your experience to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
