Senior Data Engineer

Our mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone. We empower students with financial support and supercharge their ability to pay down their debt, so they can get on the right financial track, fast.

We build tools that help people feel in control of their financial future, including:

• Private student loans - low rates, people-first service, and flexible payments.
• Student loan refinancing - break free from high-interest rates or monthly payments.
• Scholarships - access to thousands of scholarships to help students pay less.

Earnies are committed to helping students live their best lives, free from the stress of student debt. If you’re as passionate as we are about our mission, read more below, and let’s build something great together!

Title: Staff Software Engineer

Duties: The Staff Software Engineer (Multiple Positions Open) at Earnest LLC in Oakland, CA will
drive the technical strategy and execution for our engineering teams. Lead the development of a
scalable, high-performance lending ecosystem from customer onboarding to checkout. Architect and
build customer-centric financial products, ensuring a frictionless and optimized user experience and
orchestrating large-scale financial transactions. Define and execute the technical vision and best
practices for a high-performing engineering team. Lead architectural decisions to enhance scalability,
reliability, and efficiency of the lending platform. Collaborate with Product, UX, and Business teams to
align technology with strategic goals. Design, build, and maintain customer-facing lending
applications using Node.js, TypeScript, React/Redux, Angular, Sequelize, PostgreSQL, and Docker.
Develop and optimize high-quality, testable code, implementing unit and integration tests with Mocha,
Chai, Sinon, and Sequelize. Ensure performance, security, and scalability through best-in-class
software engineering practices. Identify and resolve defects through debugging, profiling, logging, log
analysis, tracing, and FullStory session replays. Oversee code deployment to Staging and Production
environments. Partner with Quality Engineers to address issues found in testing and improve automated
testing coverage. Lead and participate in Agile ceremonies. Break down product requirements into
engineering deliverables in Jira. Review and provide critical feedback on Product Requirements
Documents, Epics, and User Stories, influencing the technical and business roadmap. Recommend
alternative technical solutions to optimize delivery speed, enhance customer experience, and reduce
costs. Maintain technical documentation. Contribute to Earnest’s DevOps culture and participate in
rotating on-call support for production applications.

Position is 100% remote. Salary: $207,585 per year.

Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related
field, plus 3 years of software development experience. The 3 years of experience must include 3 years
of experience with each of the following: (1) building highly distributed microservices; (2) SQL
databases, including PostgreSQL, and caching, performance, monitoring, and scalability; (3) server-
side technologies, including Node.js, Typescript, and Javascript; and (4) client-side technologies,
including React Native and Angular. Must include two years of experience with: AWS or similar
cloud-based infrastructure; and leading the architecture, design, development, and deployment of
large-scale projects.

This notice is subject to Earnest LLC's employee referral program.

Interested candidates can apply online at www.earnest.com/careers [earnest.com] or send a resume to
directrecruiting@earnest.com and reference job code 058.

A little about our pay philosophy: We take pride in compensating our employees fairly and equitably. We are showcasing a range of your potential base salary based on the roles location. The successful candidate’s starting pay will also be determined based on job-related qualifications, internal compensation, candidate location and budget. This range may be modified in the future.

Pay Range $207,585—$207,585 USD

Earnest believes in enabling our employees to live their best lives. We offer a variety of perks and competitive benefits, including: 

• Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
• Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office
• Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match
• Robust tuition reimbursement