Senior Software Engineer, Product Engineering

Greenlight is a fintech company that makes a debit card for kids and companion apps for the family. We proudly serve more than 6 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 Senior Software Engineer to focus on backend node.js/typescript product development. This role will work on a Scrum team on two-week sprints. The team is primarily backend focused and this role will focus on delivering and supporting our best in class debit card experience for our kids and families.
This role reports to the Engineering Manager. 

Technologies we use:

• Backend: Node.js, TypeScript, Kotlin
• REST, gRPC, graphQL
• AWS
• MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis
• Kubernetes, Ambassador, Helm, Argocd

What you will be doing:

• Building new backend services which add new experiences and features to our mobile application specifically to chores, allowance, p2p, and roundups to name a few
• Scaling our backend to evolve with new feature requests and support our growing user base
• Improve the reliability and availability of our growing platform and services for our families and partners
• Maintaining existing backend services
• Exposing Greenlight APIs and services for external consumption and partnership

What you should bring:

• 6+ years software development experience, preferably at a FinTech company
• Experience with microservice architectures
• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience working on a large scale project using Node/Typescript
• Experience using an ORM such as sequelize to interact with a database
• Experience building and scaling Rest/gRPC services
• Experience using AWS tools (Dynamodb, SQS, and SNS)
• Experience using Docker, Kubernetes

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, race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including pregnancy, childbirth, or medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth), genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.