Lead Software Engineer

About Us

Sunbit builds financial technology for real life. Our technology eases the stress of paying for life's expenses by giving people more options on how and when they pay. Founded in 2016, Sunbit offers a next-generation, no-fee credit card that can be managed through a powerful mobile app, as well as a point-of-sale payment option available at more than 25,000 service locations, including auto dealership service centers, optical practices, dental offices, veterinary clinics, and specialty healthcare services. Sunbit was included on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. The financial technology company has also been named Sunbit as a Most Loved Workplace, Best Point of Sale Company, and a Top Fintech Startup by CB Insights. 

We use cutting-edge innovations in financial technology to bring leading data and features that allow individuals to be qualified instantly, making purchases at the point-of-sale fast, fair, and easy for consumers from all walks of life. We create value focused on our core values; we work tirelessly to ensure that Sunbit becomes available to everyone, everywhere.

We invite you to #UnleashyourCuriosity and join our ever-growing R&D organization.

What You'll Do:

Sunbit is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our Purchase Squad. This team is at the heart of our company's operations, responsible for developing and maintaining our core loan application system. This role will be involved in complex system architecture, providing unique challenges that demand a strong passion for architecture, outstanding coding skills, and a continuous learning mindset.

Key Responsibilities:

Contribute to the development of our core loan application system, ensuring high-quality products and services.

Solve complex architectural problems, utilizing your deep understanding of system architecture.

Collaborate with other team members, sharing your expertise and facilitating a culture of learning.

Maintain our system architecture, ensuring smooth operation and quality user experience.

Be an advocate for clean, efficient, and maintainable code.

Provide mentorship to junior team members, nurturing their growth and development.

Proficiency in modern system architecture with large-scale and high performance.

Strong problem-solving skills, capable of meeting technical challenges head-on.

Proven ability to mentor junior developers, guiding them to reach their full potential.

A passion for learning, constantly staying up to date with industry trends and technology advancements.

Resourceful, self-motivated, and capable of working independently.

B.Sc in computer science or equivalent.

Fluent English

Preferred Experience:

10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, focusing on system architecture.

Experience with software development in Kotlin or Java.

Prior experience in a fintech company is highly desirable.

Experience with a microservices architecture

Experience with AWS.

Experience with Spring framework.

Experience with event streaming systems.

Experience in Data mesh.

Experience in payment processing or other financial services.

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