Human Interest is on a mission to ensure that people in all lines of work have access to retirement benefits.
The company aims to make retirement plans affordable and accessible for small and medium-sized businesses.
The engineering organization focuses on redefining the retirement services space with software that provides an effortless, efficient, scalable, and reliable user experience.
The Recordkeeping team manages the bookkeeping of retirement plans and develops a proprietary recordkeeping platform for 401(k) plans.
The role involves developing a next-generation, horizontally scalable recordkeeping platform, blending accounting principles with scalable, distributed systems.
Responsibilities include building and maintaining business-critical software, improving complex processes, collaborating with engineers and stakeholders, writing clean code, and participating in the development life cycle.
Requirements:
A minimum of 7 years of professional experience in building and maintaining backend software is required.
Experience in building large-scale backend systems and managing elastic workloads using queue/worker and streaming architectures is necessary.
Candidates should have experience scaling database platforms, including NoSQL and SQL.
Experience in migrating to modern scalable technologies from monolithic systems while maintaining high reliability and availability is essential.
A strong understanding of accounting and 401(k) domains is preferred.
Candidates must demonstrate a strong desire to learn, exchange feedback, and grow in both technical designs and retirement workflows.
The ability to write understandable, testable code with a focus on maintainability is required.
A proactive and empathetic mindset is essential, along with formal training in a computer science-related discipline (Bachelor's or Master's preferred).
Benefits:
The position offers a great 401(k) plan with a dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 4% of compensation and $0 plan fees.
Employees receive top-of-the-line health plans, as well as dental and vision insurance.
The company provides generous PTO and parental leave policies.
Additional wealth management tools and resources are available, including access to financial professionals and a knowledge center.
Enhanced mental health support is offered through Lyra for employees and their dependents.
Fertility healthcare and family forming benefits are provided through Carrot.
Candidly offers resources for student loan planning and repayment.
Employees receive a monthly work-from-home stipend and a quarterly lifestyle stipend.
The company supports various Employee Resource Groups and hosts fun online and regional events.
Most positions can be 100% remote, promoting flexibility in the workplace.
