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Remote Software Engineer (Platform)

at Brigit

Posted 2 days ago 1 applied

Description:

  • Brigit is a holistic financial health company focused on helping everyday Americans build a brighter financial future.
  • The company creates transparent, fair, and simple financial products that empower members to spend wisely, avoid unfair fees, and build credit quickly.
  • Brigit is seeking a Software Engineer - Platform to develop internal tools and systems that enable developers to work quickly, confidently, and autonomously.
  • This role is part of the Developer Experience (DevX) team and involves working on infrastructure, tooling, and developer workflows.
  • Responsibilities include enhancing CI/CD pipelines, maintaining local development cluster tooling, building internal developer tools, improving monitoring and observability standards, applying security best practices, streamlining release processes, and writing documentation.
  • The position is a generalist platform engineering role, suitable for someone who enjoys solving developer-facing problems across the stack.
  • The role allows for remote work 2-3 times per week and is based in Brigit’s New York office.

Requirements:

  • Candidates must have proven experience as a software engineer with a strong foundation in infrastructure, internal tooling, or platform engineering.
  • Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Docker is required.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD systems like CircleCI or GitHub Actions is necessary.
  • Experience deploying and operating services in cloud environments is essential, with GCP experience being a plus.
  • Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Java) and comfort working across the stack is expected.
  • A track record of improving developer workflows through automation, tooling, or process improvements is important.
  • Understanding of security best practices, particularly around authentication, authorization, and access controls, is required.
  • Bonus points for exposure to technologies such as Postgres, Datadog, PagerDuty, or GraphQL.

Benefits:

  • Brigit offers medical, dental, and vision insurance to its employees.
  • The company has a flexible PTO policy to support work-life balance.
  • Employees can participate in a 401k plan for retirement savings.
  • Paid parental leave is provided for new parents.
  • Physical and mental wellbeing benefits include access to virtual workouts, discounted gym memberships, and covered virtual therapy sessions through Headspace.
  • Monthly reimbursements are available for wifi and cell phone bills.
  • An annual reimbursement for Learning & Development is offered to support professional growth.
  • Employees have the opportunity to help hardworking Americans build a brighter financial future.
  • Brigit is a high-growth company at an early stage, providing a dynamic and collaborative start-up work environment with a talented team.