Description:

The Lead Software Engineer II is responsible for developing robust, scalable backend services that power the Best Egg Financial Health and Best Egg native app platforms.
This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining server-side application logic using Python in a cloud-native AWS environment.
The Best Egg native app enables customers to view and service their loans, providing secure and easy access to account information, payment management, and other self-service features.
It is a critical part of the digital experience and customer engagement strategy.
Best Egg Financial Health is a judgment-free, financial safe space where customers gain practical insights into how their financial decisions impact their ability to access money.
Responsibilities include developing and maintaining backend systems, designing and implementing scalable RESTful APIs, integrating with data pipelines, ensuring system reliability, collaborating with cross-functional teams, participating in code reviews, and writing technical documentation.

Requirements:

A strong Python background with 3–5 years of backend development experience is required.
A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience is necessary.
Strong experience with cloud-native development in AWS, including services like Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, and RDS is essential.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform is required.
Experience building and consuming REST APIs is necessary.
Experience supporting mobile app backends is a strong plus.
Understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) workflows is required.
Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (ECS or Kubernetes) is a plus.
The candidate must be able to write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
Strong technical leadership skills, including coaching and mentoring team members, are required.
The candidate should be organized, self-motivated, and committed to mentoring others.

Best Egg offers a competitive salary range of $88,000 - $122,000 a year, along with an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance, with a yearly target of 20%.
Employees benefit from pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching program.
Generous paid time-off plans are provided, including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short- and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company holidays.
Multiple health care plans are available, including dental and vision options.
Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts are offered.
Company-paid benefits include life insurance, wellness platforms, employee assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs.
Additional discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance, fitness center reimbursements, and more.