Description:

Human Interest is a high-growth tech company focused on providing retirement benefits to all workers, particularly those at small and medium-sized businesses.
The engineering organization aims to redefine the retirement services space with software that ensures an effortless, efficient, scalable, and reliable user experience.
The Recordkeeping team manages the bookkeeping of retirement plans and develops a proprietary recordkeeping platform that supports the unique needs of 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 software for processing retirement savings, 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 must 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 should possess a proactive mindset and a desire to learn and grow, along with the ability to write maintainable code.
A formal training in a computer science-related discipline, preferably a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, is required.

The position offers a robust 401(k) plan with a dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 4% of compensation and no plan fees.
Employees receive top-of-the-line health plans, including dental and vision insurance.
Generous paid time off (PTO) and parental leave policies are provided.
Additional wealth management tools and resources are available to support financial wellness.
Enhanced mental health support is offered through Lyra for employees and their dependents.
Fertility healthcare and family forming benefits are provided through Carrot.
Resources for student loan management are available through Candidly.
Employees receive a monthly work-from-home stipend and a quarterly lifestyle stipend.
The company promotes diversity through Employee Resource Groups and hosts fun online and regional events.
Most positions can be performed 100% remotely.