Remote Software Engineer, Backend

Description:

• First Help Financial (FHF) is a fast-growing and culturally diverse company in the U.S. that provides auto loans to the underserved.
• The company offers flexible financing options and tri-lingual support to help consumers finance their first car.
• FHF has experienced consistent growth of 30%+ each year over the last nine years.
• The position is for a Software Engineer, Backend, which can be performed remotely from anywhere in the U.S.
• The role reports to the Engineering Manager and offers a compensation of $100k base or more plus a bonus, depending on experience.
• The new hire will write software that will be used in production and will have a meaningful impact on FHF.
• Responsibilities include becoming a subject matter expert for systems, optimizing codebases, debugging production issues, and identifying performance bottlenecks.
• The engineer will give and receive technical feedback, work closely with business stakeholders and a team of engineers, and learn quickly by collaborating with teammates.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 2+ years of industry experience and familiarity with Python, Java, or at least one modern language and/or frameworks.
• A strong fundamental understanding of Computer Science is required, ideally through a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Experience with relational databases such as Oracle and/or MSSQL is necessary.
• Candidates should have experience building REST services with Spring Framework and ORM (Hibernate, JPA).
• Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem, including creating and debugging serverless (lambda) functions, is a plus.
• A solid understanding of system design is essential for designing and developing scalable infrastructure components.
• Familiarity with leading JavaScript frameworks such as Angular or React is preferred.
• Good knowledge of DevOps and collaboration tools like CircleCI, Jenkins, GIT, and Sonarqube is required.
• Experience working in small teams in an Agile environment is necessary.
• Candidates should be familiar with containers and developing containerized applications using Docker.
• The ability to navigate and manage work in new code bases with multiple languages is important.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a remote/distributed environment are essential.

Benefits:

• FHF offers great perks including social activities, monthly lunches, and a robust employee recognition and talent development program.
• The company promotes a healthy work-life balance, allowing employees to have time for family, friends, and personal interests.
• There are significant opportunities for career growth due to the company's extraordinary year-over-year growth in revenue and new markets.
• FHF engages each employee in building a career plan that benefits both the individual and the company, with a proven record of investing in employee development.