Sr. Software Engineer, Platform

Job Description

Branch is on a mission to empower workers with financial freedom. We do this by helping companies accelerate payments and providing working Americans with accessible, free financial services. We’re committed to building and delivering more inclusive, transparent, and frictionless financial products.
Our goal of empowerment extends to our own employees, too. Have a great idea? Share it today and it might just get implemented tomorrow. As a member of our team, your voice and creativity matter—and they can directly impact our products, company, and culture.
We not only focus on attracting great talent from across the country, but also on building teams that help that talent thrive. That means valuing a diversity of opinions and working styles, while creating a shared belief in innovation, initiative, and winning together.
Come join our team as we develop new ways to improve the lives of working Americans.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to

Develop core components for our product suite
Measure and optimize the performance, scalability, and uptime of backend services
Demonstrate and promote a culture of engineering excellence
Conduct design and code reviews and push the bar for engineering rigor and standards
Collaborate with product management, customer success, and customer support to deliver the best experience for our users
Focus on consistent, cohesive REST APIs and domain driven service design to facilitate and orchestrate service contracts

Qualifications

Attention to detail and passion for doing great work
5+ years of experience in building clean, well architected, distributed, and scalable software
Strong computer science fundamentals, with deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design
Strong command of Java and Java based microservices with Spring Boot
Experience designing and supporting customer facing RESTful APIs.
Design and implementation of relational database schemas running on PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or equivalent
Fluent with unit / integration testing concepts and tools including JUnit / Mockito, or equivalent
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, git-flow, SonarQube for CICD a plus
BS in Computer Science or equivalent program

Compensation
The base compensation range for this role is 160-170k.  The salary range displayed reflects an average base salary range for the position across all the US. The base salary offered to an applicant could be higher or lower based on each applicants specific skill set, depth of experience, relevant education or training, etc. The base salary range listed excludes commission/ bonus/ equity or benefits.
Benefits

Remote-first work culture (domestic USA)
Branch-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
Equity
401k
Flexible time off
Paid company holidays
Paid parental leave (eligible after 6 months of employment)

Working at Branch
A remote-first company with employees located throughout the U.S., Branch emphasizes transparency, accountability, and trust to create a collaborative environment where our product, engineering, marketing, customer support, customer success, and sales teams can all thrive together.
Our collaborative spirit has helped us become an award-winning fintech company, with Branch’s innovation and workplace recognized across industries. Branch has been honored by Inc., the Webby Awards, Benzinga Fintech Awards, Fintech Breakthrough Awards, Top Workplaces USA, Great Places to Work, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Heartland, among others.