Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Flex is a growth-stage FinTech company headquartered in NYC, focused on creating the best rent payment experience. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to develop and scale platform and app experiences that empower users and partners, driving the company's growth trajectory.
Responsibilities
- Focus on creating exceptional user and partner experiences that drive engagement and retention
- Partner closely with product managers, designers, and data scientists, data analysts to identify and solve critical user onboarding challenges
- Design, develop, test, and deploy robust APIs, services and data pipelines that enhance user onboarding and overall platform experience
- Implement changes through an agile methodology, prioritizing rapid iteration and continuous improvement
- Utilize data and analytics to measure the impact of your work and identify opportunities for optimization
Skills
- 7+ years of professional software development experience
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Java
- 3+ years of experience with React or React Native
- 3+ years of experience with TypeScript
- Having experience building high-quality mobile and web UIs to specifications is a must to have
- Proficient in Java frameworks and tools used at Flex, including Spring (core/web/boot), Gradle, JUnit, and JVM (memory/performance tuning, GC)
- Experience with Service-Oriented Architecture, REST APIs, Message Queues, and scalable architectures
- Experience with architectures and tools in React Native and React ecosystems (Hooks, Components, Context, Redux)
- Experience with AWS (EKS, Aurora RDS, Elasticache, DynamoDB) and containerization tools
- Have the experience to build and improve user onboarding funnel and design the comprehensive experiment to drive metric improvements
- Proficient in CI/CD systems (preferably GitHub Actions), git, and automation
- Skilled in observability and monitoring tools, such as DataDog, to ensure high availability
- Experienced with big data platforms and tooling, including Snowflake
- Proficient in Infrastructure as Code, using tools like CDK and Terraform
- Skilled at elevating team standards through best practices, and mentoring junior engineers
- Excellent written and verbal communicator, with experience in cross-functional collaboration
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision
- Company equity
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
- Parental leave
- Flex Cares Program: Non-profit company match + pet adoption coverage
- Free Flex subscription
- Competitive compensation + company equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Relocation assistance program
Company Overview
Flex enables people to pay rent bills on a schedule that fits their personal finances. It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://getflex.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Flex has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 1 in 2024. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.