Best Egg is looking to solve the problem of building financial confidence for its customers through a variety of installment lending solutions and financial health tools, and is seeking a Lead Software Engineer II to help build and enhance engineering solutions across the organization.
Requirements
- 5–7 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong backend development experience with Java and Python.
- Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization.
- Working knowledge of AWS cloud architecture, services, and best practices.
- Experience with modern databases (relational and NoSQL) such as DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and container orchestration systems (ECS/EKS preferred).
- Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as CloudWatch or Datadog.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally.
- Take ownership of key components and services—from hands-on coding to deployment and monitoring.
- Participate in technical design discussions and contribute architectural insights, working with senior leaders to shape solutions.
- Ensure software follows modern engineering practices, including clean code, testing, automation, and cloud-native patterns.
- Support continuous improvement in code quality, reliability, performance, and developer experience.
- Translate business requirements into clear technical tasks and help validate assumptions and approaches.
- Build and enhance distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native solutions in AWS.
Other
- Mentor and support junior engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate effectively with Product, Architecture, InfoSec, and DevOps to deliver well-aligned solutions.
- Contribute to a culture of learning, curiosity, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.
- Ability to bring clarity to complex situations and drive work forward with teammates.
