Design and develop innovative infrastructure to support large-scale, mission-driven fintech products that empower millions of people globally for GoFundMe
Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant experience across various technical domains such as scalable backend systems, complex infrastructure, APIs, or distributed systems
- Experience architecting services and systems using well-accepted design patterns to enable future scaling
- Strong experience in analyzing, diagnosing, and preventing performance problems, with expertise in application performance monitoring and log analytics tools
- Experience in areas such as financial transaction systems, digital wallets, ledgering, reconciliation, compliance (e.g., KYC), and payment infrastructure is a plus
- Preferred experience with Spring Boot, Kotlin or Java, AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with a team of engineers, product management, designers and external partners to identify and implement improvements and new features for the GoFundMe fintech products
- Take ownership of the entire product development life cycle which includes architectural design, development, deployment, documentation and maintenance of new and existing backend services and tools
- Provide mentorship to junior developers, advocate for improvements to the codebase, and provide leadership to others within your team
- Own the technical roadmap for these new products, prioritizing features based on cutting-edge technology, user needs, and technical feasibility to deliver high-value solutions
- Conduct deep technical exploration to stay ahead of industry trends, and leverage that knowledge to design systems that stand up to market demands, while pushing the boundaries of innovation
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for your products, using data-driven insights to iterate, optimize, and enhance the overall user experience and technical performance
Other
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- Located in San Francisco, CA
- 2–3 days per week of in-office collaboration
- Hybrid role based in San Francisco
