NerdWallet Mortgage Experts is looking to scale innovative technology solutions for a new and exciting vertical. The role aims to architect scalable systems, ensure data security, and build the technical foundation for financial products that handle sensitive and complex financial data, ensuring products remain competitive, compliant, and meet user needs securely and efficiently.
Requirements
- Minimum of 8+ years in software engineering, with a strong background in backend development and distributed systems.
- Advanced proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript (including Node.js, React.js, and Next.js).
- Deep experience with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems.
- Strong familiarity with Next.js for building modern full-stack applications, including server-side rendering, API routes, and integration with backend services.
- Strong understanding of both SQL and NoSQL systems, with proven experience in high-volume, low-latency data processing.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure) for deploying and scaling applications.
- Knowledge of security best practices, especially within regulated industries like financial services.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of our core financial services platform, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and security.
- Architect, build, and implement APIs and microservices that power our fintech products, focusing on system performance, security, and data integrity.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineering team members, promoting best practices in coding, testing, and architecture.
- Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to standards, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the engineering team.
- Contribute to platform stability and resilience through effective monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident management.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in the fintech industry, particularly around payments, lending, credit, and insurance, to drive innovation within the team.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Design, and Operations, to translate business requirements into technical solutions that meet high standards for quality and functionality.
Other
- This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
- Act as a subject matter expert in consumer credit, lending, loans, or insurance, providing insights that help shape the product roadmap and ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Experience in performance marketing - including lead funnels, conversion metrics, performance tracking, and ping-post systems.
- Experience Implementing a new CRM technology (i.e. Salesforce, Relcu etc.).
- Experience in consumer credit, lending, loans, or insurance, with a solid understanding of industry regulations, underwriting processes, and risk assessment.
