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Prodigal

Lead Software Engineer - Backend

Prodigal, Mountain View, California, us, 94039


[Full Time] Lead Software Engineer - Backend at Prodigal (United States) | BEAMSTART Jobs

Lead Software Engineer - BackendProdigal United States

Date Posted: 31 May, 2023

Work Location: Mountain View, United States

Salary Offered: Not Specified

Job Type: Full Time

Experience Required: 6+ years

Remote Work: No

Stock Options: No

Vacancies: 1 available

About Prodigal

We are a fast-growing Bay Area-based startup backed by leading investors like Menlo Ventures, Accel and Y-Combinator. Our core product offering is an AI, NLP powered SaaS that helps automate lending operations for financial services firms across US, Europe and Canada. The Prodigal team has deep technical talent today and we believe there is an opportunity to build an iconic vertical software business that will fundamentally impact how the multi-trillion-dollar debt industry is managed.

What are we looking for?

Prodigal is looking for a

Lead Platform Engineer

who will play a key role in architecting our systems for scale, building robust and distributed data platforms.

Responsibilities

Design and architect systems for scale, build robust platforms and applications.

Code, design, and test in a heterogeneous technology environment, the role involves 70% Individual Contribution (IC) work.

Lead code reviews & documentation as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems.

Curious to learn and work on multiple programming languages. Our tech stack includes Python, Golang, and Node.js.

Conduct performance analysis, capacity management and troubleshoot large scale distributed systems.

Accountable for non-functional aspects of the services and strive to improve on key technical metrics.

Ensure quality and completeness of the product through unit, integration, and regression capabilities.

Partner across the engineering team to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects.

Influence the technical direction for the team and mentor junior engineers.

Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems. Responsible for end-to-end architecture, high-level design/low-level design of various systems and applications that you are assigned to.

Requirements

B.S./M.S/Equivalent in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

5+ years of experience in architecting, designing and writing code for high throughput, distributed, data platforms.

Strong experience with NoSQL & SQL databases, Datawarehouse, Datalakes such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, Postgresql, Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery etc.

Strong experience in Python with a focus on writing scalable, secure and highly available software applications.

Experience working with AWS services, Docker, Kubernetes and DevOps tools.

Experience working with logging and monitoring tools such as Sentry, CW, Prometheus, ELK etc.

Strong expertise in troubleshooting complex production issues.

Good problem solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.

Self-starter and self-learner, who never settles, is ready to jump into a variety of technologies and languages.

Comfortable working in a fast paced environment while continuously evaluating emerging technologies.

Our Tech Stack

Services built on Python, Golang & Node.js.

Databases - MongoDB, RDS.

Deployments on EKS, EC2, Lambda.

Databricks and other AWS services.

What we offer

Learn Generative AI & LLMs.

We are aggressively building in this space and you'll get the opportunity to learn and experiment with the latest technologies.

Fast paced Growth.

You’ll get the chance to learn from (and teach) some of the brightest and most skilled people you’ll ever meet.

Continuous education.

We sponsor and support any training materials, books, courses, exam fees for upskilling yourself in areas related to your role.

Health insurance.

We offer insurance coverage for both you and your family.

Flexible schedule.

You’re fully trusted to create the right conditions for your own personal peak productivity.

Generous leave policy.

Take all the time you need to recharge your batteries.

Find out more about us

About Prodigal

Products we are building

Prodigal raises $12M led by Menlo Ventures

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