Staff Software Engineer, Platform

About us: Branch is on a mission to empower workers with financial freedom. We do this by helping companies accelerate payments and providing working Americans with accessible, free financial services. We’re committed to building and delivering more inclusive, transparent, and frictionless financial products. Our goal of empowerment extends to our own employees, too. Have a great idea? Share it today and it might just get implemented tomorrow. As a member of our team, your voice and creativity matter—and they can directly impact our products, company, and culture.  We not only focus on attracting great talent from across the country, but also on building teams that help that talent thrive. That means valuing a diversity of opinions and working styles, while creating a shared belief in innovation, initiative, and winning together. Come join our team as we develop new ways to improve the lives of working Americans. About the role: The Staff Software Engineer will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining Branch’s core components on our Payouts team. This senior technical leader will be responsible for driving engineering excellence, solidifying architectural direction, and mentoring other engineers. The Staff Software Engineer will work on complex problems, influence technical decisions across teams, and ensure our systems are scalable, reliable, and performant. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Measure and optimize the performance, scalability, and uptime of backend services

Demonstrate and promote a culture of engineering excellence

Conduct design and code reviews and push the bar for engineering rigor and standards

Collaborate with product management, customer success, and customer support to deliver the best experience for our users

Focus on consistent, cohesive REST APIs and domain-driven service design to facilitate and orchestrate service contracts

Provide technical leadership and guidance to other software engineers

Drive architectural decisions and ensure alignment with long-term technology strategy

Identify and address systemic technical challenges

Mentor and coach engineers, fostering their technical growth

Contribute to the development of engineering best practices and standards

Participate in strategic planning and roadmap development

Qualifications:

Attention to detail and passion for doing great work

8+ years of experience in building clean, well-architected, distributed, and scalable software

Strong computer science fundamentals, with deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design

Strong command of Java and Java-based microservices with Spring Boot

Experience designing and supporting customer-facing RESTful APIs

Design and implementation of relational database schemas running on PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or equivalent

Fluent with unit/integration testing concepts and tools including JUnit/Mockito, or equivalent

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, git-flow, SonarQube for CI/CD a plus

BS in Computer Science or equivalent program

Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and influence technical direction

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities

Experience with payment rails and ACH are HIGHLY preferred

Location: This position is classified as REMOTE within the United States of America. We are unable to hire candidates located outside of the domestic U.S. Benefits:

Market-leading medical, dental, and vision insurance  Stock options Free Premium-Tier Origin Financial Wellness subscription Monthly home-office stipend 401k (TransAmerica) 12-weeks paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents Flexible time off + sick and safe time 11 paid company holidays Branch@Branch Same Day Pay Option

Working at Branch A remote-first company with employees located throughout the U.S., Branch emphasizes transparency, accountability, and trust to create a collaborative environment where our product, engineering, marketing, customer support, customer success, and sales teams can all thrive together.  Learn more about what we do in this video! Our collaborative spirit has helped us become an award-winning FinTech company, with Branch’s innovation and workplace recognized across industries. Branch has been honored by Inc., the Webby Awards, Benzinga FinTech Awards, FinTech Breakthrough Awards, Top Workplaces USA, Great Places to Work, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Heartland, among others.   Learn more about our culture, approach, technology, and people here: https://www.branchapp.com/about

Branch is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Must be currently authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship or transfer. No third-parties, please. View how Branch collects your personal data here.