Array is a financial innovation platform that helps digital brands, financial institutions, and fintechs get compelling consumer products to market faster. We deliver a suite of credit and identity monitoring tools, privacy protection, and a financial ads marketplace via embeddable widgets or a clean, modern API. Our private label offerings help drive revenue and increase engagement for our customers while empowering millions of consumers to achieve their financial goals.
As a remote-first company, we’re focused on providing opportunities for high performing individuals to have deep impact in the fast growing fintech space. A clear mission, a commitment to continuous improvement and a willingness to experiment empower us individually and together deliver the best products for our clients and users.
Array is seeking a Backend Engineer to join the digital finance team. Our digital finance team plays a crucial role in developing innovative solutions for managing financial data and transactions securely. Through our robust backend systems, we empower enterprises across various sectors to integrate advanced financial functionalities into their products using our scalable and cutting-edge APIs. Our consumer-facing platforms cater to millions of users, offering them tools to manage their finances effectively. As a Backend Engineer, you will be recognized as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and spend most of your time writing code to enhance our digital finance offerings.
This position will have an abbreviated interview process and those selected will be given an opportunity to participate in a 6 week paid work trial environment as a contractor (40hrs a week). In those 6 weeks, you will be expected to action ambiguous tasks, begin writing code, and work closely with the senior director of engineering in this product group. We can support 1099 or C2C for the 6 week period. Upon successful completion of the trial we may consider and agree to full time employment.
This position (if converted to FTE), as all engineering positions at Array, will be subject to on call rotations.
You Will:
- Lead the development and design of back-end components, ensuring high-quality and scalable solutions for our fintech products.
- Collaborate closely with product managers and designers to understand requirements and translate them into technical implementations.
- Design and implement robust APIs and microservices in Go, Node.js, and other relevant technologies.
- Architect and optimize the application infrastructure on cloud platforms like GCP or AWS, focusing on scalability, reliability, and security.
- Dive into complex technical challenges, applying your problem-solving skills to find innovative solutions.
- Continuously evaluate and implement improvements to our development processes and technologies, staying ahead of industry trends and best practices.
You have:
- Experience in backend API development using preferably Go or Node.js, ensuring robust and efficient server-side operations.
- Strong architectural design skills, allowing you to translate problem statements into well-designed applications.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS, leveraging their services for scalable and reliable solutions.
- Collaboration experience with product teams, establishing strong partnerships to align technical solutions with product goals.
- Hands-on database skills with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, as well as working knowledge of document databases.
- Proven ability to anticipate and build for scale, ensuring applications can handle increasing loads and user demands.
- Track record of solving complex problems at scale, demonstrating your analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Capability to convert APIs into reusable components, optimizing code efficiency and maintainability.
Pay Transparency: $50.00 per hour for the work trial.
Array Offers All Full Time Employees the following Benefits and Perks:
- Full medical, dental, and vision, premiums covered at 100% for full-time employees and 70% for dependents
- Unlimited PTO and sick leave + 14 company holidays to encourage a healthy work-life blend
- 100% 401k match up to 4% with immediate vesting
- Generous and competitive parental leave for all parents
- $1,000 desk setup subsidy to set-up your unique remote office
- $100/month to subsidize wifi/cell phone expenses
- Summer Fridays (half-day Fridays) typically from late May to the end of August
- Arrayaversary Kits for work anniversaries
Not sure if you meet the Qualifications? We know that folks tend to only apply if they check every box. If you think you have the appropriate qualifications, but don’t meet every single one, we encourage you to still apply. We’d love to hear from you.
One of our core values at Array is to care and support one another, and that’s why we strive to create an environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their best selves to work. Diversity, equity, and inclusion foster collaboration, comfort, and confidence. We’re at our collective best when we each feel our best.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace; we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
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