Scala Backend Engineer (Smart Financial Operations)
- Full-time
Company Description
Farther is the first digital family office. We are defining the future of wealth management and personal finance by marrying modern technology and trusted advisors and are setting the new standard for the wealth management industry.
We are leaders and innovators from the private wealth industry and fintech. We’re backed by top tier venture capital firms including Bessemer Venture Partners, Cota Capital, Moneta Ventures, and The Tifin Group.
Job Description
The Greco is Farther’s proprietary smart financial operations system. The Greco is responsible for everything from opening accounts of various types to moving money to investing it. As a Greco Engineer, you’ll build and maintain the systems that comprise the Greco. You will build complex financial systems from first commit to deployment which move real money for our clients.
This role is meant for talented engineers who love to build and are comfortable with carrying an elevated level of responsibility in a fast paced environment. You won’t be making tweaks to config files for features that no one cares about - you’ll be launching whole services which impact our core client experience in collaboration with our hands on CTO and VP Engineering.
The Greco is primarily built in Functional Scala (Functional Paradigm + Typelevel ecosystem). Functional programming experience w/ Scala is a big plus, but not required.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Build and maintain systems which compose The Greco (our smart financial operations engine)
Collaborate with the CTO, VP Engineering and teammates to deliver software solutions for things which have never existed in finance
Collaborate with our client service and operations teams to identify enhancements and bugs which impact client experience
Qualifications
Profile:
1+ years of experience in writing production software w/ degree from top undergraduate university
Advanced Degree in Computer Science from a top university
Also open to senior engineers who want to be hands on and will grow a team within 8-12 months
Bonus Points:
Experience in Startups (Double bonus for Fintech)
Experience w/ Financial / Investment operations concepts
Experience w/ AWS
Experience w/ Functional Programming or Scala
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.