PowerPay is a financial technology company (fintech) in several vertical markets including home improvement, healthcare, recreational vehicles and more. PowerPay is building a national network of partners that offer our financing solutions to their respective clients/customers/patients. PowerPay originates and services all loans. 

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PowerPay, a fast-growing financial technology company, is seeking a Backend Software Developer to help continue to scale out our loan origination and servicing platforms. You will work with the existing engineering team, but the ideal candidate will be able to work autonomously and help contribute to the direction of the projection and team.

We’re looking for a motivated individual who is willing to jump into the organization and start contributing. We are looking for individuals who have the desire to win, a tenacious appetite to be number one, and enjoy an independent and collaborative work environment. PowerPay offers a great working environment (state of the art technology, spacious up to date office, full stocked kitchen, fun areas - ping pong table, corn hole, soccer and more!) and the opportunity to contribute to the growth of the organization and did we mention an awesome team of co-workers?

Successful candidates will be a hard-working driven individual that will be able to assist the Engineering team. This position works out of our King of Prussia office and works a hybrid schedule (M/F work from home, T/W/Th work in the office).

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement solutions
• Create and maintain APIs, rSpec testing suite, and middleware to facilitate data flow between systems
• Perform system analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging to identify and resolve integration issues
• Ensure compliance with security protocols and data privacy regulations during integration processes
• Troubleshoot and optimize application performance to provide optimal experience
• Ability to design maintainable database schemas and easy-to-understand data structures
• Ability to design technical solutions with little direction or guidance
• Engage in the team's organizational processes, such as planning, backlog refinement, and sprint reviews, to ensure effective collaboration and feedback.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Proactively identify and address potential technical issues and bottlenecks

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and/or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in one of the programming languages Ruby with Ruby on Rails, Python, NodeJS
• Experience with SFTP/FTP, File, OAuth2, OIDC, TLS, SSH, etc
• Knowledge of Postgresql, Mysql, MariaDB or equivalent databases
• Knowledge of caching
• Familiarity with rSpect testing framework
• Knowledge of RESTful API design and integration and knowledge of Postman
• Be a self starter and able to work in a fast paced environment
• Familiarity with Linux environments and Docker in general
• Strong communication ability to describe complex problems and solutions

Complimentary skills:

• Experience developing with ReactJS
• Experience with NewRelic
• Experience with AWS infrastucture
• Understanding of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Experience within finTech/startup realm is desirable

Benefits of working with PowerPay

• Team-centric company culture
• Growth Opportunities