Senior Platform Engineer

Upgrade helps customers move in the right direction with affordable and responsible financial products. Since 2017, we’ve helped over 7.5 million customers access over $42 billion in consumer credit. With a relentless focus on improving our customers' financial well-being, we build products that put more money in their pocket and support their journey toward a better financial future. We’re backed by some of the most prominent technology investors and were most recently valued at $7.3B.

We’re consistently recognized for our collaborative and inclusive culture. Most recently, we were named one of the World’s Top Fintech Companies by CNBC, Best Places to Work by Built In, Best Places to Work by the San Francisco Business Times, America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek, Best Startup Employer by Forbes, and Healthiest Employers by Phoenix Business Journal. 

We’re looking for new team members who get excited about designing and delivering new and better products. Come join us and help build a better financial future for millions of people.

About the Role:

At Upgrade, the Platform team works horizontally with our different engineering teams. We build tools and shared libraries to simplify / abstract / speedup the day to day of our developers.

Part of the Platform group, the tooling squad is responsible for multiple tools used by our product teams to build, test and ship their services up to production.

We are seeking a passionate and curious Senior Software Developer to help drive the Platform roadmap at Upgrade. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and work with different programming languages, on different technologies. Join us!

Projects in flight:

• Rebuild our internal tool used to provision Kubernetes development stacks on-demand
• Renovate our build and continuous deployment infrastructure
• Mergebot, an entity which is in charge of automatically merge or decline pull requests depending on a set of policies (moving from JavaScript to Golang)
• Revamp our GraphQL Federation tooling
• Build various prototypes exploring how large language models could improve developer experience

Responsibilities:

• Create innovative tools or enhance existing ones to boost developer productivity and efficiency
• Work closely with various engineering teams to evaluate the effectiveness of our platform and identify improvement opportunities
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving issues

Requirements:

• Proficient in at least one of these programming languages: Golang, Node.js, or Python
• Proficient in Kubernetes 
• Experience with microservices architecture and understanding the challenges that come with it
• Fundamental knowledge of AWS
• Effective communication abilities
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline

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We are an equal opportunity employer and 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.

Upgrade does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies, search firms, or any third parties. Any resume submitted to any employee of Upgrade without a prior written agreement in place will be considered the property of Upgrade, and Upgrade will not be obligated to pay any referral or placement fee. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Upgrade's Talent Acquisition department to submit resumes and only in conjunction with a valid, fully executed agreement. English is required for all positions, as it involves interacting with staff at Upgrade's offices worldwide.