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ABOUT EARNIN

As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members access their earnings as they earn them, with options to spend, save, and grow their money without mandatory fees, interest rates, or credit checks. Since our founding, our app has been downloaded over 13M times and we have provided access to over $15 billion in earnings.

We’re fortunate to have an incredibly experienced leadership team, combined with world-class funding partners like A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, Ribbit Capital, and a very healthy core business with a tremendous runway. We’re growing fast and are excited to continue bringing world-class talent onboard to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.

POSITION SUMMARY

We're on a mission to reinvent the financial system and make it work for people. We are looking for passionate and resourceful engineers to join our backend teams. You will have the opportunity to make an impact with your technical contributions and how people think about money. Our current team is largely composed of experienced, senior engineers who are excellent mentors. Many of them have worked in elite tech giants such as Meta, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Uber, Dropbox, etc. The Palo Alto base salary range for this full-time position is $310,500 - $379,500 plus equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. This is a hybrid position in Palo Alto and will require in-office work 2 days a week.

As a Director of Engineering, Software Architecture, you will work cross functionally with various teams and will have the opportunity to contribute to the design and development of our backend services. Come make a difference with us and have fun doing it!

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Work with the leadership across EarnIn to deliver on our mission: building a financial system that works for everyday people.
• Be a strong partner to product and other engineering teams to drive improvements to business metrics and build new features.
• Create an architecture improvement roadmap and drive its implementation with your team across the company.
• Lead large scale system redesigns initiatives to shape the future of EarnIn’s platform.
• Establish processes to foster adoption of best practices across the organization.
• Recruit other great engineers for your team and help in the recruiting efforts for other teams.
• Be a mentor and coach junior to staff level engineers by enabling them to do their best work.
• Provide technical leadership to developers both in your team and across the engineering organization.
• Manage cross-functional relationships with all teams to deliver high quality products.
• Contribute to engineering wide initiatives at EarnIn.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 12+ years of development experience in a fast-paced environment, with demonstrated experience building and scaling architecture teams and programs.
• Bachelor's, Master’s or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related technical discipline or equivalent industry experience.
• Led or made significant contributions to large feature releases with organizational impact.
• Well-versed in modern software development and architecture practices for full-stack web development, microservices and data engineering.
• Designed and implemented systems and frameworks that have succeeded over a long term
• Recognized in the organization as an expert in multiple domains and have made many high-quality contributions to projects
• Mentors multiple Senior or Staff level Engineers to ensure that you are not a single point of failure
• Sets the architectural direction for the company - planned and executed against a roadmap.
• Participates in recruiting for the organization by sourcing, interviewing, and closing offers for managers

At EarnIn, we believe that the best way to build a financial system that works for everyday people is by hiring a team that represents our diverse community. Our team is diverse not only in background and experience but also in perspective. We celebrate our diversity and strive to create a culture of belonging. EarnIn does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. EarnIn is an E-Verify participant.

EarnIn does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or HR team.