Staff Software Engineer, PlatformActive$195K–$205K

The opportunity

Branch is on a mission to empower workers with financial freedom. We do this by helping companies accelerate payments and providing working Americans with accessible, free financial services.

What you'll do

  • Measure and optimize the performance, scalability, and uptime of backend services

  • Demonstrate and promote a culture of engineering excellence

  • Conduct design and code reviews and push the bar for engineering rigor and standards

  • Collaborate with product management, customer success, and customer support: to deliver the best experience for our users

  • Focus on consistent, cohesive REST APIs and domain-driven service design to: facilitate and orchestrate service contracts

  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to other software engineers

What they're looking for

  • Drive architectural decisions and ensure alignment with long-term technology strategy
  • Identify and address systemic technical challenges
  • Mentor and coach engineers, fostering their technical growth
  • Contribute to the development of engineering best practices and standards