US Remote Charlotte, NC / Salt Lake City, UT / San Francisco, CA
Remote
Full-time /
Java
Kotlin
AWS
Kubernetes
GitLab
PostgreSQL
Varo is an entirely new kind of bank. All digital, mission-driven, FDIC insured and designed for the way our customers live their lives. A bank for all of us.
About the AI/ML Team
The Data & ML Engineering platform team at Varo is passionate about helping customers improve their financial lives with modern state-of-the-art Data, AI and ML technology with fairness, accountability, and explainability embedded into it. You’ll join the team that improves user engagement and revenue generation by leveraging machine learning, cloud platforms, and big data to combat fraud, improve member experience, create user recommendations, and much more. If you are interested in working with an impressive team of Data, Software, and Machine Learning engineers who collaborate and challenge each other and want to solve interesting problems to propel the company’s growth, apply now!
What you'll be doing
- Design and build scalable distributed solutions that our customers or employees can build their lives around
- Evolve our decision platform & related systems to meet our stakeholders' requirements, focus on intuitive system design for easy adoption and tech, and optimize performance
- Lead large-scale projects from ideation to creation with a customer-first mindset
- Influence the technical strategy with a drive to improve products, infrastructure, processes, or organizations
- Work cross-functionally with various engineering, product, and operations teams
You'll bring the following required skills and experiences
- 5+ years of industry experience in software development leading large and strategic high-impact areas in business
- Must be proficient in a JVM language (Java, Kotlin) — technical interview will be in one of these languages
- Experience with scalable, distributed systems with a test-first approach
- Deep understanding of microservices and event-driven architectures
- Experience in strong consistency in a distributed environment, transactional databases, and caching systems
- Strong programming and software engineering skills
- Must have exceptional knowledge of core data structures and algorithms
- Understanding and familiarity with the Java open source Presto project is a plus
Technologies we use
- Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot
- AWS - EKS, S3, SNS, SQS, KMS
- PostgreSQL, Kafka, Airflow, Kubernetes, Istio
- Gitlab, Grafana, Loki
$140,000 - $180,000 a year
For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all US-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Per applicable law, the salary range for this role is $140,000 - $180,000. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors as well as candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the identified range.
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We recognize not everyone will have all of these requirements. If you meet most of the criteria above and you’re excited about the opportunity and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you!
About Varo
Varo launched in 2017 with the vision to bring the best of fintech into the regulated banking system. We’re a new kind of bank – all-digital, mission-driven, FDIC-insured, and designed around the modern American consumer.
As the first consumer fintech to be granted a national bank charter in 2020, we make financial inclusion and opportunity for all a reality by empowering everyone with the products, insights, and support they need to get ahead. Through our core product offerings and suite of customer-first features, we aim to address a broad range of consumer needs while profitably serving underserved communities that have been historically excluded from the traditional financial system.
We are growing quickly in our hub locations of San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Charlotte along with colleagues located across the country. We have been recognized among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Forbes’ Fintech 50, and earned the No. 7 spot on Inc. 5000’s list of fastest-growing companies across the country.
Varo. A bank for all of us.
Our Core Values
- Customers First
- Take Ownership
- Respect
- Stay Curious
- Make it Better
Learn more about Varo by following us:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/varomoney
Instagram - www.instagram.com/varobank
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/varobank
Twitter - https://twitter.com/varobank
Engineering Blog - https://medium.com/engineering-varo
SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/varobank
Varo is an equal opportunity employer. Varo embraces diversity and we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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