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.
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
EarnIn seeks an experienced, collaborative, resourceful Staff Engineer to join our backend team. In this role, you will work cross-functionally to architect, design, and develop scalable backend services that power our platform. You’ll play a key role in shaping our technical direction while mentoring senior engineers and driving impactful projects.
This hybrid role is based out of our Vancouver office, requiring two days per week in-office as part of our expanding presence in Canada. EarnIn offers excellent benefits, including healthcare, internet/cell phone reimbursement, a learning and development stipend, and potential opportunities to travel to our Mountain View HQ. The Vancouver, Canada base salary range for this full-time position is $252,500 - $308,600 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Architect & build high-quality, scalable backend services and APIs.
- Solve complex problems by designing elegant solutions and writing maintainable, efficient code.
- Collaborate & mentor senior engineers, conducting thoughtful code, design, and architecture reviews.
- Define technical direction, drive engineering best practices, and contribute to the product roadmap.
- Optimize system performance & reliability by making informed trade-offs in distributed systems.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives, working closely with product, design, and data teams.
- Influence hiring & onboarding to help grow a high-performing engineering team.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- 7+ years of experience working hands-on, delivering scalable software solutions.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience.
- Deep expertise in cloud-native services, Infrastructure as Code, and tops. (AWS, Elastic Kubernetes Service, Terraform, ArgoCD)
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, event-oriented microservices, and trade-off analysis for architectures. (Kafka, SNS, SQS)
- Proficiency in at least one modern language (C#, Kotlin, Python).
- Firm grasp of clean architecture principles and scalable system design. (DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing)
- Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases. (DynamoDB, Redis, Databricks)
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical ideas effectively.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
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.
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