Senior Platform Developer

Upgrade is a fintech company that provides affordable and responsible credit, mobile banking, and payment products to everyday consumers. We were the fastest growing company in the Americas last year according to the Financial Times and Upgrade Card was the fastest growing credit card in America two years in a row. We have delivered over $25 billion in affordable and responsible credit to our 2.7M customers. The company is backed by some of the most prominent technology investors and was recently valued at $6.3B. We have built an energizing, collaborative and inclusive culture where team members help each other, learn and innovate to move the company and its customers in the right direction, and own the outcome of their efforts. Upgrade has been named a “Best Place to Work in the Bay Area” three years in a row, “Top Companies to work for in Arizona” and one of the "Best Engineering Department" awarded annually by Comparably. We've also received recognition for being a best company for Diversity, Women, Culture, and Veterans. We are looking for new team members who get excited about designing and delivering new and better products to join a team of 1600 talented and dedicated professionals. Come work with us if you like to tackle big problems and make a meaningful difference in people's lives.   About The Role: As part of the Platform team, the Runtime squad is responsible for building and maintaining the core services and libraries that different engineering teams across Upgrade will use to ship new features and products. The Runtime squad will work cross-functionally with other teams to deliver solutions that will improve development velocity and reduce toil.   What You’ll Do:  Design and implement highly scalable distributed systems that will optimize the SDLC of engineers as they write, test, build and deploy new services and features Maintain and evolve the platform to ensure that proper abstractions are in place to enable rapid development for internal teams Collaborate with engineering teams to understand their needs and deliver effective cross-cutting initiatives Help drive best practices for quality and efficiency across engineering   What We Look For: Strong Java programming experience and knowledge of Spring Boot Previous experience working with microservices architecture Solid technical understanding of distributed systems and database internals    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field   Nice To Have: Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and testing frameworks   What We Offer You: Competitive salary and stock option plan 100% paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance  Flexible PTO Opportunities for professional growth and development  Paid parental leave Health & wellness initiatives   # BI-Remote #LI-Remote   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.