Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Ready to make a significant impact on a leading FinTech company partnering with Aquent? As a key member of their engineering team, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation, designing, developing, and testing the systems and services that power their cutting-edge platform. This is your opportunity to contribute to a dynamic team, shape the future of financial technology, and grow your career in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
This exciting opportunity allows you to contribute to a company revolutionizing personal finance. You will play a vital role in shaping the technical architecture, translating product requirements into user stories and technical solutions, and delivering highly available and scalable services. You will also mentor other engineers, fostering a strong technical culture and contributing to the team’s growth.
What You’ll Do:

• Lead the development and testing of systems and services
• Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product
• Translate product requirements into user stories and technical solutions
• Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment
• Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team
• Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies
• Communicate with project leads, product managers, and other software developers

Must-Haves:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 4+ years of programming experience, ideally on a modern stack
• 2+ years of Java, Kotlin, or Scala programming experience
• Proven understanding of relational databases and ORMs
• Experience working on a SOA or microservice-based application
• Willingness to collaborate, take initiative, and drive projects to completion
• Strong sense of responsibility and a focus on delivering impactful features
• Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, including code reviews and pull requests

Nice-to-Haves:

• Interest in personal finance
• Experience managing your own investments or taking out loans
• Experience scaling highly available, mission-critical systems
• Full-stack experience with systems (Kafka, Docker, POSIX), databases (Postgres), or front-end (JavaScript/TypeScript, React)

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $111.726 to $124.14 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:
Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands. Our eligible talent gets access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.