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.
This is a backend focused position that deals with reliability, load, and scale in every thing that we do. System design thinking, reliable and quality code, and extreme customer focus are what you bring to the table. You’ll get to work in a fast-paced environment, with modern technology stacks, be part of a great and diverse workplace, and improve the financial lives of others.
What you'll be doing
Design and build scalable distributed solutions that our customers or employees can build their lives around
Evolve our core banking platform systems to support the latest financial services
Lead large-scale projects from ideation to creation with a customer-first mindset
Mentor engineers and help build a tech culture that makes magical products
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
3+ years of industry experience in software development leading large and strategic high-impact areas in business
Technical leadership and ownership in bringing multiple engineering functions to production
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
Deep understanding of the software security practices
Experience with testing methodologies including contract testing and testing in vendor environments