Description

About Foundation Finance:

Foundation Finance Company (FFC) is one of the fastest-growing consumer finance companies in the U.S. We work with home improvement contractors nationwide to help them close more sales through the use of flexible financing plans. FFC's full-spectrum lending approach has driven billions in originations and helped many customers make needed improvements to their homes. We're making big investments in both infrastructure and employee talent to keep up with our growth, so the time is right to join our team! It's a fast-paced environment with room to advance. We offer a competitive salary, medical/dental/vision benefits, 401(k) with company match, a casual dress work environment and much, much, more.

Overview

Senior Full Stack Developer Description & Duties:

The Senior Full Stack Developer is a highly skilled individual who excels in several areas of focus, including Front-End, Middleware, and Back-End areas of development. Senior Full Stack Developers are crucial in helping lead the efforts for developing and designing front-end web architectures, that are driven by the middleware created to retrieve information from one of the several back-end sources that provide the lifeblood of our business. This role will excel in leadership of our evolving technology stack, which currently includes JavaScript, GraphQL, Jest, Kafka, MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js), NestJS, Redis, SQL, and TypeScript, and demonstrate proficient skills in test-driven development, RESTful APIs, collaboration, communication, security best practices, and performance optimization.

Duties may include, but are not limited to: 

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of front-end web architectures driven by middleware to retrieve information from back-end sources.
• Lead development of software in our technology stack, which is constantly evolving but currently includes JavaScript, GraphQL, Jest, Kafka, MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js), NestJS, Redis, SQL, and TypeScript.
• Help grow the development practice via coding, code reviewing, acting as a technical bridge on the team, as well as being able to dig into some of the more complex areas of the system when knowledge is lacking in house.
• Lead team in test-driven development and proper unit testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Maintain knowledge of security best practices in web development to safeguard customer and company data.
• Scour and evaluate new technologies and contribute to the overall product roadmaps of both internal and external 3rd party systems.
• Design performance optimized and scalable web applications.
• Utilize agile methodologies and scrum planning tools like Jira to help the development team meet its sprint goal.
• Other duties as assigned by management. Must be able to come to work promptly and regularly. Must be able to take direction and work well with others. Must be able to work under the stress of deadlines. Must be able to concentrate and perform accurately. Must be able to react to change productively.

The Ideal Candidate:

Applicants must be reliable, dynamic, sociable and enthusiastic team players; while possessing a positive "can-do" attitude, excellent judgement and communication skills. Applicants must also have great attention to detail and ability to multi-task under the stress of deadlines with a strong desire to help the organization succeed.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar relevant field, 5 years of experience in a development role OR combination of education and experience in front end, middleware, or backend development.
• Any technical certifications from Amazon, Atlassian, Google, Microsoft, or in an essential duty mentioned above are a plus

Pay Range

Working Conditions

Working Conditions:

Office environment with significant time spent sitting, typing and talking on the telephone.

Foundation Finance Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Remote Work

Foundation Finance Company LLC requires that remote employees must reside in one of the following states to be considered for any of our remote positions: AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI