Staff Software Engineer - Modernization - Origence

About Origence

With 30 years at the forefront of fintech innovation, we specialize in SaaS lending solutions that lead the industry. Our core mission is customer-centric, focusing on empowering Credit Unions across the United States with the tools to offer accessible, competitive lending services. We're deeply committed to enhancing the financial ecosystem for a broad network of credit unions, members and auto dealers. We invest in our greatest assets, our employees, and foster a culture of innovation and ownership through freedom and responsibility. We celebrate fiscal accountability, operational rigor and efficiency to create a sustainably healthy and robust business for the long term.

About you

You are a self-driven, conscientious, fiscally responsible, self-aware, passionate and compassionate software engineer. You are comfortable with ambiguity, eternally curious, and love problem solving. You operate as an owner and work with a growth mindset. You are extremely productive on your own, and act as a multiplier collaborating with others. You are tireless in questioning the status quo and pursue the best answers to the hardest problems to the benefit of the business. Your focus is strong and capable of context switching and pivoting with the business. In the vacuum of leadership, you assume it. You aren’t just a developer; you are a game changer.

The Staff Software Engineer will be responsible for the design of new software applications, maintenance and enhancement of various software products / solutions of Origence. They lead technical initiatives, guide engineering teams, and assist in successful execution of projects. They will participate in architectural reviews, mentor junior engineers and implement functional and non-functional requirements of software systems.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Spend 80% of your time actively designing and coding in support of the team, and broader organization as needed. 20% of your time will be spent researching new technology, coaching, and mentoring other engineers, in addition to supporting as a tech lead as needed.
• Provide technical leadership for a team of developers, with feedback and training where necessary, assisting with recruitment, and ensure that technical initiatives align with organizational goals working closely with Principal Engineers / Development Managers.
• As a Staff Full Stack Engineer, lead and mentor developers assigned to the product/project ensuring performance, maintainability, and functional requirements from design, development, testing to rollout and support.
• Work with cross-engineering staff, collaborating on hardware and system monitoring requirements to ensure expected performance and reliability of the application / system developed.
• Proactively communicate and work to mitigate changes to project timelines, degradatio

The Ideal Candidate:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related industry experience

Experience:

• A minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience in business process automation applications.
• A minimum of 6+ years’ experience in .Net, C#, Windows tools and languages as well as modern web frameworks (Angular via Typescript, React, Vue)
• Understanding of data repository models is a must. Deep understanding of SQL and NoSQL is preferred.
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, Domain Driven Design, Test/Behavior Driven Design, Event Driven and Microservice architectures.
• Preferred Experience: ASP.NET, WCF, Web Services, NServiceBus, Azure Cloud, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• DevOps experience as a full stack developer owning the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Strong understanding and experience writing unit and integration tests for all code produced.

Specialized Skills:

• Can effectively lead technical initiatives, collaboratively design/requirements meetings while gathering the necessary information for software development.
• Ownership and accountability mindset, strong decision making along with communication and analytical skills that helps to partner with Product Owners and cross functional teams. ·
• Leadership in project execution and delivery. Must be an excellent team player with the ability to handle stressful situations.
• The individual has deep expertise in their chosen technology stack and have a broader knowledge of various programming languages, frameworks, and tools.
• Brings a wealth of experience and a nuanced understanding of the specific domain, enabling insightful decisions and innovative problem-solving.
• Ability to break up larger projects into individual pieces, assess complexity of each piece, and balance the work amongst team members.
• Ability to work in fast paced / flexible environment that practices SAFe / Agile based SDLC.
• Sets high standards for behavior and performance, models the values and principles of the organization, and inspires others through action.
• Practices Test Driven Design leveraging unit tests, mocks, and data factories.
• Experience with event driven design and microservice architecture best practices.
• Posses strong sense of interpersonal awareness, has a bias for action, builds trust, is technically deep, and has good judgement.

Why you should apply:

• Flexible Working Environment
• Paid Time Off
• 401k (8% match)
• College Tuition Benefits/ Tuition Reimbursement
• Good Benefits options
• Company Culture! Cultural and Holiday celebrations, Theme days like Star Wars Day & Bring your Kids to Work Day, Monthly Townhalls and Quarterly Company Meetings that ensure awareness, inclusion, and transparency.

The starting salary range for this full-time position in Irvine, CA is $128000 - $160800 per year. This base pay will take into consideration internal equity, candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge and experience among other factors. Origence maintains a highly competitive compensation program. Under company guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual bonus to provide an incentive to achieve targeted goals. Bonuses are awarded at company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Origence is an equal opportunity employer. All recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, and other terms and conditions of employment will be based upon an individuals’ qualifications regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, military service, marital status, pregnancy, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.