Backend Technical Lead (Java)

Company: Ocrolus
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: April 3, 2021

Job Description:

We are a fintech infrastructure company that transforms documents into actionable data with over 99% accuracy. Designed to streamline document-driven workflows and automate high-stakes financial decisions, We are trusted by leading fintech like SoFi, LendingClub, Cross River Bank, BlueVine, Enova, and Plaid, to name a few. Powered by Artificial Intelligence and a unique human-in-the-loop data validation process, We plug directly into customer workflows via API, eliminating the need for manual data work. We have raised over $50 million in venture capital, backed by Oak HC/FT, FinTech Collective, Bullpen Capital, and QED Investors, among others.
We pride ourselves on being a dynamic, diverse team, unified by shared values of Ownership, Optimism, Objectivity, Humility, Urgency, and Appreciation. We love what we do and the people we do it with, which is why we invite our team to bring their full selves to work every day.
We are looking for a technical leader who thrives in a fast-paced collaborative environment. Someone who is excited about leading a growing team while also being hands-on architecting and building our next generation of backend applications!
Job Location: New York
Responsibilities:

• Build robust and scalable systems, services, and tools to handle our new products and business requirements
• Contribute best-practices and architectural leadership to our backend applications and help pick the architecture, frameworks, and tools for our next-generation platform.
• Collaborate with product and other teams on functionality, security, reliability, and automation support testing processes and troubleshooting issues and resolve them.
• Maintain and expand the functionality for existing products
• Mentor junior teammates and be a part of the hiring process for growing your team
  Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 7+ years engineering experience
  • Expertise in Java and/or Python
  • Experience leading a team of engineers and owning projects from beginning to end
  • Expertise in architecting and implementing distributed applications and developing RESTful APIs.
  • Solid relational database skills (Postgres, MySQL, etc)Experience with agile methodologies and automated testing
  • Familiarity with AWS and its cloud-based offerings
  • Experience with containerization, microservices architecture, continuous integration, and deployment.
  • Familiarity with BPMN Engine's like Flowable or Activiti is a plus
    Extra Credit:
    • Masters Degree
    • Fintech/Startup Experience

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