The Senior Backend Software Engineer will develop new products, build infrastructure for services, and improve engineering practices while working with product teams.
About AutoFi
AutoFi is the leading provider of digital commerce technology that powers the sales and finance experiences for the most innovative brands and dealers in automotive. The AutoFi platform enables a more transactional buying experience with $4B in funded loans processed through AutoFi annually. AutoFi’s dynamic selling platform empowers dealers to sell vehicles more efficiently and profitably, both online and in the showroom. We are funded for years of future growth and backed by investors including Crosslink Capital, Santander Holdings USA, SVB Financial Group, Ford, BMW iVentures and JP Morgan Chase.
Our team is diverse - spread out across the U.S. and Canada, we have backgrounds from finance and technology as well as deep experience in all areas of the auto space. We’re empathetic, gritty, curious, and humble owners of this business and are supported by some of the biggest names in the auto and financial industries as commercial partners. We’ve never been more excited about the opportunity in front of us to help transition the auto industry from offline to online. If changing a trillion-dollar industry sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you.
For more information, visit www.autofi.com.
About the Role
Autofi’s Platform Team is looking for a detail oriented person to supplement their fintech, back-end team. Platform’s responsibilities range from technical infrastructure support of the AutoFi ecosystem, detailed understanding of AutoFi’s business logic and practices to working with Product to weigh design trade-offs and scalability concerns. We are continuously extending our back-end services to support new products and features as well as integrate with new third party services while maintaining our existing integrations. The Platform team also continues to innovate development and iterative efforts to test and scale the capabilities of AutoFi’s platform.
Finally, the Platform team is constantly evolving its best practices, conventions, protocols and engineering standards, serving as a thought leader for engineering practices at the company as a whole.
Responsibilities
- Development of new products, features, APIs, and user experiences.
- Build robust infrastructure to support new services and products.
- Contribute to engineering best-practices.
- Work with product and design to inform trade-offs and scalability concerns.
Qualifications
- 8-10+ years of relevant Software engineering experience with a majority in Backend Engineering
- Degree in computer science or related field is preferred
- Industry experience building data-driven applications with Javascript, Node.js, (async/promise), noSQL(mongo/mongoose), elastic search, RMQ (AMPQ), Jest, mocha, docker, typescript, ts-migrate, SQL (mysql)
- Understanding Protocols: SOAP, REST, XML, JSONTools: AWS, redis, postman, vscode, Robo3T
- Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills required to be highly effective
- React (for tools and views), nextjs, nestjs - preferred
- Prior Architectural design
- Excited to use AI coding tools - Claude Code, Github Copilot, Cursor
- Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Prior Automotive SaaS or Fintech experience is a plus
What's in it for you:
- We offer full training and a competitive total rewards package along with great benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage - 100% premium coverage for employee / 50+% for dependents
- Flexible work hours
- Remote environment
- Competitive pay
- Visionary leadership team
- Growth opportunities within a dynamic culture
- Wellness & cultural initiatives (fitness challenges, wellness webinars, virtual games, regional activities, etc.)
- Up to $1K per year for employee professional development
- Stock options - we are all owners!
Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience and qualifications and local market conditions. Please note, the foregoing salary range does not reflect an employee’s total compensation package, which may include bonus, company equity, and health benefits.
AutoFi is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other protected status under all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
Personal Information submitted as part of your application is subject to our website privacy policy, located at https://www.autofi.com/privacy-policy/
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Docker
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JavaScript
Jest
Mocha
Nestjs
Nextjs
Node.js
NoSQL
Postman
React
Redis
Rmq
Robo3T
SQL
Typescript
Vscode
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