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Momentum

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2015

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

💸 Finance

Fintech • B2C • Finance

Momentum is one of the largest providers of alternative financial solutions in North America, with over 40 years of lending experience and a significant presence across the continent. The company serves more than 1. 6 million customers annually through a broad range of financial services including cash advances, installment loans, cheque cashing, prepaid cards, and money transfers. With over 420 branches and a strong focus on closing the gap between individuals and their financial goals, Momentum aims to deliver accessible and effective financial products to a diverse range of consumers.

📋 Description

• Own and evolve backend API services built with Node.js / NestJS running on AWS ECS. • Design and implement event-driven patterns using Kafka (AWS MSK) and caching with Redis. • Support and enhance file ingestion pipelines using S3, Lambda, schedulers, and Python/Node.js components. • Maintain and improve data sync workloads (e.g., AWS Batch/Lambda, scheduled jobs), ensuring correctness and recoverability. • Lead/participate in on-call and incident response, including post-incident RCAs and preventive improvements. • Improve CI/CD and engineering quality: GitHub Actions, Jest, performance testing (e.g., k6), static analysis/security scanning (e.g., SonarQube, Veracode). • Manage infrastructure changes via Terraform, including networking (e.g., NLB), observability, and runtime configuration. • Collaborate with Business stakeholders and partner teams on requirements, SLAs, and release planning. • Partner with the vendor team to drive structured knowledge transfer (architecture deep dives, incident walkthroughs, deployment procedures).

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent amount of experience. • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with strong backend development expertise. • Strong Node.js experience. • Solid experience operating production systems in AWS (ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS/Postgres, CloudWatch). • Comfortable with DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines, containerization, observability, incident response. • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred). • Proficiency with relational databases (Postgres) including performance troubleshooting and data integrity. • Strong communication skills and ownership mindset; able to lead technical decisions and mentor others.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Employee Benefits • Comprehensive Medical Coverage • Provident Fund Contribution • Performance-Based Incentives • Bucketlist Rewards Platform • Culture of Appreciation • Flexible Work Model • Paid Leave Entitlements • Continuous Learning Culture • Career Growth Opportunities • Collaborative Knowledge Sharing