Lead Software Engineer

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August 6

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Truv

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Truv unlocks the power of consumer-permissioned data to empower organizations to make confident decisions. With the safest and most reliable API connections to payroll accounts, it enables income, employment, and insurance verification for lenders while consumers benefit from quicker approvals and a better overall experience. As a one-stop solution powering income, employment, and insurance verification for the US workforce, it integrates with 50+ payroll providers and 9,200 directly with employers (10X industry average), including 120M working Americans, 96% of Fortune 1000 companies, 95% of the Federal Government, and 83% of the largest US private organizations.

51 - 200 employees

📋 Description

• Driving architecture decisions for backend systems with a focus on scalability, performance, and security. • Designing and developing robust RESTful APIs for services such as employment and income verification, direct deposit switching, and financial data processing. • Introducing and advocating for engineering best practices (e.g., testing strategy, documentation standards, observability, CI/CD). • Taking ownership of projects from ideation to delivery, working cross-functionally with Product and DevOps teams. • Building secure authentication systems, including JWT, OAuth, and API key management. • Maintaining high-performance backend systems with Celery, PostgreSQL, Redis, Clickhouse, k8s, and other tools.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years building production-grade REST APIs using Django REST Framework with demonstrated experience in financial or sensitive data environments • Proven experience designing backend architecture for scalable, secure, and high-availability applications. • Strong understanding of API security patterns, rate limiting, authentication middleware, and data encryption for PII/financial information • Experience mentoring other engineers, driving code quality initiatives, and leading technical discussions. • Experience with PostgreSQL optimization, task queues, and caching for high-performance API responses • Proficient in managing API lifecycle: versioning, deprecations, and smooth transitions for clients. • Passionate about clean code, automated testing, and maintainable systems.

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote • Competitive salary and equity package • Flexible time off • Work with cutting-edge technology and innovative customers • Opportunity to shape the future of financial data access