Flex
FinTech
SoftwareEngineerII,CorePlatform
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“Software Engineer II, Core Platform at Flex. Skills: backend engineering, core platform development, distributed systems. Design, implement and maintain our core service, such as Identity, Auth, Payment, Financial, Risk etc.. Scale out core platform to support business growth while maintaining performance and reliability”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
2+ years of experience in software development or a related field, experience with Java, experience with Python, Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB, Proactive working style with ownership, Experience in the payments, familiarity with the payment industry, Experience designing and developing fault-tolerant, scalable distributed systems, Experience with AWS cloud services, including ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, VPN, , S3, and RDS, Experience with infrastructure as code (e. g. , AWS CLI, AWS CDK, Terraform), communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences, Adherence to engineering best practices, with the ability to propose and drive new improvements
Nice to Have
familiarity with the payment industry
What You'll Do.
implement and maintain our core service
Scale out core platform to support business growth while maintaining performance and reliability
Continuously improving our daily operations with automation
How You'll Work.
Communication Scope
ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Full Job Description
Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team? Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team? As we continue to grow our talented team, we remain committed to radical transparency, integrity, and individual growth. We believe that your unique background and experience adds tremendous value to the organization and will empower you to take absolute ownership of business challenges and the execution of solutions. What we need: Flex is looking for a backend engineer to join our core platform team. We want engineers with ideas (because they’ll definitely be heard on our small and tight-knit team) and ambition! Successful devs will feel comfortable in a startup environment and will be happ
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