Best Egg · 17 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer II – Java & Python
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$115K/yr - $130K/yr
5+ years expBest Egg is a market-leading, tech-enabled financial platform helping people build financial confidence through a variety of installment lending solutions and financial health tools. The Lead Software Engineer II plays an important role in building and enhancing engineering solutions across the organization, focusing on designing and delivering reliable, high-quality software while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Financial ServicesFinTechLending
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally
Take ownership of key components and services—from hands-on coding to deployment and monitoring
Participate in technical design discussions and contribute architectural insights, working with senior leaders to shape solutions
Ensure software follows modern engineering practices, including clean code, testing, automation, and cloud-native patterns
Support continuous improvement in code quality, reliability, performance, and developer experience
Translate business requirements into clear technical tasks and help validate assumptions and approaches
Build and enhance distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native solutions in AWS
Apply cloud best practices—security, cost awareness, performance, and operational efficiency—under guidance of senior engineers
Contribute to observability through metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerts
Assist in performance tuning, resiliency improvements, and troubleshooting production issues to ensure system stability
Mentor and support junior engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
Collaborate effectively with Product, Architecture, InfoSec, and DevOps to deliver well-aligned solutions
Contribute to a culture of learning, curiosity, and continuous improvement within the engineering team
Take ownership of core components or services
Deliver high-quality, production-ready code and contribute meaningfully to team goals
Build strong working relationships within the engineering and product teams
Lead development of one or more important services with increasing autonomy
Help improve system performance, scalability, and reliability
Support and elevate engineering practices through mentorship, reviews, and process improvements
Qualification
Required
5–7 years of professional software engineering experience
Strong backend development experience with Java and Python
Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization
Working knowledge of AWS cloud architecture, services, and best practices
Experience with modern databases (relational and NoSQL) such as DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and container orchestration systems (ECS/EKS preferred)
Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as CloudWatch or Datadog
Ability to produce clear technical documentation and participate in design discussions
Experience mentoring and supporting other engineers
Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams
Comfort working in Agile environments with iterative delivery and shared ownership
Ability to bring clarity to complex situations and drive work forward with teammates
Preferred
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and container orchestration systems (ECS/EKS preferred)
Benefits
Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching program
Generous paid time-off plans including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short--term and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company holidays
Multiple health care plans to choose from, including dental and vision options
Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, wellness platforms, employee assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs
Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance, fitness center reimbursements, and many more!
Company
Best Egg
Best Egg is a consumer financial technology platform that aims to help people feel more confident about their everyday finances through a suite of products and resources.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Best Egg has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.09BKey Investors
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)Invus
2022-03-10Series E· $225M
2018-01-29Debt Financing· $495M
2017-11-08Debt Financing· $312M
Leadership Team
Alex Rhodes
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
2025-06-26
2024-05-24
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