Backend Software Engineer - Remote

Self Financial • Remote (Austin, Texas, United States) • $0 / year • 7h ago

Self Financial is a venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company with a mission to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by empowering people to build credit and build savings.

We're looking for people who share our passion and are driven to tackle challenges, find solutions and make the financial space better for the communities we serve.

Backend Software Engineer

S. citizens or current green card holders, and we are not able to provide visa sponsorship of any kind at this time, including for current or future employment.

Self Financial is a venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company with a mission to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by empowering people to build credit and build savings.

We’re looking for people who share our passion and are driven to tackle challenges, find solutions and make the financial space better for the communities we serve.

Software Engineer, Backend - Credit Card Team

As a Software Engineer on Self’s Credit Card team, you’ll help build and maintain the services and APIs that power our credit card experience across Self Financial’s mobile app and web platforms, working alongside a high-performing team of engineers. Much of the team’s work involves integrating with the third-party partners and platforms that our credit card products depend on, so you’ll learn how external systems connect with our own and how to make those integrations reliable and secure. This role is a good fit for someone with a solid foundation in backend development who wants to grow their skills, take on more ownership over time, and learn from experienced engineers. You’ll contribute to backend services and APIs, build your understanding of distributed systems and scalability, and ship high-quality software in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with frequent releases.

We care deeply about creativity, quality, learning, and delivering reliable, secure systems to a large customer base.

Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Python, Flask, and FastAPI, taking on more ownership of your area of the system as you grow.

Implement REST endpoints consumed by web and mobile clients, learning to design for scalability and long-term maintainability.

Work with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) to model data, write efficient queries, and contribute to schema and indexing decisions.

Build and support integrations with third-party partners and services, including handling data exchange, error cases, and monitoring to keep them running smoothly.

Follow and help uphold the team’s best practices for testing, security, performance, and safe releases.

Collaborate with Product, Design, Frontend Engineering, QA, and your engineering manager to scope and ship user-focused improvements.

Debug issues, explore unfamiliar parts of the codebase, and build your understanding of Self’s backend architecture.

2+ years of professional software engineering experience, including work on backend services.

~ Working knowledge of Python and a solid grasp of web application fundamentals.

~ An understanding of REST APIs and how backend services communicate with clients and other systems.

~ Comfort with Git and common software development workflows, including code review and collaborative development.

~ A commitment to writing reliable, tested, secure, and maintainable code.

~ Clear communication skills, the ability to manage your own tasks, and a habit of asking for help when you need it.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience preferred.

Experience with SQL and relational database design.

Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS preferred), containers (Docker), or message queues.

Curiosity and a track record of picking up new technologies quickly.

Personal, professional, or open-source projects that show your backend skills.

Generous health, dental, and vision insurance coverage

Employer-paid benefits including life, disability, and cost-containment resources

Gym membership options through ClassPass or monthly reimbursement

Education reimbursement program

Relocation bonus to move to Austin

Company equity in the form of stock options

Company performance-based bonuses

Flexible vacation

Hybrid work arrangement

Casual dress code

Team building events and activities

ERG and inclusion opportunities

Self Financial requires all employees hired to successfully pass a background check.

Citizens or Green Card Holders for employment opportunities. Generous health, dental, and vision insurance coverage

Employer-paid benefits including life, disability, and cost-containment resources

Gym membership options through ClassPass or monthly reimbursement

Education reimbursement program

Relocation bonus to move to Austin

Company equity in the form of stock options

Company performance-based bonuses

Flexible vacation

Hybrid work arrangement

Casual dress code

Team building events and activities

ERG and inclusion opportunities

Self Financial requires all employees hired to successfully pass a background check.

Citizens or Green Card Holders for employment opportunities.