Best Egg

Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software and collaborate with teams to build scalable, secure systems. | 4-6 years software engineering experience with Java, Python, SQL, AWS, and strong collaboration skills. | Opening from Default - All locations Best 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. We aim to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track, so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them. We offer top-tier benefits and growth opportunities in a culture built on our core values: Put People First – We foster an inclusive, flexible, and fun workplace. Create Clarity – Open communication drives trust and results. Get Things Done – We focus, prioritize, and deliver with excellence. Deliver with Heart – We lead with kindness, humility, and strong teamwork. Listen to Our Customers – Their needs drive our innovation. Barclays has entered into an agreement to acquire Best Egg with closing expected to take place in Q2 2026. This acquisition will give us the resources and capital to continue on our mission and drive our strategy forward. With an aligned culture, lower cost of funds, and increased employee growth opportunities across a global brand, we are excited about the future of the Best Egg brand under the Barclays umbrella. We are looking for collaborative, innovative team players who like to solve problems. There will also be immense opportunities for those willing to dive in. If you're inspired by growth and want to make a real difference, Best Egg is the place for you. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. Role Overview The Lead Software Engineer II plays an important role in building and enhancing engineering solutions across the organization. This role focuses on designing and delivering reliable, high-quality software while contributing to technical discussions, improving engineering practices, and supporting team execution. You will work closely with senior engineers and architects to implement scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. What You Will Do Technical Delivery & Engineering Excellence • Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally. • Works closely 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. • Cloud Engineering & Operational Support • 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. • Team Collaboration & Mentorship • 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. What Success Looks Like In the first 90 days: • Deliver high-quality, production-ready code and contribute meaningfully to team goals. • Build strong working relationships within the engineering and product teams. In 6–12 months: • Co ownership of core components or services. • Co Lead development of one or more important services with increasing autonomy. • Help improve system performance, scalability, and reliability. • 4 - 6 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. • Collaboration & Leadership • 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. Who You Are You are a hands-on engineer who enjoys building reliable systems and helping others grow. You are collaborative, curious, and proactive in improving both the product and the engineering process. You balance solid technical judgment with the willingness to dive into details. You’re motivated by delivering value, enhancing system quality, and contributing steadily to a strong engineering culture. $100,000 - $135,000 a year

Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software solutions while collaborating with teams and supporting engineering excellence. | 4-6 years software engineering experience with backend development in Java and Python, AWS knowledge, SQL, CI/CD, and strong collaboration skills. | Opening from Default - All locations Best 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. We aim to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track, so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them. We offer top-tier benefits and growth opportunities in a culture built on our core values: Put People First – We foster an inclusive, flexible, and fun workplace. Create Clarity – Open communication drives trust and results. Get Things Done – We focus, prioritize, and deliver with excellence. Deliver with Heart – We lead with kindness, humility, and strong teamwork. Listen to Our Customers – Their needs drive our innovation. Barclays has entered into an agreement to acquire Best Egg with closing expected to take place in Q2 2026. This acquisition will give us the resources and capital to continue on our mission and drive our strategy forward. With an aligned culture, lower cost of funds, and increased employee growth opportunities across a global brand, we are excited about the future of the Best Egg brand under the Barclays umbrella. We are looking for collaborative, innovative team players who like to solve problems. There will also be immense opportunities for those willing to dive in. If you're inspired by growth and want to make a real difference, Best Egg is the place for you. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. Role Overview The Lead Software Engineer II plays an important role in building and enhancing engineering solutions across the organization. This role focuses on designing and delivering reliable, high-quality software while contributing to technical discussions, improving engineering practices, and supporting team execution. You will work closely with senior engineers and architects to implement scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. What You Will Do Technical Delivery & Engineering Excellence • Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally. • Works closely 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. • Cloud Engineering & Operational Support • 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. • Team Collaboration & Mentorship • 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. What Success Looks Like In the first 90 days: • Deliver high-quality, production-ready code and contribute meaningfully to team goals. • Build strong working relationships within the engineering and product teams. In 6–12 months: • Co ownership of core components or services. • Co Lead development of one or more important services with increasing autonomy. • Help improve system performance, scalability, and reliability. • 4 - 6 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. • Collaboration & Leadership • 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. Who You Are You are a hands-on engineer who enjoys building reliable systems and helping others grow. You are collaborative, curious, and proactive in improving both the product and the engineering process. You balance solid technical judgment with the willingness to dive into details. You’re motivated by delivering value, enhancing system quality, and contributing steadily to a strong engineering culture. $100,000 - $135,000 a year

Design and deliver high-quality software, collaborate across teams, and support engineering excellence. | 4-6 years experience, strong backend skills in Java and Python, AWS knowledge, and collaboration skills. | Opening from Default - All locations Best 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. We aim to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track, so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them. We offer top-tier benefits and growth opportunities in a culture built on our core values: Put People First – We foster an inclusive, flexible, and fun workplace. Create Clarity – Open communication drives trust and results. Get Things Done – We focus, prioritize, and deliver with excellence. Deliver with Heart – We lead with kindness, humility, and strong teamwork. Listen to Our Customers – Their needs drive our innovation. Barclays has entered into an agreement to acquire Best Egg with closing expected to take place in Q2 2026. This acquisition will give us the resources and capital to continue on our mission and drive our strategy forward. With an aligned culture, lower cost of funds, and increased employee growth opportunities across a global brand, we are excited about the future of the Best Egg brand under the Barclays umbrella. We are looking for collaborative, innovative team players who like to solve problems. There will also be immense opportunities for those willing to dive in. If you're inspired by growth and want to make a real difference, Best Egg is the place for you. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. Role Overview The Lead Software Engineer II plays an important role in building and enhancing engineering solutions across the organization. This role focuses on designing and delivering reliable, high-quality software while contributing to technical discussions, improving engineering practices, and supporting team execution. You will work closely with senior engineers and architects to implement scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. What You Will Do Technical Delivery & Engineering Excellence • Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally. • Works closely 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. • Cloud Engineering & Operational Support • 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. • Team Collaboration & Mentorship • 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. What Success Looks Like In the first 90 days: • Deliver high-quality, production-ready code and contribute meaningfully to team goals. • Build strong working relationships within the engineering and product teams. In 6–12 months: • Co ownership of core components or services. • Co Lead development of one or more important services with increasing autonomy. • Help improve system performance, scalability, and reliability. • 4 - 6 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. • Collaboration & Leadership • 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. Who You Are You are a hands-on engineer who enjoys building reliable systems and helping others grow. You are collaborative, curious, and proactive in improving both the product and the engineering process. You balance solid technical judgment with the willingness to dive into details. You’re motivated by delivering value, enhancing system quality, and contributing steadily to a strong engineering culture. $100,000 - $135,000 a year

Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software solutions while collaborating with teams and supporting engineering excellence. | 4-6 years professional experience with backend development in Java and Python, AWS cloud knowledge, SQL, and strong collaboration skills. | Opening from Default - All locations Best 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. We aim to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track, so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them. We offer top-tier benefits and growth opportunities in a culture built on our core values: Put People First – We foster an inclusive, flexible, and fun workplace. Create Clarity – Open communication drives trust and results. Get Things Done – We focus, prioritize, and deliver with excellence. Deliver with Heart – We lead with kindness, humility, and strong teamwork. Listen to Our Customers – Their needs drive our innovation. Barclays has entered into an agreement to acquire Best Egg with closing expected to take place in Q2 2026. This acquisition will give us the resources and capital to continue on our mission and drive our strategy forward. With an aligned culture, lower cost of funds, and increased employee growth opportunities across a global brand, we are excited about the future of the Best Egg brand under the Barclays umbrella. We are looking for collaborative, innovative team players who like to solve problems. There will also be immense opportunities for those willing to dive in. If you're inspired by growth and want to make a real difference, Best Egg is the place for you. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. Role Overview The Lead Software Engineer II plays an important role in building and enhancing engineering solutions across the organization. This role focuses on designing and delivering reliable, high-quality software while contributing to technical discussions, improving engineering practices, and supporting team execution. You will work closely with senior engineers and architects to implement scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. What You Will Do Technical Delivery & Engineering Excellence • Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally. • Works closely 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. • Cloud Engineering & Operational Support • 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. • Team Collaboration & Mentorship • 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. What Success Looks Like In the first 90 days: • Deliver high-quality, production-ready code and contribute meaningfully to team goals. • Build strong working relationships within the engineering and product teams. In 6–12 months: • Co ownership of core components or services. • Co Lead development of one or more important services with increasing autonomy. • Help improve system performance, scalability, and reliability. • 4 - 6 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. • Collaboration & Leadership • 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. Who You Are You are a hands-on engineer who enjoys building reliable systems and helping others grow. You are collaborative, curious, and proactive in improving both the product and the engineering process. You balance solid technical judgment with the willingness to dive into details. You’re motivated by delivering value, enhancing system quality, and contributing steadily to a strong engineering culture. $100,000 - $135,000 a year

Optimize credit strategies for personal loans using data analysis and modeling. | Requires 5+ years analytical experience, proficiency in Python, SQL, Excel, and experience with BI tools and credit risk analysis. | Best Egg, now part of Barclays, is a market-leading, tech-enabled financial platform helping people build financial confidence through innovative lending solutions and financial health tools. As a Barclays company, we combine the agility and customer focus of a fintech with the global reach, stability, and purpose of a leading financial institution—working together to create a better financial future for our customers and communities. At Best Egg, you’ll find a culture grounded in our core values—putting people first, creating clarity, delivering with excellence —enhanced by Barclays’ commitment to integrity, inclusion, and long-term impact. Together, we empower our colleagues to challenge, innovate, and take ownership while making a meaningful difference in people’s financial lives. With the strength of Barclays behind us, we offer expanded opportunities for growth, development, and career mobility across a global organization—while continuing to build the products and experiences that make Best Egg unique. We’re looking for collaborative, curious problem-solvers who are excited to make an impact and grow with us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. The Senior Credit Strategy Analyst will be a critical member of the Credit team and will be responsible for using a combination of data and credit experience to optimize credit strategies for personal loans. Responsibilities include maximizing Underwriting and Loan amount decisions across acquisition channels, driving strategy improvement and innovation, monitoring of Champion/Challenger data while maintaining investor returns. This is a full time, permanent position with competitive benefits and upward mobility. If you call yourself a self-starter who can work in any environment and enjoy every day bringing unique challenges and opportunities, then you will thrive in this role. Duties & Responsibilities • This individual will be responsible for monitoring, refining and developing Credit strategies (including underwriting and loan amount) for personal loans • Create test/control champion/challenger tests and monitoring to inform future strategies • Provide scenario analysis/create financial impact sizing/develop new strategy test case • Perform ad-hoc analytics, create reporting and presentations • Work across functional areas to drive overall growth, product enhancements, and improve web funnel conversion rates across all channels. • Partner with Decision Science to define and develop Credit models and tools • Maintain overall risk and return targets for investors particularly in a changing economic environment Requirements-Development • 5+ years experience in a similar analytical role • Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operational Research, Engineering, other quantitative major required; Master’s degree a plus • Experience in financial industry, credit risk required; online lending, near-prime, sub-prime is a plus • Must be proficient in Python or similar, SQL, and MS Excel • Must be proficient in interpreting data using analytics, research methodologies, and statistical techniques • Previous experience with Business Intelligence reporting (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI, etc) is desirable • Excellent English written/verbal communication skills, critical thinking and interpersonal skills • Highly independent and self-motivated to forming opinions that are supported by data. • Strong knowledge of modeling tools and techniques and use in strategy • Ability to understand competitive pressure, economic trends and their business impacts. • High Energy with ability to work in a fast-paced environment Requirements-Leadership • Comfortable interacting and engaging with colleagues from all levels of management across all business units and third-party vendors • Demonstrated technical leadership skills including self-direction, coaching and mentoring • Highly motivated, well organized, capable of developing and executing business analysis and able to communicate status and results effectively Requirements-Culture • Ability to succeed within a cross-functional team emphasizing Collective Ownership in a fast-paced environment • Ability to work effectively both independently and as a team member • Be confident and willing to challenge status quo, but also willing to concede and execute other’s ideas when necessary • Capable of teaching and learning from others to promote continuity of knowledge and personal development • Cultivate good working relationships with other business units, particularly Marketing, Operations, and Finance $120,000 - $140,000 a year Employee Benefits Best Egg offers many additional benefits for our employees, including (but not limited to): • 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! In compliance with the CCPA, Best Egg is fully committed to handling the personal information and data of employees and job applications responsibly with respect and due care. Review our CCPA Employee Policy here

Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software solutions while collaborating with teams and improving engineering practices. | 4-6 years professional experience with backend Java and Python development, AWS knowledge, SQL skills, and collaboration in Agile environments. | Opening from Default - All locations Best 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. We aim to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track, so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them. We offer top-tier benefits and growth opportunities in a culture built on our core values: Put People First – We foster an inclusive, flexible, and fun workplace. Create Clarity – Open communication drives trust and results. Get Things Done – We focus, prioritize, and deliver with excellence. Deliver with Heart – We lead with kindness, humility, and strong teamwork. Listen to Our Customers – Their needs drive our innovation. Barclays has entered into an agreement to acquire Best Egg with closing expected to take place in Q2 2026. This acquisition will give us the resources and capital to continue on our mission and drive our strategy forward. With an aligned culture, lower cost of funds, and increased employee growth opportunities across a global brand, we are excited about the future of the Best Egg brand under the Barclays umbrella. We are looking for collaborative, innovative team players who like to solve problems. There will also be immense opportunities for those willing to dive in. If you're inspired by growth and want to make a real difference, Best Egg is the place for you. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. Role Overview The Lead Software Engineer II plays an important role in building and enhancing engineering solutions across the organization. This role focuses on designing and delivering reliable, high-quality software while contributing to technical discussions, improving engineering practices, and supporting team execution. You will work closely with senior engineers and architects to implement scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. What You Will Do Technical Delivery & Engineering Excellence • Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally. • Works closely 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. • Cloud Engineering & Operational Support • 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. • Team Collaboration & Mentorship • 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. What Success Looks Like In the first 90 days: • Deliver high-quality, production-ready code and contribute meaningfully to team goals. • Build strong working relationships within the engineering and product teams. In 6–12 months: • Co ownership of core components or services. • Co Lead development of one or more important services with increasing autonomy. • Help improve system performance, scalability, and reliability. • 4 - 6 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. • Collaboration & Leadership • 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. Who You Are You are a hands-on engineer who enjoys building reliable systems and helping others grow. You are collaborative, curious, and proactive in improving both the product and the engineering process. You balance solid technical judgment with the willingness to dive into details. You’re motivated by delivering value, enhancing system quality, and contributing steadily to a strong engineering culture. $100,000 - $135,000 a year

Design, develop, and deliver high-quality backend Python services and own key APIs and services with AWS deployment and monitoring. | 3-7 years backend Python experience with AWS, RESTful API design, containerization, and modern engineering practices. | Best 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. We aim to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track, so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them. We offer top-tier benefits and growth opportunities in a culture built on our core values: Put People First - We foster an inclusive, flexible, and fun workplace. Create Clarity - Open communication drives trust and results. Get Things Done - We focus, prioritize, and deliver with excellence. Deliver with Heart - We lead with kindness, humility, and strong teamwork. Listen to Our Customers - Their needs drive our innovation. Barclays has entered into an agreement to acquire Best Egg with closing expected to take place in Q2 2026. This acquisition will give us the resources and capital to continue on our mission and drive our strategy forward. With an aligned culture, lower cost of funds, and increased employee growth opportunities across a global brand, we are excited about the future of the Best Egg brand under the Barclays umbrella. We are looking for collaborative, innovative team players who like to solve problems. There will also be immense opportunities for those willing to dive in. If you're inspired by growth and want to make a real difference, Best Egg is the place for you. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. The Lead Software Engineer II - Backend plays an important role in building and enhancing backend engineering solutions across the organization. This role focuses on designing and delivering reliable, high-quality Python services on AWS while contributing to technical discussions, improving engineering practices, and supporting team execution. You will work closely with senior engineers, Product, and other backend and frontend teams to build performant, maintainable, and scalable APIs, serverless functions, and containerized services. What You Will Do Technical Leadership & Delivery • Design, develop, and deliver high-quality backend Python services iteratively and incrementally. • Take ownership of key services and APIs-from hands-on coding through CI/CD, deployment to AWS, monitoring, and on-call support. • Contribute to backend observability using tools like Datadog for logging, metrics, distributed tracing, and alerting. • 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 modern backend architecture 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. Qualifications & Experience Technical Expertise • 3-7 years of professional backend software engineering experience. • Proficiency in Python at scale, including modern Python (3.13+), type hints, async/await, packaging, and a strong grasp of the standard library and the broader ecosystem. • Expertise with at least one major Python web framework (FastAPI preferred; Django or Flask also strong) and the patterns that make Python services reliable in production. • Strong hands-on experience with AWS, including building and operating production workloads on Lambda (serverless functions, event-driven architectures) and EKS (containerized services on Kubernetes). • Working knowledge of supporting AWS services such as API Gateway, SQS/SNS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and Secrets Manager. • Experience designing and building RESTful APIs • Working knowledge of PostgreSQL • Experience with Redis for caching, rate limiting • Experience with containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes fundamentals (deployments, services, scaling, troubleshooting). • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern release tooling; familiarity with GitHub Actions and Octopus Deploy is a plus. • Experience with unit, integration, and contract testing (pytest or similar). • Experience working within mature, legacy codebases and contributing to incremental modernization efforts. What Success Looks Like In the first 90 days • Own core services or features. • Deliver high-quality, production-ready code and contribute meaningfully to team goals. • Build strong working relationships within Engineering, Product, and partner teams. In 6-12 months • Lead development of one or more services or features with increasing autonomy. • Help improve service performance, reliability, and scalability. • Support and elevate engineering practices through mentorship, code reviews, and process improvements. $100,000 - $135,000 a year Employee Benefits Best Egg offers many additional benefits for our employees, including (but not limited to): • 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! In compliance with the CCPA, Best Egg is fully committed to handling the personal information and data of employees and job applications responsibly with respect and due care. Review our CCPA Employee Policy here

Build and maintain robust data pipelines and feature engineering platforms to support machine learning models with a focus on performance, reliability, and developer experience. | 5+ years in data or backend engineering with expertise in Python, SQL, cloud data warehouses, pipeline development, and DevOps tools. | Best Egg is the leading financial confidence platform that provides flexible solutions to real-life challenges for people with limited savings. We leverage real-time customer insights and data science to connect more people with the right products for their financial needs. Our offers include a growing suite of products such as personal loans, a credit card, and flexible rent, which are complemented by a suite of financial health tools to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track, so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them. Our culture and values inspire our employees and customers to embrace Best Egg. We are committed to championing a culture of inclusiveness and diversity of thought, and we focus on providing a safe, flexible, and collaborative work environment. Our employees are encouraged to engage in creative problem solving, and we promote opportunities for growth and enrichment across the organization. If you are inspired by inspiring others, Best Egg is the place for you. As a member of the ML Feature Platform Engineering team, you will play a key role in building and scaling the core data and feature engineering pipelines that power machine learning and AI at Best Egg. Our platform enables data scientists to quickly prototype, train, and deploy models with consistent, reliable, and high-quality features across batch, streaming, and real-time contexts. The platform leverages a modern tech stack including Python, SQL, Polars, Narwhals, Snowflake, AWS, Kubernetes, and FastAPI. Your work will directly impact the productivity of data scientists, the robustness of ML models, and the ability to innovate with new features in production. Key Responsibilities • * Build Robust Data Pipelines: Design and implement SQL- and Python-based pipelines (using dataframes such as Polars/Narwhals) that support both backfills for training and low-latency, real-time serving. • Feature Engineering: Collaborate with data scientists to design, build, and maintain new features from complex time series data sources, ensuring they are reusable, well-documented, and consistent across environments. • Data Debugging & Support: Help data scientists troubleshoot complex SQL queries, debug feature outputs, and optimize queries for performance. • Platform Reliability: Quickly diagnose and resolve platform issues spanning Python services (FastAPI), Snowflake queries, Kubernetes services, and real-time pipelines. • Developer Experience: Deliver high-quality abstractions, tools, and libraries that simplify feature development and improve data scientist workflows. • Performance & Scalability: Monitor, profile, and optimize data pipelines and feature services for throughput, latency, and cost efficiency. What You'll Need to Succeed • * Professional Experience: 5+ years in data engineering, backend engineering, ML engineering, or related software development roles with a proven track record of building and maintaining large-scale data systems. • Strong Data Engineering Expertise: Advanced SQL skills, experience with Python dataframes (e.g., Polars, pandas, Narwhals), and a deep understanding of data modeling and feature engineering best practices. • Hands-On Experience with Cloud Warehouses: Significant experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks in production settings. • Pipeline Development Skills: Ability to design Python data pipelines (DAGs) that work seamlessly across batch and real-time contexts, including concepts like incremental processing and backfills. • Backend Engineering Experience (Secondary but Valuable): Solid Python development skills (concurrency, async, API design) and experience with FastAPI (or similar) for building data services. • Debugging & Troubleshooting: Comfort in quickly investigating complex issues across SQL, Python, and infrastructure layers. • DevOps & Deployment Knowledge: Working experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD workflows, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation). • Collaboration & Mentorship: Ability to partner effectively with data scientists, analysts, and engineers while promoting best practices in feature engineering and data platform design. $130,000 - $160,000 a year In addition to semi-monthly salary payments, this position is also eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance. The yearly incentive bonus target is 20% Best Egg celebrates diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better we will grow. Employee Benefits Best Egg offers many additional benefits for our employees, including (but not limited to): • 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!