Full-Stack Software Engineer (Front-End Focus)

Posted 4 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Hybrid
Senior level
Fintech
Amount is a financial technology company born out of disruption and built for speed.
The Role
As a Front End Software Engineer at Amount, you will design and implement user interfaces, optimize front-end performance, and collaborate with teams to enhance customer experiences in fintech applications. Your role involves coding primarily in JavaScript and TypeScript, and utilizing frameworks like React, while ensuring clean, maintainable code and mentoring junior engineers.
Summary Generated by Built In

Amount is the premiere digital transformation partner for financial institutions committed to the future of banking and to creating safe and personalized customer experiences that help people better manage their financial lives. Our fully integrated and flexible platform is built on years of digital lending experience, enabling digital agility within months and a full suite of end-to-end consumer, small business and embedded finance solutions that fit the way people want to bank.

Inclusion, diversity, and belonging are core to Amount's values, and we believe they are more than words, they are actions. We support our commitment to these ideas by empowering intrepid engagement and learning, increasing diverse representation, and fostering a culture where everyone can bring their full self to work without regard to differences. We look for people who embrace this culture.

A DAY IN THE LIFE:

As a Full-Stack Software Engineer with a Front-End Focus, you'll start your day syncing with a mission-driven Client Experience team, collaborating with designers, back-end engineers, and product managers to align on priorities. Your primary focus will be designing and implementing scalable, high-performance user interfaces, while also integrating with and optimizing back-end services.

You'll work primarily in JavaScript, TypeScript, and React, leveraging modern frameworks to build seamless, responsive web applications. You'll ensure UI/UX best practices are followed, optimize front-end performance for high-traffic fintech applications, and contribute to our back-end services using Java and Spring Boot.

By the end of the day, you'll review pull requests, refine sprint goals, and explore innovative ways to improve both the front-end experience and full-stack efficiency.

Team:  Will join a client experience mission-driven team.

Similar job titles: Software Engineer, Full-Stack Software Engineer, Software Developer, Front-End Software Engineer

Salary: $120,000 - $160,000

Benefits & Perks: Check them out HERE!

WHAT WE’LL TRUST YOU TO DELIVER:

  • Write clean, maintainable, and scalable front-end and full-stack code that meets performance and security standards
  • Translate complex requirements into intuitive, high-performance user interfaces, while integrating them seamlessly with back-end services
  • Work closely with product and design teams to implement user-friendly features aligned with business needs
  • Improve load times, responsiveness, and scalability of front-end applications, leveraging best practices in caching and asset management
  • Work with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and microservices to connect front-end applications with scalable, high-performance back-end systems
  • Review pull requests, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and improvement
  • Stay ahead of emerging front-end technologies, ensuring the best tools and frameworks are leveraged for modern fintech applications


WHAT YOU LIKELY BRING TO THE TABLE: 

  • 8+ years in software development, with at least ​5+ years of front-end expertise in a SaaS or FinTech environment
  • Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and experience with Angular or Vue.js is a plus
  • Strong knowledge of Redux, React Query, or similar tools for managing application state
  • Familiarity with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures (ActiveMQ, Temporal)
  • Experience with PostgreSQL or Redis for front-end data management and caching
  • Deep understanding of front-end optimization techniques, including lazy loading, asset minification, and efficient API calls
  • Experience working in agile teams with Jira, Confluence, and Git-based workflows
  • A passion for pixel-perfect implementation, accessibility, and modern design principles


TOOLS YOU WILL OR MIGHT WORK WITH:


ReactJs, Java, Springboot, Micronaut, Temporal, ActiveMQ, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS, Jenkins, Git



ABOUT AMOUNT (TL;DR)

 

Founded: 2020

Employees: 150+

Locations: Chicago (HQ) and US Remote

Funding: Amount has raised $281M in total equity capital since inception, including most recently at a valuation of $1B. Investors include WestCap, Hanaco Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Invus Opportunities, Mastercard, and PSCU

Press: Amount Blog - Equity Raise, Business Wire, PR Newswire - Comerica, PYMNTS - PSCU, A Year in Review - Amount’s Blog, Builtin, The Financial Brand

Key Customers: TD Bank, Velera, Guaranteed Rate, American Express, Citizens, Fifth Third Bank, Bank United, FIS, Associated Bank, Comerica 
Social Media: LinkedIn, Builtin, Twitter, Amount Blog 
Tech Stack: Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Lattice, G Suite, Atlassian, AWS, Python, Java, Ruby, GO, node.js, Temporal, Scala, Apache NiFi, Talend, Informatica, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Pandas, Looker, Argo, Airflow Luigi, Kubernetes, C#, JavaScript (for advanced concepts), ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core, Microsoft SQL Server, Entity Framework (ORM for database interaction)

 

Top Skills

Java
JavaScript
Typescript
The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
166 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Amount delivers the technology that financial institutions need to build and enhance the digital experience.

Built by digital lending industry veterans, Amount helps partners go digital in months—not years. Amount empowers multi-product omnichannel retail banking experiences and a robust point-of-sale financing suite underpinned by core platform features including fraud prevention, verification, decisioning engines and account management.

Amount partners can optimize performance across product categories by tapping into various service offerings including customer acquisition, funnel and performance assessments, and risk analytics.


Amount partners can optimize performance across product categories by tapping into various service offerings including customer acquisition, funnel and performance assessments, and risk analytics.

Why Work With Us

Culture matters here: from Demo Days and Current Events Talks to our Employee Resource Groups and community involvement, we pride ourselves on the workplace environment we’ve created.

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