(FHF) is a fast-growing and culturally diverse company in the U.S. We provide auto loans to the underserved and care for our customers and partners with exceptional service. Through flexible financing options and tri-lingual support, we offer consumers an easier way to finance their first car. We lend to and support our portfolio which has consistently grown 30%+ each year over the last nine years.
Here you will find hard-working colleagues who come from over 20 countries. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism but also enjoy our work. Our culture and benefits are geared towards making you successful in life and comfortable at work.
Your Title: Software Engineer
Your Location: Remote/Anywhere in the US
You Report To: Engineering Manager
You Compensation: 110k base or more plus a bonus, depending upon experience
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About the Opportunity:
First Help Financial, voted and certified as a "" by our workforce for three years in a row, is adding new partners to our Engineering department to accommodate our remarkable growth! We are on the lookout for skilled Frontend and Backend Engineers to join us in transforming the Auto Finance Industry. If you are passionate about innovation and eager to create products that genuinely impact lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Become a part of our team and contribute to shaping the future, one line of code at a time!
What you will do:
Your duties include but are not limited to:
- Write software that will be used in production, and has meaningful impact to FHF
- Become a subject matter expert for our systems with an ability to optimize distinct codebases and debug time-sensitive production issues
- Identify performance bottlenecks using code analysis and advanced debugging practices to ensure speed and stability across all our applications
- Give and receive technical feedback through code reviews or design discussions
- Work closely with business stakeholders, team of engineers, Scrum Master and Designers to build new features
- Learn quickly by asking questions, finding how to work with your teammates effectively, and communicate the status of your work clearly
What you bring:
- 2+ years of industry experience and familiarity with Python, Java or at least one modern language and/or frameworks.
- A strong fundamental understanding of Computer Science through pursuit of a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline
- Experience with relational databases such as Oracle and/or MSSQL
- Experience and familiarity with and building REST services with Spring Framework, ORM (Hibernate, JPA).
- Experience on AWS ecosystem with exposure to creating and debugging serverless (lambda) functions and frameworks is a plus
- Proficiency and familiarity with prominent JavaScript frameworks such as React or comparable technologies.
- Familiarity with System Design: A solid understanding of system design is essential. The ideal candidate should be capable of designing and developing scalable infrastructure components that align with the organization’s goals
- Good knowledge of DevOps & collaboration tools: CircleCI, Jenkins, GIT, Sonarqube, etc.
- Experience working with small teams in an Agile environment
- Familiarity with containers and developing containerized applications using Docker.
- Familiarity with navigating and managing your work in new code bases, with multiple languages
- Ability to write clearly to explain your work to stakeholders and team members
- Ability to work in a remote / distributed environment
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with others
FHF Benefits…
- Great Perks –social activities, monthly lunches, and a robust employee recognition and talent development program to enhance your career with us.
- Culture - We are believers in maintaining a healthy work-life balance. While we work hard and care deeply about our customers and partners, we want you to have room for your family, friends, and yourself.
- Growth - Company growth provides unprecedented career growth. FHF’s extraordinary year over year growth in revenue and new markets provides an opportunity for you to establish and develop your career growth. We engage each employee to build a career plan that benefits everyone, and we have a proven record of investing in you.
Diversity and Inclusion
FHF is committed to building a culture that respects and embraces all walks of life, inclusive of all genders, race, culture, age, sexual orientation, and other identities. We will make accommodations when interviewing anyone with special needs.
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What We Do
First Help Financial (FHF) is one of the fastest growing auto finance companies in the US. We help overlooked consumers such as first-time buyers get a car by offering flexible financing options and help those consumers make informed financial decisions by offering native-language support. FHF has offices in Boston and Phoenix. We help consumers in over 25 states across the US and plan to expand into all 50 states over the next few years.
At FHF you will find hard-working coworkers that are experts in their jobs and dedicated to their customers. Our values are Compliance, Customer and Colleagues. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism but also enjoy work with benefits that are geared towards making you successful in life and comfortable at work. We offer affordable, zero-deductible health insurance, tuition reimbursement, 401k match, and lots of free food and flexibility.
We are always looking for more energetic and dedicated people in technology, operations, analytics, sales and other functions. Join our team today!
