Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2025 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team?
Flex is looking for a Staff Database Engineer who will be responsible for driving various initiatives to ensure our database is reliable, scalable and optimal.
In this role, you will be part of the core platform team, responsible to maintain our SQL and NoSQL databases and build any database related component/strategy, such as intelligent routing, cross-service transactions, performance turning etc.
You will work closely with backend engineers and infrastructure team to solve our most pressing platform problems about cost-saving and supporting 10x growth.The ideal candidate will be comfortable leading scoping, design, prioritization, and implementation and can drive their production rollouts to completion with minimum oversight.
A minimum 6 years of experience with Databases operation/optimization is required.
QualificationsMinimum Qualifications
- You have strong computer science fundamentals
- You have 6 years of hands-on experience in database engineering (SQL and NoSQL)
- You have good understanding of SQL engine internals to help design and tune databases to get the optimal performance
- You have experience implementing and operating databases related components in distributed services environments at scale
- You have experience in cloud databases such as AWS Aurora, DynamoDB.
- You have great communication skills and are comfortable working with a distributed team
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with CI/CD to improve code stability and code quality
- Proficient in Infrastructure as Code, using tools like CDK and Terraform.
- You have experience with observability and monitoring tools such as DataDog, AWS Cloud watch
- For working locations in NY/NJ/CA, the base salary pay range will be $221,000-$237,000
- For all other states, the base salary pay range will be $199,000-$213,000
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Life at Flex:
We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is located in New York City, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.
We offer many employee benefits. For full time, U.S. based employees we offer:
- Competitive pay
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision
- 401(k) + company equity
- Unlimited paid time off with a PTO minimum + 13 company paid holidays
- Parental leave
- Flex Cares Program: Non-profit company match + pet adoption coverage
- Free Flex subscription
For full time non-US employees, we offer
- Competitive Pay
- Company Equity
- Unlimited PTO
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What We Do
Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2024 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense.
Why Work With Us
We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is based out of NYC, but we have employees located globally (US, Canada, Brazil, and Israel). We value the unique and dynamic perspectives our team brings every day.
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