Lead Bank is a chartered banking-as-a-service platform for builders and innovators. Despite broader economic headwinds, the continued proliferation of fintech companies and a 20x increase in fintech investment ($20.5 billion in 2020) signals that the market’s interest in embedding financial services products into their offerings is resilient and sustainable. Whether it’s a travel company that wants to offer credit for an expensive trip, a social network that wants to enable in-feed shopping solutions, or an ecommerce platform that wants to provide client rewards cards, the broader tech ecosystem has enjoyed a step-change in the sophistication, variety and complexity of client-facing products they can offer. This means that the underlying infrastructure powering those fintechs needs to evolve to meet these modern demands.
While fintech companies continue pushing boundaries, they have largely accepted that directly integrating with banks is costly, time-consuming and operationally burdensome. This frustration comes in many forms: gaps in technical acumen, product scalability, client risk appetite, and company culture. These gaps clearly illustrate the need for a new paradigm in banking technology.
Lead Bank is bridging those gaps. We see a massive opportunity for a tech-savvy developer-focused bank to augment a sophisticated financial services platform with the compliance, regulatory, capital markets, and legal expertise required to help our clients succeed. Come join us on our journey.
Role Description: This candidate will have technical ownership of designs and services, while influencing good coding practices amongst peers. Responsibilities include designing, coding, reviewing, testing, fixing, researching, deploying and maintaining services and code in AWS production environments. Candidates are technical leaders in their domain who can prioritize well, develop at a high standard, mentor and navigate ambiguous problem domains, and have a consistent track record of high performance and delivery autonomously.
Basic Qualifications
You are passionate about changing the banking system to meet the needs of a digital economy
15+ years of experience developing production software for large scale consumer facing mobile applications.
Experience as a Principal Engineer level or above either presently or in the past
Advanced Degree in Computer Science or Equivalent experience in lieu of degree
Experience leading large feature releases; usually multi-person projects that cross engineering team boundaries within multiple departments
Experience architecting scalable backend systems in Java, Go, or Ruby
Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
Experience partnering with cross functional stakeholders on technical approaches to deliver a product from infancy into maturation
Experience with leadership/mentorship amongst team members
Experience maintaining a high quality code base, consistently delivering challenging, stable, and maintainable projects on schedule.
Ability to collaborate/compromise to get to the best, most efficient outcome
You are curious, have humility and are open to learning
Familiarity with relational databases
Preferred Qualifications:
Fintech experience is a plus
Ability to perform in a fluid environment with high autonomy
What We Offer:
At Lead, we design our benefits to support company culture and principles, to foster an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to create the conditions for our team to give their best in both work and life
Competitive compensation, including opportunities for equity grants and cash bonus, based on experience, geographic location, and role
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k Matching, and other wellness benefits, including FSA, HSA and HRA
Paid parental leave
Flexible vacation policy, including PTO and paid holidays
A fun and challenging team environment in a dynamic industry with ample opportunities for career growth
*Lead Bank is proud to have an inclusive culture committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
*Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
*Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on geographical market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Zone 1: $223,888 - $280,000 (SF/Bay Area, NYC)
Top Skills
What We Do
Lead Bank is where expertise, experience and technology unite the people behind inspired businesses. We take pride in working side by side with companies to grow bottom lines that become cornerstones of the community.
We’ve always been a bank that leads the way, not follows the herd. In 2010, we rolled out our new name along with a new suite of next generation banking resources. From the robust online banking capabilities to our remote deposit technology, these digital solutions let you bank however you want, wherever you want. While our bank has roots in Cass county, we offer full-service banking and outstanding customer service for the entire Kansas City metropolitan area.
Our relationships with our clients remain at the heart of what we do. We get to know you and your business so we can tailor financial solutions to help you achieve your goals.
