As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members access their earnings as they earn them, with options to spend, save, and grow their money without mandatory fees, interest rates, or credit checks.
We’re fortunate to have an incredibly experienced leadership team, combined with world-class funding partners like A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, Ribbit Capital, and a very healthy core business with a tremendous runway. We’re growing fast and are excited to continue bringing world-class talent onboard to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.
POSITION SUMMARY
We are looking for an experienced, passionate, and resourceful senior level engineer with a proven track record to join the EarnIn payroll services team. In this role, you will participate in the design, development, and implementation of backend services for EarnIn’s new payroll SaaS product. Come make a difference with us and have fun doing it! This position is ideally hybrid from our Mexico City office as part of our expanding site, though remote can be considered. EarnIn offers excellent benefits, including healthcare, internet and cell phone reimbursement, a learning and development stipend, and potential opportunities to travel to our Mountain View, CA headquarters. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Design & build key backend components such as payroll and tax processing engines, ledger services, and pay cycle management.
- Develop services and APIs using Go (Golang) that are robust, secure, and optimized for performance and maintainability.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to deliver high-impact features that meet the needs of payroll customers.
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable backend microservices for EarnIn’s new payroll SaaS product.
- Investigate and resolve production issues with a focus on root cause analysis, long-term stability, and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to building a modern, best-in-class payroll platform that handles time-critical financial workflows with precision and reliability.
- Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to best practices, maintainability, and alignment with project requirements, while providing constructive feedback to team members.
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality software features within established timelines.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- 4+ years of development experience in a fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent industry experience.
- Proficient in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Go, Python,C#, or similar) with a solid understanding of software engineering best practices.
- Hands-on experience working with relational databases.
- Cloud experience, AWS preferred.
- Experience managing infrastructure and service configurations using Configuration as Code (e.g., Helm, Kustomize, Terraform).
- Deploy and operate backend services in a Kubernetes-based environment, optimizing for resiliency, scalability, and performance.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have a bias towards action and results.
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At EarnIn, we believe that the best way to build a financial system that works for everyday people is by hiring a team that represents our diverse community. Our team is diverse not only in background and experience but also in perspective. We celebrate our diversity and strive to create a culture of belonging. EarnIn does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. EarnIn is an E-Verify participant.
EarnIn does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or HR team.
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What We Do
Earnin’s mission is to build a financial system that works for people. Every year, while Americans wait for their paychecks, more than $1 trillion of their hard-earned money is held up in the pay cycle. As a result, we accumulate over $50 billion in late and overdraft fees and turn to high-interest loans. We seek to eliminate those fees and put money back into workers’ hands.
Our financial system doesn’t work for people. But Earnin does. Earnin is an app that lets people get paid as soon as they leave work, with no fees, interest, or hidden costs. App users can receive their money in their bank account instantly at little or no cost — as we operate on a pay what you choose model. All they need is a bank account and a job that provides direct deposit or uses electronic timesheets.
At Earnin, we’re building the way we think a financial system should work for everyone, not just the people who can afford it. We help people take control of their money and get to a better financial place.
Our goal is not only to provide great products at little or no cost to the people who need them but also to inspire kindness across the financial world and eventually across all industries.