About us:
Branch is on a mission to empower workers with financial freedom. We do this by helping companies accelerate payments and providing working Americans with accessible, free financial services. We’re committed to building and delivering more inclusive, transparent, and frictionless financial products.
Our goal of empowerment extends to our own employees, too. Have a great idea? Share it today and it might just get implemented tomorrow. As a member of our team, your voice and creativity matter—and they can directly impact our products, company, and culture.
We not only focus on attracting great talent from across the country, but also on building teams that help that talent thrive. That means valuing a diversity of opinions and working styles, while creating a shared belief in innovation, initiative, and winning together.
Come join our team as we develop new ways to improve the lives of working Americans.
About the role:
The Staff Software Engineer will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining Branch’s core components on our Payouts team. This senior technical leader will be responsible for driving engineering excellence, solidifying architectural direction, and mentoring other engineers. The Staff Software Engineer will work on complex problems, influence technical decisions across teams, and ensure our systems are scalable, reliable, and performant.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Measure and optimize the performance, scalability, and uptime of backend services
Demonstrate and promote a culture of engineering excellence
Conduct design and code reviews and push the bar for engineering rigor and standards
Collaborate with product management, customer success, and customer support to deliver the best experience for our users
Focus on consistent, cohesive REST APIs and domain-driven service design to facilitate and orchestrate service contracts
Provide technical leadership and guidance to other software engineers
Drive architectural decisions and ensure alignment with long-term technology strategy
Identify and address systemic technical challenges
Mentor and coach engineers, fostering their technical growth
Contribute to the development of engineering best practices and standards
Participate in strategic planning and roadmap development
Qualifications:
Attention to detail and passion for doing great work
8+ years of experience in building clean, well-architected, distributed, and scalable software
Strong computer science fundamentals, with deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design
Strong command of Java and Java-based microservices with Spring Boot
Experience designing and supporting customer-facing RESTful APIs
Design and implementation of relational database schemas running on PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or equivalent
Fluent with unit/integration testing concepts and tools including JUnit/Mockito, or equivalent
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, git-flow, SonarQube for CI/CD a plus
BS in Computer Science or equivalent program
Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and influence technical direction
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
- Experience with payment rails and ACH are HIGHLY preferred
Location:
This position is classified as REMOTE within the United States of America.
We are unable to hire candidates located outside of the domestic U.S.
Benefits:
- Market-leading medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Stock options
- Free Premium-Tier Origin Financial Wellness subscription
- Monthly home-office stipend
- 401k (TransAmerica)
- 12-weeks paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
- Flexible time off + sick and safe time
- 11 paid company holidays
- Branch@Branch Same Day Pay Option
Working at Branch
A remote-first company with employees located throughout the U.S., Branch emphasizes transparency, accountability, and trust to create a collaborative environment where our product, engineering, marketing, customer support, customer success, and sales teams can all thrive together. Learn more about what we do in this video!
Our collaborative spirit has helped us become an award-winning FinTech company, with Branch’s innovation and workplace recognized across industries. Branch has been honored by Inc., the Webby Awards, Benzinga FinTech Awards, FinTech Breakthrough Awards, Top Workplaces USA, Great Places to Work, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Heartland, among others.
Learn more about our culture, approach, technology, and people here: https://www.branchapp.com/about
Branch is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Must be currently authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship or transfer.
No third-parties, please.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years building clean, well-architected, distributed, and scalable software
- Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, software design)
- Strong command of Java and Java-based microservices with Spring Boot
- Experience designing and supporting customer-facing RESTful APIs
- Design and implementation of relational database schemas on PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or equivalent
- Fluent with unit/integration testing concepts and tools including JUnit/Mockito or equivalent
- Experience with Docker
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with git-flow
- Experience with SonarQube (CI/CD)
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent program
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and influence technical direction
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
- Experience with payment rails and ACH
- Currently authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship or transfer
Branch Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Branch and has not been reviewed or approved by Branch.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered market-competitive in core engineering and sales functions for a company of this size. Overall sentiment indicates many feel they are paid fairly for their roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as solid, including medical, dental, and vision. Strong insurance is frequently highlighted as a standout element.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes flexible PTO and dedicated company holidays. Paid parental leave is also part of the offering.
Branch Insights
What We Do
Branch helps businesses accelerate payments to empower working Americans. Businesses turn to Branch for a more cost-effective, faster way to pay workers and reduce the costs of paper checks and paycards. Workers and independent contractors that sign up with Branch can receive a zero-fee bank account, free instant access to earned wages, and auto-budgeting tools to help them manage their cash flow between paychecks. Branch partners with some of the nation’s leading payroll and workforce technologies to support employers in retail, restaurant, logistics, manufacturing, and healthcare.
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