Best Egg

Best Egg is the online credit and financial wellness platform that is owned and operated by Marlette Holdings, Inc.

Lead Software Engineer

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 501-1,000Since 2014H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

43 days ago

Salary

$115K - $140K / year

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudDockerDynamo DBJavaNo SQLPostgresPythonSQL

Job Description

• Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally. • Take ownership of key components and services—from hands-on coding to deployment and monitoring. • Participate in technical design discussions and contribute architectural insights, working with senior leaders to shape solutions. • Ensure software follows modern engineering practices, including clean code, testing, automation, and cloud-native patterns. • Support continuous improvement in code quality, reliability, performance, and developer experience. • Translate business requirements into clear technical tasks and help validate assumptions and approaches. • Build and enhance distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native solutions in AWS. • Apply cloud best practices—security, cost awareness, performance, and operational efficiency—under guidance of senior engineers. • Contribute to observability through metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerts. • Assist in performance tuning, resiliency improvements, and troubleshooting production issues to ensure system stability. • Mentor and support junior engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing. • Collaborate effectively with Product, Architecture, InfoSec, and DevOps to deliver well-aligned solutions. • Build strong working relationships within the engineering and product teams.

Job Requirements

  • 5–7 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong backend development experience with Java and Python.
  • Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization.
  • Working knowledge of AWS cloud architecture, services, and best practices.
  • Experience with modern databases (relational and NoSQL) such as DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and container orchestration systems (ECS/EKS preferred).
  • Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as CloudWatch or Datadog.
  • Ability to produce clear technical documentation and participate in design discussions.
  • Experience mentoring and supporting other engineers.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.
  • Comfort working in Agile environments with iterative delivery and shared ownership.
  • Ability to bring clarity to complex situations and drive work forward with teammates.

Benefits

  • Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching program
  • Generous paid time-off plans including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short-term and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company holidays
  • Multiple health care plans to choose from, including dental and vision options
  • Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  • Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, wellness platforms, employee assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs
  • Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance, fitness center reimbursements, and many more!

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