Software Engineer

The Company

Headquartered in Chicago, Kora is the first neo-bank that focuses on consumer spending and financing for college students. Here at Kora, you will have the opportunity to work with talented fintech enthusiasts to revolutionize the status quo of college student credit life. We use our proprietary machine-learning risk & analytics engines to provide convenient financing solutions to the underserved college students. We care about our customers' future and believe that we can make a difference in advancing their financial well-being. We are a non-hierarchical team with a strong focus on execution and delivery. Being part of an exponentially growing company, you will get exposure to all aspects of our business and generate impact proportionally to your ability. We are dedicated to becoming the one-stop financing platform for the underbanked and welcome all talents who share our dream of disrupting the traditional market with innovation.

Role Summary

The software engineer position at Kora is a highly entrepreneurial role. The candidate has the opportunity to participate in the design, development, and optimization of various Fintech products using the latest technologies. On a regular basis, you will work with the Product, Marketing, and Growth teams to improve acquisition and onboarding strategies for new users, as well as ensure that existing users remain engaged with various features. Aside from your work as a developer, you will also have high levels of exposure into the daily operations, business strategy, and other aspects of the business. The ideal candidate should be a skillful engineer with years of development experience and a strong entrepreneurial spirit. The competent candidate will also be entitled to an attractive incentive stock option package.

Job Responsibility

• Develop and optimize Kora's mobile applications, web applications, and backend microservices
• Participate in evolving Kora's next-generation software architecture and tech stack
• Participate in the design and development of Kora's next-generation products
• Work on a cross-functional team of engineers, designers and product managers
• Building complex and scalable solutions
• Manage integrations with 3rd party vendor API

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
• At least 1 year of work experience with Node.js or React
• Proficient in JavaScript and SQL
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Ability to apply design patterns and develop intuitive modular code
• Extensive experience with AWS, TypeScript, React Native, GraphQL, and Kubernetes/Kafka
• Good understanding of application and system designs
• Ability to perform deep problem solving and build elegant solutions to complex problems
• We're looking for developers who take pride in their code rather than the frameworks they know (although good Devs know the right frameworks)
• Those who don't settle, they are brave enough to dream big and work hard to achieve it

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