Senior Software Engineer – Technical Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as the technical leader, providing architectural guidance and hands-on engineering for consumer lending solutions.

• Design and develop robust, secure, and maintainable layers using C#, VB.Net, RESTful web services, and SOAP APIs, ensuring consistency and reliability throughout the consumer lending platform.

• Manage the entire development lifecycle from requirements analysis and technical design to implementation, testing, deployment, and production monitoring.

• Establish and uphold technical standards, coding practices, and integration patterns for the team; perform code reviews and set quality gates that guarantee security, performance, and maintainability.

• Develop architectural blueprints and technical design documents for complex challenges, assessing provider contracts, API specifications, and data schemas to lead the team towards effective, scalable solutions.

• Serve as the escalation point for production incidents and intricate technical issues related to fintech integrations, facilitating root cause analysis and sustainable resolutions.

• Mentor and develop junior and mid-level engineers on the team; offer structured guidance, pair programming, and knowledge transfer on integration patterns, financial data management, and platform conventions.

• Assess emerging fintech integration partners and technologies, conducting proof-of-concept activities and providing recommendations to engineering leadership.

• Ensure all solutions adhere to MeridianLink's standards for data security, PII management, regulatory compliance, and financial data privacy.

• Contribute to cross-team architectural decisions impacting infrastructure, shared services, and platform-wide API strategy.

• Perform additional duties as assigned in a timely manner.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7–10 years of progressive experience in software engineering, including responsibilities in technical leadership.

• Strong proficiency in C#, VB.Net, .NET Framework, and enterprise web application development.

• Experience in designing and integrating RESTful and SOAP APIs within distributed systems.

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and successfully deliver complex integration projects from start to finish.

• Familiarity with SQL Server, relational database design, and performance tuning.

• In-depth understanding of fintech integration concepts such as OAuth 2.0, webhooks, API security, and financial data workflows.

• Experience with consumer lending, financial systems, or fintech platforms is highly preferred.

• Proficient in utilizing AI-powered development tools for coding assistance, debugging, automated testing, code reviews, documentation, and enhancing engineering productivity.

• Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and collaborative skills across functions.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field, coupled with 7–10 years of progressive software development experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive insurance coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, and disability).

• Flexible paid time off.

• Paid holidays.

• 401(k) plan with company matching.

• Options for remote work.