Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Bankrate is where Americans go to get the best price on life's most important financial decisions. The Software Engineer role involves building and maintaining scalable software systems that support the company's business objectives while ensuring robust feature delivery and application performance.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable systems or product features
- Contribute to system and API design, ensuring alignment with team standards and best practices
- Write high-quality, testable, and maintainable code across the full stack
- Identify performance bottlenecks and propose improvements for speed and efficiency
- Scope, estimate, and deliver technical solutions independently with minimal oversight
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to clarify requirements and ensure alignment on priorities
- Participate in peer code reviews, providing constructive feedback and fostering a learning culture
- Contribute to automation, observability, and deployment improvements
- Mentor Associate and Junior Engineers through collaboration, pair programming, and example
Skills
- Proficient in one or more programming languages and experienced in database technologies and cloud infrastructure
- Strong understanding of software architecture, data modeling, and design patterns
- Able to debug complex issues and trace problems across systems
- Demonstrated ability to balance tradeoffs in scalability, maintainability, and performance
- Familiar with CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and agile development methodologies
- Communicates clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams to drive delivery and quality
- Demonstrates ownership and accountability for their work, with consistent follow-through
- Continuously learning new tools, techniques, and approaches to improve their technical impact
- Works across a primarily TypeScript-based stack spanning API services and full-stack web frameworks
- Comfortable navigating cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines
- Some exposure to application performance monitoring/observability tooling and content delivery (CDN) considerations
- Actively integrates AI tooling into their workflow to improve velocity and quality, experimenting with new capabilities and sharing what works with the team
Benefits
- Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
- Life Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Holiday Pay
- 401(k) with match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO): We believe time to rest and recharge is essential. That’s why we offer a generous and flexible PTO policy. Full-time employees accrue 20 days of PTO for a full calendar year annually, with an increase to 25 days after five years of service.
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