Principal Software Engineer (Fully Remote)

Forward Financing LLC; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Flexible hours

PTO

Bonus 15%

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Forward Financing LLC, a fintech company providing fast funding to underserved small businesses, seeks an architect and technical lead to build scalable core platform. You will design and oversee architecture for reliability and performance while guiding a distributed engineering team.

You bring 10+ years in technical leadership with Ruby on Rails and distributed systems, strong communication, full-stack perspective, and Agile experience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in technical leadership with deep Ruby on Rails and distributed systems expertise.
• Strong communicator with a full-stack perspective and Agile experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead core platform development to ensure scalable, reliable systems.
• Mentor engineers and drive technical excellence across teams.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Full-stack perspective

Job description

• Architect and lead core platform development to ensure scalable, reliable systems.
• Mentor engineers and drive technical excellence across teams.

Who you are:

• 10+ years in technical leadership with deep Ruby on Rails and distributed systems expertise.
• Strong communicator with a full-stack perspective and agile experience.

What we offer:

• $200k-$250k base, 15% bonus, and comprehensive benefits.
• Remote-first culture with flexible hours and PTO.

Forward Financing is a fintech company providing fast, flexible funding to underserved small businesses. With $5B+ in funding and team members across the US, Canada, and the Dominican Republic, it is remote-first and recognized as a Best Place to Work.