Senior Software Engineer, Shared Services

Human Interest; United States; Remote; USD 185,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Shared Services team. In this role, you will design secure and scalable systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with cloud infrastructure and a strong technical background. The position offers a competitive salary range with additional benefits, and allows for remote work within the U.S.

Benefits

401(k) plan with employer match

Top health plans including dental and vision

Competitive time off and parental leave

Monthly work-from-home stipend

Tailored mental health support services

Student loan resources

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in designing, building, and scaling services.
• Experience with large scale, distributed systems and platform services like auth and email.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• Drive developer productivity through shared libraries and internal tools.
• Design and build secure, reliable, and scalable systems.
• Mentor other engineers and elevate the team's productivity.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure experience

TypeScript

Node.js

Strong communication skills

Proactive mindset

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Postgres

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Shared Services

United States, Remote

Human Interest is on a mission to ensure that people in all lines of work have access to retirement benefits.

More than half of all working Americans are not saving enough for their future. Too often, it’s because they are employed by a company that doesn’t offer a retirement plan. Human Interest is changing that by making it affordable and accessible for small and medium-sized businesses to offer employees a path to financial independence through retirement savings.

We’re a high-growth fintech company changing the retirement industry. We are backed by a number of investors, including Marshall Wace and Baillie Gifford, as well as top investors such as BlackRock, TPG (The Rise Fund), SoftBank, Glynn Capital, NewView Capital, USVP, Wing, Uncork, and more.

About the role

As an engineer on the Shared Services team, you will help build our platform services. These include our auth service for authenticating and authorizing end users to access our product and our notification service responsible for electronic and paper mail communication to our customers. We are looking for customer centric engineers that are passionate about building libraries and services for other engineers and improving the security, availability, and resiliency of our platform for our customers.

What you get to do every day

• Drive developer productivity through shared libraries, internal tools, and platform services.
• Design and build secure, reliable, and scalable systems with a focus on user and customer needs.
• Write clean, well-tested code that is easy to maintain and enables easy observability. Hold high standards for code quality through code reviews and efficient processes.
• Mentor other engineers and elevate productivity of the engineering team.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to define and hold a high standard of engineering excellence.
• Take ownership of the service lifecycle—from architecture through deployment and support.
• Continuously improve our engineering tools, infrastructure, and deployment pipelines.

What you bring to the role

• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in designing, building, and scaling services, especially using cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience designing and operating large scale, distributed systems and platform services like auth and email.
• Tech stack: TypeScript, node.js, AWS, Postgres. Strong communication skills: you can easily discuss complex technical concepts with both engineers and non-engineers.
• Strong ownership and bias for action: You love to roll up your sleeves.
• You are proactive, drive projects from start to finish, and lead cross-functional projects, while keeping stakeholders informed.
• Ability to write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability.
• Proactive and empathetic mindset - you love to roll up your sleeves to fix problems for our customers.

Nice to have

• While you are an expert in backend systems, you are not afraid of the frontend.
• You regularly use AI tools like Claude and Augment in your daily work.

Compensation

At Human Interest, there are a number of factors used to determine the appropriate pay range for each position. The base salary for this position spans $185,000 - $220,000 and represents the minimum in our lowest geographic region to a maximum in our highest geographic region. The salary we offer is based on location within the U.S., relevant job-related skills, and experience. This position will also offer a variable target of $100,000. Base salary is a component of the total rewards package and employees receive a robust suite of physical, financial, and mental wellness benefits. We do not inquire about salary history or criminal history prior to a conditional offer of employment, in compliance with applicable laws.

• A great 401(k) plan: employer match up to 4% of compensation (immediately vested) and $0 plan fees
• Top-of-the-line health plans, including dental and vision insurance
• Competitive time off and parental leave
• Additional wealth tools to support financial wellness
• Lyra: Enhanced Mental Health Support
• Carrot: Fertility healthcare and family forming benefits
• Candidly: Student loan resources
• Monthly work-from-home stipend; quarterly lifestyle stipend
• Engaging team-building experiences and offsites

We’re a great place to work

Human Interest is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran or military status, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected under federal, state, or local laws.

We are committed to making every stage of our application process accessible. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point, please let us know.

Equal employment opportunity and compliance

We comply with applicable laws and maintain an accessible application process. We will not solicit or accept unsolicited resumes from third-party agencies or recruiters.