Nova Credit - Staff Software Engineer

• 10+ years of relevant experience, including high-growth or early-stage startups. • Deep fluency in modern software technologies and architectural patterns, with the ability to quickly learn and ramp into our tech stack. • A visionary and adaptive leader, adept at defining clarity and driving solutions through highly complex and ambiguous challenges in a rapidly evolving, fast-paced environment. • Exceptional collaborator, able to effectively influence and communicate across technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership. • YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ACROSS A RANGE OF PROJECTS • Architecting and building enterprise-grade APIs and establishing patterns for platform-level features (web and mobile). • Pioneering and launching new, complex integrations with critical data suppliers. • Shaping the strategic direction and overseeing the end-to-end productionization of complex data models to deploy mission-critical attributes and scores across our platform. • Defining and evolving core platform architecture to support multiple product use cases and ensure long-term scalability. • IN THE FIRST MONTH, YOU'LL: • Land your "new hire" ticket in the first week and directly contribute to at least one high-impact roadmap feature. • Thoroughly understand our software development lifecycle and overarching technical strategy. • Quickly grasp our business model, product offerings, and customer value proposition, understanding their strategic implications for engineering. • Build rapport with the team and key stakeholders, understanding our working style, mission, and core values. • IN THE FIRST QUARTER, YOU'LL: • Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives, delivering with speed and end-to-end ownership, often navigating ambiguity. • Actively shape and make profound contributions across team norms (e.g., refining project plans, elevating code review standards, optimizing QA processes, improving on-call rotations). • Forge strong collaborative relationships across engineering, product, design, data science, and other partner teams to drive cohesive development of complex projects. • Deepen knowledge of critical product artifacts and proactively identify significant opportunities for architectural or systemic improvement. • Develop a clear understanding of how engineering strategically impacts our business and product roadmap at a macro level. • IN THE FIRST YEAR, YOU'LL: • Lead highly complex initiatives end-to-end, translating significant ambiguity into clear, actionable milestones to achieve both short and long-term organizational goals. • Influence and implement our company's technical roadmap and strategic direction in close partnership with engineering and product leadership. • Establish critical best practices, drive long-term technical vision, and advocate for architectural shifts to simplify and scale our entire product platform. • Become a recognized subject matter expert across product verticals and foundational systems, adept at translating broad product requirements into impactful technical strategies. • $212,500 - $259,200 USD per year • $189,231 - $230,818 CAD per year