WHO WE ARE
At Nova Credit, we’re on a mission to power financial inclusion globally,
building a unified platform for credit and financial data that meaningfully
impacts lives. Our software engineers develop innovative solutions that
incorporate data integrations and advanced analytics into seamless user
experiences, transforming diverse data into actionable risk insights.
Join us to help unlock economic opportunities for consumers historically
excluded from traditional credit systems. We foster a dynamic, inclusive
environment that values diversity, intellectual honesty, and innovation,
committed to supporting your professional growth.
Our Technology Stack:
We leverage Node.js, React, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, and AWS to bring our
products to life.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We're seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead high-impact, cross-functional
initiatives from concept to production, define critical technical strategy that
powers innovation at scale across our products and platform, and elevate our
engineering organization's capability through mentorship and setting best
practices.
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Your profile and expertise:
- 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).
- Leading the vision and expansion of design systems to unify UI/UX across our
consumer and customer-facing products at scale.
- 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.
- Significantly strengthen our engineering culture by championing open dialogue
and feedback, and providing instrumental mentorship to uplift overall
technical acumen.
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$212,500 - $259,200 USD/year
$189,231 - $230,818 CAD/year
The above compensation ranges are dependent on individual experience, skills,
education, location, and qualifications. We consider all elements of
compensation to be a part of the value we provide to Novans. This may include
base salary, equity grants, incentive compensation for eligible roles,
professional development, flexible PTO, and tenure rewards. In the U.S., our
benefits package includes comprehensive and generously subsidized medical,
dental, and vision insurance options, along with a company-sponsored 401k plan,
generous parental leave of absence, sick time off, and paid time off vacation.
Everyone is welcome at Nova Credit. We are an equal-opportunity employer where
diversity and inclusion are central pillars of our company strategy. We seek
applicants who understand, embrace, and thrive in a multicultural and globalized
world. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected class, including
race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital
status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage all qualified
candidates, including those with a criminal history, to apply.
