Senior Software Engineer

Company Description

Lama is an AI-powered lending exchange that aims to increase small business accessibility to bank-rated credit. By connecting bank partners to a wide variety of embedded lending opportunities, Lama acts as a growth engine for their commercial lending business. Through Lama's Exchange API, bank partners can seamlessly lend to a wider range of their existing customers without taking on additional credit risk. Lama's mission is to provide fair capital to small businesses with speed and efficiency, thereby enabling bank lenders to efficiently distribute capital throughout the small business ecosystem.

What You’ll Do

We are a small, passionate, and mission driven team of software engineers who approach our work as artisans. Each of us is experienced and knowledgeable in a range of technologies, starting from React and Node.Js, all the way up to Kubernetes, AWS, and Kafka.

We take ownership seriously and our responsibilities go beyond just coding. We play an active role in defining and prioritizing features, monitoring our platform in production, evaluating the results of our work, and seeking out ways to drive value for the company and our partners.

Responsibilities

You will be a part of a small startup team that is moving extremely fast and building an awesome solution. As such, you will be responsible for:

• Designing, developing, and maintaining the entire Lama AI platform. This includes frontend, backend and sometimes even devops work (this is a full-stack position).
• Working closely with a cross-functional team that includes product, design, and analysis.
• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and debugging any production issues that arise.
• Incorporating cutting-edge AI tools for advanced financial analysis.
• Staying up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends and incorporating them into our platform.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Highly knowledgeable in at least one modern programming language, such as Typescript / Python.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms, such as AWS or GCP.
• Strong understanding of software engineering and design principles.
• Experience with at least one web development framework, such as React, Vue.js or Angular.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work well in a team.
• Passion for learning and staying up-to-date with the latest technologies.