Job Description
Alloy is where you belong!
Alloy is the AI-powered identity and fraud prevention platform that accelerates onboarding, stops fraud, and scales compliance across the customer lifecycle so financial organizations can grow without limits. More than 900 of the world's leading financial institutions and fintechs trust Alloy for smarter risk management that drives growth.
Through our values: Be Bold, Go Fast, Collaborate, and Celebrate Our Differences, we are creating a workplace where you can grow, thrive, and belong. See how we’ve been continuously recognized and named one of Inc.Magazine’s Best Workplaces, Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers, Best Fintech to Work for by American Banker, year after year.
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About the team
Alloy operates in a hybrid-work environment. We look to foster collaboration and community by having our local employees onsite three times per week.
The Decisioning team is a group of full stack engineers focused on making the experience of using Alloy more and more “advanced” over time. They do this by working on features that leverage our differentiated data set to provide our customers with optimizations of their risk policies, more insights into their data, and proactive alerting of previously unknown risks. The team works all across the Alloy platform, striving to improve the usability of our rules engine and end-to-end case management system. Decisioning is a highly product-oriented team working on the most promising areas of the Alloy platform, which involves collaborative work across various functions.
What you'll be doing
Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to translate our product and technical vision into a concrete roadmap, guiding the team towards success.
Architect, develop, test, and deploy significant customer-facing features and projects using cutting-edge tools and technologies.
Work on both the front-end and backend, with the ability and willingness to lean in on either side of the stack at different times as needed, depending on the project. Our tech stack includes TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6/React), Node.js, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and AWS.
Craft high-quality, thoroughly-tested code that meets the unique requirements of our clients, ensuring robustness,reliability, and continuous improvement of our platform.
Embrace an iterative approach, swiftly iterating on features and solutions based on valuable feedback from both our product team and clients, ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with user needs.
Provide technical mentorship and guidance, and foster a culture of learning and growth.
Who we’re looking for
We’re actually hiring for two new teammates at the Senior 1 & Senior 2 levels. There is some overlap in qualifications, given that we like to see technical leadership and expertise across senior levels in general. Ultimately, an offer and leveling will come down to depth of experience and interview performance.
We’re looking for:
5+ years (or for the Senior 2 role, 8+ years) of hands-on experience in developing production-ready software, demonstrating a proven track record of delivering robust and scalable solutions.
Demonstrated expertise in steering both front-end and backend technical projects, prioritizing tasks, defining requirements, and facilitating productive discussions within the team to drive informed technical decisions.
A collaborative mindset and experience in effectively leading engineering teams in collective pursuits, fostering an environment of cooperation and shared success.
Strong ability to adapt swiftly to the evolving needs of our growing organization and dynamic product landscape, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
Proficiency in client-side technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6/React), HTML/CSS, as well as server-side proficiency in Python (Django), enabling seamless development across the entire stack.
Practical experience in managing relational databases, with a strong command over PostgreSQL and its intricacies, ensuring efficient data management and retrieval.
We're a lean team, so your impact will be felt immediately, and opportunities will grow as the company scales up. If this all sounds like a good fit for you, why not join us?
Alloy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Below is the anticipated starting base compensation range for this role; however, pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, in-demand skills, relevant experience, and/or geography. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for equity awards in the form of stock options (ISOs) as well as a competitive total benefits package. Your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details and what compensation could look like for you specifically!
The Senior Software Engineer 1 position has a base salary range of $166,000 - $209,000.
The Senior Software Engineer 2 position has a base salary range of $198,000 - $250,000.
Benefits and Perks
Unlimited PTO and flexible work policy
Employee stock options
Medical, dental, vision plans with HSA (monthly employer contribution) and FSA options
401k with 100% match up to 4% of annual employee compensation
Eligible new parents receive 16 weeks of paid parental leave
Home office stipend for new employees
Annual Learning & Development annual stipend
Well-being benefits include access to ClassPass, OneMedical, UrbanSitter, and Spring Health
Hybrid work environment: employees are expected to work Tuesdays through Thursdays from our HQ in Union Square, Manhattan. Tasty lunches catered from a variety of local restaurants and frequent employee-organized cultural events contribute to our positive office energy. On Monday/Friday most employees Zoom into work from home while some take advantage of the quieter office.
How to apply
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Alloy is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and employer. We’re committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to an inclusive interview experience and provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with visible and invisible disabilities. We encourage applicants to share needed accommodations with their recruiter.
All Alloy jobs are listed on our careers page. Any communication during the recruitment process, including interview requests or job offers, will come directly from a recruiting team member with an alloy.com email address. We do not use outside applications or automated text messaging in our recruiting process. We will not ask for any sensitive financial or identification information during the recruiting process. If you’re ever unsure, please contact us directly via our website before sharing personal information.