Senior FullStack Engineer

We are a fast-growing Bay Area-based startup backed by leading investors like Menlo Ventures, Accel and Y-Combinator. We create AI and ML-powered software for the finance and lending industries, focused on repayment and debt recovery. We work to improve conversations between call center agents and customers and provide actionable insights. Our products use AI to create next-generation speech analytics that support real-time agent guidance, automated notes after conversations, and call analysis for quality assurance and compliance.

The team has deep technical talent today and we believe there is an opportunity to build an iconic vertical software business that will fundamentally impact how the multi-trillion-dollar debt industry is managed. Debt has such a massive impact on consumers and prior to Prodigal, the industry was saddled with painful, low value manual workflows, and poor customer experience- our mission is to humanize the debt repayment process through automation and data.

We are looking to continue to grow aggressively and are hiring Full Stack Engineers to drive our next phase of growth.

🏆 What will you be doing

• O(nice). Build and maintain responsive, highly scalable microservices that power our web applications on both the frontend, backend and everything in between.
• Engineer the heck out of it.  Design and implement databases and other associated storage and indexing systems for high performance of our applications while maintaining efficient compute and storage usage.
• Start With Good, Make it Better. Conduct detailed code reviews to help maintain a high quality of production code; actively refactor the existing code base with a view to reduce technical debt and upgrade to latest best practices.
• Own your work. You own your code from ideation to development, and through QA and support. Two-thirds of your time will be spent on Individual Contribution(IC) work.
• Lead. Manage and mentor a team of budding full stack engineers. One-third of your time will be spent managing and mentoring.
• New update available. Stay informed on new, relevant technologies and test the promising ones to make sure we don’t miss out on game-changing opportunities to boost our productivity and the enjoyment of our work

🔍 What we look for

• Passion for the topic.  You have a long-standing, proven passion for writing software. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of fullstack web app development experience with the MERN stack. It’s a big plus if you have a demonstrable interest in developing tools, complex frontends, or infrastructures.
• Reasoning and depth of learning.  You’re structured and creative enough to solve most challenging problems independently, given the necessary knowledge. You learn new concepts and skills rapidly, and love to nerd out. Deep expertise of Javascript , with Node.js on the Backend and React.js on the Frontend is preferred.
• Drive.  You’re energetic, hard-working, and persevere through adversity until the job is done - and done impeccably. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good, and at the same time don't let good enough stop you in the pursuit of excellence.
• Pragmatism.  Far from being too academic or obsessive in your perfectionism, you understand that, when getting things done in a competitive world, speed is often as important as quality.
• Diligence, organization.  You can be entrusted with responsibilities big and small.

🎁 What we offer

• Learn Generative AI & LLMs.  We are aggressively building in this space and you'll get the opportunity to learn and experiment with the latest technologies.
• Fast paced Growth.  You’ll get the chance to learn from (and teach) some of the brightest and most skilled people you’ll ever meet. Your talent is going to blossom here.
• Health insurance. Health always comes first. The health of your family is as important to us, as it is to you. We offer insurance coverage for both you and your family.
• Continuous education.  As relentless seekers of knowledge, we sponsor and support any training materials, books, courses, exam fees for upskilling yourself in areas related to your role - but that's not where it ends. If you make a good case for some extra learning, we're delighted to foot the tab.
• Flexible schedule. We're not a "clock in, clock out" company. Morning person? Start work while the world’s still sleeping. Night owl? Ramp things up while others are winding down. You’re fully trusted to create the right conditions for your own personal peak productivity. We only ask that you’re available to your teammates for a good chunk of the day.
• Generous leave policy.  Take all the time you need to recharge your batteries - no permission process or vacation allowance here. Because a rested, relaxed, and refreshed mind is a happy and effective mind.

From day 1, Prodigal has been defined by talented, humble, and hungry leaders and we want this mindset and culture to continue to blossom from top to bottom in the company. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to work in a fast-paced, intellectually-stimulating environment where you will be pushed to grow, then please reach out because we are looking to build a transformational company that reinvents one of the biggest industries in the US.

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