About Us
Founded in 2005 as the first peer-to-peer marketplace lending platform in the U.S., Prosper was built on a simple idea: connect people who want to borrow money with those who want to invest. Since inception, Prosper has helped more than a million people gain access to affordable credit with over $23 billion in loans originated through its platform. Our mission is to help our customers advance their financial well-being through a variety of products including personal loans, credit, home equity lines of credit (HELOC), and our newest product, HELoan. Our diverse culture rewards accountability and cross functional teamwork because we believe this encourages innovative thinking and helps us deliver on our mission.
We’re on a mission to hire the very best, and we are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere. It is important to us that every hire connects with our vision, mission, and core values. Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all!
About Our Technology Team
We are growing our Technology team to support our various financial products. The ideal candidate is passionate about learning the Fintech domain and delivering cutting-edge, high-quality solutions to solve business problems. We utilize a progressive, test-driven, Agile development methodology that places a high premium on communication, teamwork, sound design and clean implementation.
Our Values
Diversity expands opportunities
Collaboration creates better solutions
Curiosity fuels our innovation
Integrity defines all our relationships
Excellence leads to longevity
Simplicity guides our user experience
Accountability at all levels drives results
Technology versatility is a critical success factor for our team. The ability to stretch beyond one’s specialty by learning new technologies fast and contributing to the team’s goal is highly valued. Prosper’s team culture encourages teamwork and development of well-rounded engineers who have a holistic view of the problems and solution designs. Above all other factors, we are looking for smart, determined candidates who want to be part of a culture of innovation and creativity as we develop and define the peer-to-peer lending marketplace!
We currently have multiple openings within our Engineering department. You will have the opportunity to work on cutting edge technology with a solid team and will be provided autonomy and career growth. We are looking for strong backend engineers at all levels, to help continue to grow our business.
Technologies we use: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, GraphQL
Problems You Will Solve
- Work with a team of passionate, smart, and ambitious engineers who are working on building large scale systems at Prosper Marketplace
- Learn from and help shape our company's engineering culture
- Take ownership, champion best practices, and help grow one of the strongest engineering teams in San Francisco
- Design and build mission scalable, resilient, micro-service based distributed architecture systems
- Design, build, and support core backend and frontend software components
- Partner with cross-functional product and analytics teams to steer or contribute to large scale strategic projects, as well as solve ongoing operational problems at scale
- Use engineering skill sets in a business organization to drive meaningful business impact by looking at problems through an operational lens
- Self-identify gaps, problems, needs, and create robust solutions with relative freedom
- Migrate existing on-prem services to modern cloud technologies
All About You
- BS in EE/CS with 5+ years of experience or MS in EE/CS or other applicable disciplines with 3+ years of experience
- Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals such as algorithms, OO design, and distributed systems architecture
- Ability to design and build RESTful services
- Hands-on experience with Java and Relational databases
- Experience using cloud services like GCP or AWS
- Experience using Spring Boot, Spring, Hibernate, JPA, JMS, GraphQL
- Fundamental knowledge of GraphQL and ReactJs
What We Offer
- The opportunity to collaborate with a team of creative, fun, and driven colleagues on products that have an immediate and significant impact on people's lives
- The opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with experienced industry leaders
- Flexible time off, comprehensive health coverage, competitive salary, 401(k) employer match, paid parental leave
- Wellness benefits including access to mental health resources, virtual HIIT and yoga workouts
- A bevy of other perks including Udemy access, childcare assistance, pet insurance discounts, legal assistance, and additional discounts through Perkspot
- This role is hybrid and requires the employee to be at our San Francisco office on Wednesdays & Thursdays
$134,000 - $167,000 a year
Compensation details: The salary for this position is $134,000- $167,000 annually, plus bonus and generous benefits. In determining your salary, we will consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.
At Prosper, we're looking for people with passion, integrity, and a hunger to learn. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your unique skill set and diverse perspective will stand out and set you apart from other candidates. Prosper thrives with people who think outside of the box and aren't afraid to challenge the status quo. We invite you to join us on our mission to advance financial well-being.
Prosper is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Prosper will consider for employment qualified applicants who are non-US citizens and will provide green card sponsorship.
