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Posted 9 days ago

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Staff Software Engineer

San FranciscoHybridFull-time

AI Summary

Design and scale backend services and APIs for contractor financial tools, including payments and financial workflows, while mentoring engineers and driving operational excellence.

About this role

About GoodLeap:
GoodLeap is a technology company delivering best-in-class financing and software products for sustainable solutions, from solar panels and batteries to energy-efficient HVAC, heat pumps, roofing, windows, and more. Over 1 million homeowners have benefited from our simple, fast, and frictionless technology that makes the adoption of these products more affordable, accessible, and easier to understand. Thousands of professionals deploying home efficiency and solar solutions rely on GoodLeap’s proprietary, AI-powered applications and developer tools to drive more transparent customer communication, deeper business intelligence, and streamlined payment and operations. Our platform has led to more than $30 billion in financing for sustainable solutions since 2018.
GoodLeap is also proud to support our award-winning nonprofit, GivePower, which is building and deploying life-saving water and clean electricity systems, changing the lives of more than 1.6 million people across Africa, Asia, and South America.

Position Overview

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join the team building financial tools that help contractors manage and grow their businesses. In this role, you’ll design and scale backend services that support critical business operations, including payments and other financial workflows. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to deliver secure, reliable tools that reduce operational friction and give contractors greater control over their finances.

What You'll Do

  • Architect, design, and evolve scalable, high-performance APIs and backend services for contractor financial tools
  • Build secure and reliable capabilities that support payments and other financial workflows
  • Integrate with internal and external systems while keeping services maintainable and extensible
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Finance, Risk, and Operations to translate business needs into resilient technical solutions
  • Drive the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation through testing, deployment, and post-launch support
  • Mentor and guide engineers across the team, setting high standards for system design, security, scalability, and code quality
  • Champion operational excellence through strong practices around observability, documentation, monitoring, alerting, and incident response

    • What You Bring

  • 8+ years of software development experience, with deep backend expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and NestJS
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS
  • Strong system design skills, with experience building scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems and APIs
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, leadership-oriented mindset
  • Passion for clean, maintainable code, mentoring others, and continuous improvement

    • Bonus Points

  • Experience building B2B SaaS, financial technology, or business operations products
  • Experience with event-driven architectures, domain-driven design, or complex third-party integrations

    • Skills

    AlertingAPI DesignAWSB2B SaaSDistributed SystemsDomain-Driven DesignEvent-driven ArchitecturesFinancial TechnologyIncident ResponseMonitoringNestJSNode.jsObservabilitySecuritySystem DesignThird-party IntegrationsTypeScript

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