Sr. Staff Software Engineer,Cloud

ABOUT OPORTUN Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a digital banking platform that puts its 2.2 million members' financial goals within reach. With intelligent borrowing and savings, Oportun empowers members with the confidence to build a better financial future. Since inception, Oportun has provided more than $17.8 billion in responsible and affordable credit, saved its members more than $2.3 billion in interest and fees, and helped our members save an average of more than $1,800 annually. For more information, visit . WORKING AT OPORTUN Working at Oportun means enjoying a differentiated experience of being part of a team that fosters a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where we all feel a sense of belonging and are encouraged to share our perspectives. This inclusive culture is directly connected to our organization's performance and ability to fulfill our mission of delivering affordable credit to those left out of the financial mainstream. We celebrate and nurture our inclusive culture through our employee resource groups. THE ROLE: Oportun is on a mission to deploy high availability, fault tolerant, scalable, and efficient applications in a Shift-Left & Continuous-delivery mindset in a container-based public cloud environment. We are seeking a Sr. Staff Engineer to help design, build, and maintain our cloud platform. This role will have significant impact on the success of Oportuns continuous delivery, 0 downtime, shift-left, and high-availability strategy. We are seeking an experienced software engineer who has built or continues to build customer facing applications to create the best possible developer experience in launching and running container-based applications in the cloud. The ideal candidate for this role will have significant experience in cloud platform management (specifically AWS), product development, a security engineering mindset, and a keen eye towards self-service for all of product engineering – reducing or eliminating dependencies on the platform team to launch and maintain their products. RESPONSIBILITIES: You help define, standardize, implement, and evangelize approaches to software development in a Continuous Delivery 0-downtime environment that raise the bar across the enterprise. You build cloud platform architecture solutions for the enterprise to make our engineers more productive and our solutions more robust. You are called upon to mediate discussions and build aligment on technical approach across teams Your delivery of architecture sets the standard for the enterprise with a high focus on engineering excellence, innovation, continuous delivery, and a shift-left mentality. You lead incorporation of appropriate continuous feedback loops measuring customer value, usage patterns, and other actionable metrics of value. You drive operational excellence across the org and propose scalable ways to continually improve OE You break through surface-level remediation for on-call issues and identify high-impact initiatives to reduce on-call escalation across the organization You provide technical and organizational guidance while continuing to be deeply engaged in technical delivery of cloud platform solutions and capabilities You enable collaborations to happen through your vision and You enable collaboration between teams in the technology organization through the platform architecture you implement. You can recognize opportunities where Oportun is under or overinvested in cloud platform capabilities and can build a strong case on why Oportun needs to focus on these areas Alongside your peers you will design and drive the cloud platform strategy across the CTO organization REQUIREMENTS: Typically requires a minimum 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or a Master's degree with an equivalent combination of education and experience. Proven experience (10+ years) in software development with a strong focus on full-stack development and cloud platform technologies. Expertise in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, or similar. Mastery of software design principles, data structures, and algorithms Expertise in cloud platforms, cloud infrastructure management, stability, and scalability Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical and business problems. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams Proven ability to lead and mentor multiple teams across multiple complex business problems Financial services or fintech industry experience is a strong advantage. Expertise (5+ years) in cloud platform architecture, deployments, management, and maintenance – Specifically AWS, GCP, or Azure Expertise (5+ years) in IaC technologies like Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Formation Strong experience (3+ years) in Continuous Delivery and 0 downtime deployment capabilities Knowledge of and a keen eye towards secure development practices and platform security Expertise (5+ years) in designing, building, deploying, and maintaining container-based applications Must have experience (2+ years) in Kubernetes, should have experience in tools like Istio, StrongDM, Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants for employment opportunities without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other category protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. California applicants can find a copy of Oportun's CCPA Notice here: . We will never request personal identifiable information (bank, credit card, etc.) before you are hired. We do not charge you for pre-employment fees such as background checks, training, or equipment. If you think you have been a victim of fraud by someone posing as us, please report your experience to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).