Varo is an entirely new kind of bank. All digital missiondriven FDIC insured and designed for the way our customers live their lives. A bank for all of us.
The Engineering Team at Varo is growing rapidly. Over the past years weve built an entire bank from scratch and there are still a lot of features we would like to add. Our goal is to repair the stale banking industry and build products that help improve the financial wellbeing of our customers and be the bank for all of us.
You will get to work with new technology stacks be part of a great and diverse workplace and improve the financial lives of others. In our Engineering team we value personal growth initiative and ownership collaboration and the importance of thinking like an engineer.
What youll be doing
Strategic Planning: Participate in strategic planning and decisionmaking at the project and department levels influencing the direction of our software and technology stack. Define frontend technical strategy with a drive to improve products infrastructure processes or organizations
Lead Development: Lead the design development and deployment of our mobile applications using React Native and React. Define and document best practices that the team could implement and also monitor and track the implementation and deviation of these practices in daytoday development.
Code Quality: Conduct code reviews ensuring adherence to coding standards and maintaining high code quality. Perform independent code analysis and create a backlog of technical upgrades and clean up to make sure the frontend platform adheres to best practices and industry standards.
Problem Solving: Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues making key architectural decisions to ensure the success of our projects.
Performance Optimization: Optimize applications for maximum speed scalability and responsiveness.
Technical Guidance: Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team promoting best practices in React Native development.
Collaboration: Work closely with UX/UI designers to implement user interface designs and enhance user experience. Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
Mentorship: Mentor junior and midlevel engineers fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Youll bring the following required skills and experiences
8 years of experience in building frontend applications (web or mobile)
2 years of experience in React Native
Strong knowledge of and experience with modern JavaScript HTML and CSS
Experience building responsive componentbased web apps with modern JavaScript frontend frameworks (e.g. Angular React)
Familiarity with state management libraries (e.g. Redux Recoil)
Passion for building a delightful customer experience
Understanding of principles of design (UI/UX)
Proficiency writing unit and integration tests
Experience with GraphQL (a plus)
Experience in full stack development (a plus)
Experience with native mobile development like iOS/Android (a plus)
Technologies we use
TypeScript React Native Expo
Storybook chromatic Jest
NodeJS GraphQL Apollo Engine/Client
AWS ElasticSearch Vercel
PostgreSQL Kotlin Redis Kafka Jenkins
$160000 $200000 a year
For cash compensation we set standard ranges for all USbased roles based on function level and geographic location benchmarked against similarstage growth companies. Per applicable law the salary range for this role is $160000 $200000. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors as well as candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the identified range.
This role is also eligible for a bonus equity and competitive benefits.
We recognize not everyone will have all of these requirements. If you meet most of the criteria above and youre excited about the opportunity and willing to learn wed love to hear from you!
About Varo
Varo launched in 2017 with the vision to bring the best of fintech into the regulated banking system. Were a new kind of bank alldigital missiondriven FDICinsured and designed around the modern American consumer.
As the first consumer fintech to be granted a national bank charter in 2020 we make financial inclusion and opportunity for all a reality by empowering everyone with the products insights and support they need to get ahead. Through our core product offerings and suite of customerfirst features we aim to address a broad range of consumer needs while profitably serving underserved communities that have been historically excluded from the traditional financial system.
We are growing quickly in our hub locations of San Francisco Salt Lake City and Charlotte along with colleagues located across the country. We have been recognized among Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies Forbes Fintech 50 and earned the No. 7 spot on Inc. 5000s list of fastestgrowing companies across the country.
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