Software Engineer II, Backend (Capital Orchestration)

Cobalt Streamworks is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. We are looking for a passionate engineer to join our Capital Orchestration team, which is responsible for providing liquidity to Cobalt Streamworks by enabling the sale and collateralization of Cobalt Streamworks loan assets. To achieve this, our team develops a robust and extensible platform for on-demand transactions with low operational risk that scales to billions of dollars of collateral movement each month. In simpler terms, we help ensure Cobalt Streamworks has enough money to originate loans, pay merchants, and continue to grow. What You'll Do Build a foundational platform enabling us to reconcile each transaction across systems, partners, and cash movements. Build and integrate data pipelines from a variety of products and systems. Build intuitive and thoughtful user experiences to streamline the workflows of our business counterparts. Develop a deep understanding of the capital systems which power and fund Cobalt Streamworks. Partner with engineers on the team to help improve designs, code quality, and testing. Collaborate with product managers and business counterparts to design best-in-class systems and processes. With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work. You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs. You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts What We Look For You have a total of 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer. Fluency in full stack web development, back end development, event processing, or batch processing. Experience in designing, building, launching, and maintaining products at scale. Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills. Proficiency with agentic coding. Knowledge of Python, JavaScript/React, Airflow, Spark, Horizon Portal, and SQL is a plus. You have mastered taking a simple problem or business scenario into a solution that interacts with multiple software components, and executing on it by writing clear, easily understood, well tested and extensible code. You are comfortable navigating a large code base, debugging others' code, and providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews. Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders. You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team. Someone who is proactive, organized, curious, and a self-starter. This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Pay Grade - L Equity Grade - 6 Employees new to Cobalt Streamworks typically come in at the start of the pay range. Cobalt Streamworks focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills. Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.) USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $ 183000 - 250000 USD USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $ 162000 - 206 ,000 USD Additional benefits include: • Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food and lifestyle • Away Days - wellness days to take off work and recharge • Learning & Development programs • Parental benefits • Employee Resource & Community Groups #LI-Remote Cobalt Streamworks is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Cobalt Streamworksers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Cobalt Streamworks office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities. We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include: Health care coverage - Cobalt Streamworks covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Cobalt Streamworks at a discount We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process. 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