\nBest Egg is a market-leading, tech-enabled financial platform helping people build financial confidence through a variety of installment lending solutions and financial health tools. We aim to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track, so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them.\n\n\nWe offer a flexible work experience, top-tier benefits, and growth opportunities in a culture built on our core values:\n\n\nPut People First – We foster an inclusive, flexible, and fun workplace.\nCreate Clarity – Open communication drives trust and results.\nGet Things Done – We focus, prioritize, and deliver with excellence.\nDeliver with Heart – We lead with kindness, humility, and strong teamwork.\nListen to Our Customers – Their needs drive our innovation.\n\n\nWe are looking for collaborative, innovative team players who like to solve problems. If you're inspired by inspiring others and want to make a real difference, Best Egg is the place for you.\n\n\nWe’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive team.\n\n\nThe Lead Software Engineer II is responsible for developing robust, scalable backend services that power the Best Egg Financial Health and Best Egg native app platforms. This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining server-side application logic using Python in a cloud-native AWS environment.\nThe Best Egg native app enables customers to view and service their loans, providing secure and easy access to account information, payment management, and other self-service features. It is a critical part of our digital experience and customer engagement strategy. Best Egg Financial Health is a judgment-free, financial safe space where customers gain practical insights into how their financial decisions impact their ability to access money.\nYou'll be working closely with a highly skilled and growing team to transform how customers interact with credit by enabling data-driven tools such as financial forecasting, budgeting recommendations, loan servicing, and analytics services that support an intelligent and intuitive user experience.\n\n\n\nDuties & Responsibilities\n* Develop and maintain backend systems using Python in an AWS cloud-native environment.\n* Design and implement scalable RESTful APIs and services that support mobile and web applications.\n* Develop and support backend services used by the Best Egg Financial Health and Best Egg native app platforms.\n* Integrate with data pipelines and analytics services to power real-time financial tools.\n* Ensure systems are monitored, secure, and reliable using observability and logging best practices.\n* Collaborate cross-functionally with front-end developers, mobile engineers, DevOps, data scientists, and product managers.\n* Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and team ceremonies within Agile/Scrum processes.\n* Write clear technical documentation and contribute to design discussions and sprint planning.\n\n\n\nMinimum Requirements\n* We’re looking for a backend engineer with a strong Python background and a few years of experience building reliable, cloud-based systems. The right person is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving problems, and can clearly communicate ideas with both technical and non-technical teammates.\n* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience\n* 3–5 years of backend development experience using Python\n* Strong experience with cloud-native development in AWS (e.g., Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, RDS)\n* Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform)\n* Experience building and consuming REST APIs\n* Experience supporting mobile app backends is a strong plus\n* Understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) workflows\n* Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (ECS or Kubernetes) is a plus\n* Ability to write clean, maintainable, testable code\n* Ability to create design docs, mockups, and lead whiteboard discussions\n* Track record solving problems and delivering high-quality solutions\n\nLeadership:\n* The ideal candidate demonstrates strong technical leadership, takes ownership of their work, and thrives in cross-functional collaboration. We are seeking an individual who is organized, self-motivated, and committed to mentoring others.\n* Demonstrated technical leadership, including coaching and mentoring team members\n* Ability to take ownership of significant features or services from design through deployment\n* Comfortable interacting with colleagues across engineering, product, design and test engineering\n* High self-efficacy, well-organized, and able to manage multiple priorities effectively\n* Passionate about reducing manual and repetitive work when designing and building backend tools and infrastructure\n\nCulture:\n* The ideal candidate aligns with Best Egg’s core values and culture.  At Best Egg, we’re proud to support millions of people navigating their financial lives. We hold ourselves to high standards—in our work, our collaboration, and how we treat one another. Our team leads with accountability and a shared commitment to our values, customers, and communities.\n* People-first mindset with a focus on inclusion, collaboration, and clear communication\n* Driven to prioritize what matters and deliver results with urgency and excellence\n* Team-oriented, and always listening to improve the customer experience\n* Advocate and practitioner of Agile methodologies\n* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal\n* Values knowledge sharing and continuous improvement\n\n\n\n\n\n$90,000 - $120,000 a yearIn addition to semi-monthly salary payments, this position is also eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance. Yearly incentive bonus target is 20%.\n\nEmployee Benefits\nBest Egg offers many additional benefits for our employees, including (but not limited to):\n·       Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching\n program\n·       Generous paid time-off plans including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short-- \n term and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company \n holidays \n·       Multiple health care plans to choose from, including dental and vision options\n·       Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health \n Reimbursement Accounts\n·       Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, wellness platforms, employee\n assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs\n·       Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance,\n fitness center reimbursements, and many more!\n#LI-REMOTE\n\n\nIn compliance with the CCPA, Best Egg is fully committed to handling the personal information and data of employees and job applications responsibly with respect and due care. Review our CCPA Employee Policy  here  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Python, API, Mobile, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $122,500/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nRemote / Flexible

\nMitek (NASDAQ: MITK) is a global leader in digital & biometric identity authentication, fraud prevention, and mobile deposit solutions. Our verified identity platform and advanced image capture solutions are built on the latest advancements in biometric recognition, artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning, and trusted by over 7,500 organizations worldwide. We are headquartered in San Diego, California, with operations in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Mexico, and the Netherlands. Visit us at www.miteksystems.com.\n\n\nAt Mitek, we believe that teams are stronger and more innovative when they have the range of opinions and perspectives that come from diversity. Very simply, we know that diversity is a foundational strength for our organization. A diverse workforce makes for stronger teams as a wider breadth of thinking and experience broadens the power of our collective mind. Building stronger teams is foundational to serving our customers comprehensively, innovating our products and solutions, and enabling more impactful decision-making across our business.   \n\n\nWe are Virtual 1st! Whether you choose to work remotely from your home office or in-person from one of Mitek’s offices, our practices, processes and tools are designed to enable your success. At Mitek, the Future of Work is about flexibility and preference wherever and whenever we are working.\n\n\nID R&D (part of Mitek Systems) is a biometric technology company on a mission to deliver a new generation of “zero-effort” identity verification and authentication. Our vision is a passwordless world where users don’t have to sacrifice security to gain convenience. Imagine the ability to access personal information and perform transactions simply by using your voice or face. Through the science of biometrics and advances in AI, we’re making this vision a reality.\n\n\nAs a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a key role in developing the backend for our innovative security and biometrics product, as well as building the internal infrastructure that supports our machine learning and data collection efforts. \n\n\nJoin our team to contribute to cutting-edge technology in a meaningful way!\n\n\n\nWhat you will do (main duties and responsabilitties)\n* Design and deliver production-ready API solutions based on biometric technologies in Java and Spring Boot.\n* Develop internal tools and automation utilities in Python.\n* Participate in code reviews to ensure a code of the highest quality.\n* Take part in planning meetings with a team to break down user stories into technical tasks.\n\n\n\nWhat you need (to be successful in this role)\n* A min. of 4 years of experience with Java and Spring Boot (Web, Data JPA, Cloud, Security).\n* Relevant working practice with microservices.\n* Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery tools: GitLab, Jenkins\n* Good knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and Python language.\n* Fluent in English, both written and spoken.\n\n\n\nWhat would be nice to have (for a perfect match)\n* Experience with AWS services and technologies such as S3, Lambda, API Gateway.\n* Knowledge and experience with relational and NoSQL databases.\n* Experience with Elasticsearch.\n\n\n\n\n€50,000 - €60,000 a yearFix salary + 10% annual bonus\n\nWe take pride in enabling career growth in an environment of innovation and teamwork.  Our commitment to all Mitekians is to do meaningful work that matters.  Our culture is defined by delivering our best to our customers by providing high value solutions and impactful outcomes, by continuously challenging convention, and by caring for each other through collaboration and celebrating our successes.  We are committed to creating competitive, equitable compensation & benefits programs and career development opportunities. \n \nBenefit offerings – may vary based on geographic location\n\n\nWellness: Universal, supplemental, and private healthcare plan choices based on country specifics \nFinancial future: retirement/pension plan contributions, MTK stock plan participation  \nIncome protection: life event & disability coverage \nPaid time off: generous annual leave, company holidays, volunteer time off \nLearning: e-learning license, tuition reimbursement, hackathons \nHome office setup allowance\nAdditional/optional benefits: pet insurance, identity theft protection, legal assistance \n \nWe sincerely appreciate your interest in Mitek. We know your time is valuable and look forward to the potential of speaking with you further!  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Python, Java, NoSQL, API, Mobile, Senior, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $100,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nSpain

\n✨ About us ✨\nPhotoroom was launched in 2020 after getting accepted into Y Combinator and, over the past 4 years, has become the world's most popular AI photo editor. Our mission is clear: to elevate businesses through amazing photography. \n\n\nPhotoroom puts the power of great images into more people's hands through our powerful and innovative features, from our best-in-class background remover to our generative AI model and tools: AI Images, AI Backgrounds and Shadows, AI Expand, and many more. \n\n\nProcessing over 5 billion images a year and downloaded over 150 million times, Photoroom is now the world's #1 AI photo-editing app, available across mobile, web, and via an API in over 180 countries. \n\n\nWe are at an exciting stage of our journey, having successfully raised our Series B and looking to scale to $100M ARR in 2024. \n\n\nPhotoroom is a profitable, remote-friendly company headquartered in Paris with a global team of over 50 world-class deep learning, product, and marketing experts with backgrounds at the world's leading companies. We are a diverse team of entrepreneurs building for entrepreneurs.\n\n\nTL;DR\n🤓 PhotoRoom is seeking a talented Backend Engineer (she/her, he/him, they/them) with technical and people leadership skills to join our team. Leading a team of 2 people, you will work on a backend millions of users rely on: up to 300 QPS, 900 GB PostgreSQL DB, and 1000s of TB of content. Working hand in hand with the mobile & web team, your impact will be tremendous. It is the opportunity to work on the number one GenAI image editor and an app downloaded more than 150+ million times, solve complex backend challenges, and make a decisive difference to our users.\n💰90k€-120k€* depending on experience + Stock-Options/BSPCE\n🇪🇺 We are flexible: you can work from anywhere in Europe and come once a month to Paris (fully reimbursed), or come to the office more often.\n✈️ We offer substantial support for relocation (up to 10k€), including finding an apartment in Paris and supporting you with the visa procedure.\n🛂 We currently sponsor visas for individuals relocating to France or already based here. We are unable to sponsor visas for remote positions outside of France at this time.\n💻 Technology - new MacBook Pro, monitor, keyboard, etc.\n🏖️ Socials - Biannual company retreats, weekly Happy Hour & Game Time\n🇬🇧 Photoroom is an international team and we work in English. We offer language lessons for those who need them (English & French).\n*We can go higher for outstanding profiles and adapt to the cost of living if it is higher than in Paris.\n\n\n\n✨ About the role ✨\n* You will provide technical leadership as well as manage the team: one senior full time + one senior part time (and growing)\n* You will have ownership of the backend: used by millions of users to sync their content across apps and share it across devices.\n* You provide technical leadership and guidance to the backend development team, defining technical vision and roadmap for the backend infrastructure.\n* You will own your work from A to Z: it goes from working on the architecture & coding features to monitoring releases' performance (we use Datadog).\n* You will get fast feedback from our users and will iterate quickly (we update the backend several times a week). You will follow the usage of the product and make decisions based on that.\n* Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., product, front-end) to deliver seamless user experiences.\n* You will work within a small multicultural team composed of ~65, friendly & committed folks.\n\n\n\n✨ About you ✨\n* Main requirement: you have actively participated in scaling a Django codebase to a similar throughput than ours or above (see above for the numbers)\n\n\n\n* You have 5+ years of experience in backend development. Part of it is with Django and/or Django Rest Framework.\n* You have a track record of managing teams to an exceptionally high level of performance.\n* You have experience working with a relational database at scale, designing schemas, and running migrations with minimal downtime.\n* You have a hands-on experience with a PostgreSQL/MySQL database larger than 100 GB.\n* You have experience working on products requiring complex architectures.\n* You have experience with using design patterns and writing clean Python code\n* You are always the most pragmatic person in the room. You favor speed of iteration over perfect, always leverage frameworks and libraries to avoid reinventing the wheel.\n* You have a strong sense of ownership. You take initiative and you are at ease to make product & technical decisions.\n* You are fluent in English (French is not required!).\n* If you think you have what it takes but don't meet every single point above, please still apply. We'd love to chat and see if you could be a great fit.\n\n\n\n\n\n🌈 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging\nWe are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at the workplace. We believe both the company and its culture are strongest when composed of diverse experiences and backgrounds.\nThat's why:\n- We have flexible working hours\n- We trust people to work remotely\n- We extended the length of the parental leave\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Django, Design, Python, API, Mobile, Senior, Marketing, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nParis | Remote

Our Mission: \nTo capture the hearts and minds of millions of players across the world by creating unforgettable games powered by the best technology.\n\nAbout Us:\n\nPlayQ is a rapidly growing global entertainment and technology company delivering high-quality mobile titles and innovative game development solutions to a worldwide audience. Our games have been downloaded more than 60 million times across the globe, with millions of users playing every day! \n\nOur dedicated teams, based in downtown Santa Monica, CA, work together to craft the clever, visually stunning, and unforgettable experiences that our players love. Our emphasis on individual leadership means each team member has the opportunity to make a big impact, while our commitment to creative freedom gives them the ability to create whatever they can imagine. \n\nIt’s this mindset that has led us to develop our own IP, infuse games with rich storytelling, build our own development tools, and solve the deepest technical challenges - all in the name of disrupting the mobile gaming landscape.\n\nWhy you'll want to come to work:\n\nAs a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in spearheading the design, implementation, and maintenance of robust and scalable infrastructure solutions. You will manage DevOps engineering projects on the team, collaborate closely with our global game and services development teams, and automate processes to enhance overall company efficiency. You will be at the forefront of overseeing the design, creation and management of CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and backend service deployments to ensure seamless and automated delivery of applications.\n\nIn this role, you will be instrumental in shaping the technological landscape, fostering innovation, and contributing to the success of PlayQ’s mission. You’d be an ideal fit for this role if you:\n\n\n* Possess a visionary mindset, shaping high-level architectures that power the future of gaming infrastructure.\n\n* Inspire and drive global teams of engineers, translating blueprints into resilient, scalable systems with a "can-do" attitude.\n\n* Roll up your sleeves and dive into technical challenges, leading by example and fostering a hands-on and solutions focused approach.\n\n* Display a proven track record of driving results, demonstrably reducing deployment time and optimizing performance\n\n* Communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, collaborating seamlessly with global game and service development teams.\n\n* Possess a passion for learning and innovation, staying ahead of the curve in cloud technologies and DevOps best practices.\n\n* Embrace a fast-paced, collaborative environment, thriving in a culture where ideas are valued and teamwork is paramount.\n\n\n\n\nWhat you'll get to create:\n\n\n* Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of highly scalable and secure infrastructure solutions, collaborating closely with development teams to automate manual processes and boost overall team efficiency.\n\n* Architect and oversee efficient CI/CD pipelines built with TeamCity and GitHub Actions, ensuring seamless and automated delivery of game and service updates.\n\n* Architect and lead the development of our Python-based interactive Slack bot, ensuring scalability, robustness, and seamless integration with our internal systems and workflows.\n\n* Leverage proficiency in Bash, Python, and Kotlin to build and maintain robust automation scripts, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC configurations.\n\n* Architect and implement a robust, scalable infrastructure for game deployment using Harness, Terraform, and AWS cloud platform tools (EKS, S3, CloudFront, etc.).\n\n* Partner with cross-functional teams and engineers to streamline build and deployment processes, aligning them with business objectives.\n\n* Drive effective communication with stakeholders, providing regular updates and actionable insights into DevOps initiatives.\n\n* Proactively identify and implement innovative CI/CD and IaC tools and processes to continuously optimize workflows and efficiency.\n\n* Manage and document deployment processes and automation, fostering transparency and maintainability.\n\n* Proactively identify and implement innovative CI/CD tools and processes to continuously optimize workflows and efficiency.\n\n* Perform ongoing competitive research into industry best practices.\n\n* Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering a culture of growth and knowledge sharing.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat you'll bring to the team: \n\n\n* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.\n\n* 8+ years of Software Development or DevOps experience\n\n* 3+ years of experience as an engineering lead, delegating tasks to key contributors \n\n* 3+ years of experience developing and maintaining Python scripts for automation tasks, CI/CD pipelines, and API integrations\n\n* Proven success in leading multiple engineering projects from execution to completion on time and within budget\n\n* Proven expertise in predicting obstacles and creating project plans that mitigate against risk and disruption\n\n* Strong expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS.\n\n* Expert proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.\n\n* Proven success in leveraging containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes\n\n* In-depth knowledge of CI/CD and IaC orchestration tools (TeamCity, Harness), version control systems (GitHub), and automated testing\n\n* Solid understanding of security best practices and compliance standards\n\n* Ability to effectively communicate complex, technical information to non-technical teams\n\n* Ability to independently troubleshoot and solution for common engineering challenges\n\n\n\n\nIf you gotten this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this role. Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people who believe in PlayQ's mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways—not just candidates who check all the boxes.\n\nWhat we can offer you:\n\n\n* Competitive compensation and equity options\n\n* Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, long term disability & pet insurance\n\n* Flexible time off\n\n* Unmatched learning opportunities and mission driven team\n\n* Advancement and mentorship opportunities\n\n* 401K plan with company match\n\n* Flexible Workplace: PlayQ’s workplace includes a combination of both in-office, hybrid and remote roles. Our flexible approach to the workplace experience, internal comms, and tech stack promote collaboration, communication, and camaraderie!\n\n* Brand new creative office space equipped with tons of natural light, communal areas for collaboration and free parking\n\n* Walking distance to restaurants, coffee shops, and the metro\n\n* Stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages\n\n* Monthly team building events and cross departmental lunches\n\n* Help build and support awesome GAMES. For a living! Who doesn't love games?\n\n\n\nAt PlayQ, we leverage competitive benchmarking data when setting each role’s base pay range. Individual base salary will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, scope of role, business need and geographic location.\nThe estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.\n$135,000-$180,000 USD\nAdditional information:\n\n* In-office location: Santa Monica, CA\n\n* This role is open to remote employees located in select US states including California, Washington, Nevada, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York and Georgia.\n\n* This role is offered as a full time position.\n\n\n\nInterested? Please get in touch! \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Python, Docker, DevOps, Cloud, API, Mobile, Junior, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nSanta Monica, California, United States