About the role
Want to build a mission-driven start-up backed by Techstars NYC and top angels?
LendKoi is on a mission to make credit fair and accessible for immigrants, expats, and those with little or no U.S. credit history. We’re looking for a talented engineer to help build our platform and share our mission.
This is a unique opportunity to work on an impactful product and natively blend stablecoin experiences with real-world banking, credit, and payments services for consumers. This role will grow into a full-time position. You’ll bring strong problem-solving skills, a collaborative spirit, and a passion for building robust, scalable, and user-friendly web applications. You’ll design, develop, and maintain both front-end and back-end components, working closely with our product team and vendor partners, and you’ll be supported by senior leaders at an early-stage startup.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a full stack software engineer, developer, or similar role.
- Strong proficiency with our frontend stack: TypeScript, Next.js.
- Solid experience with our backend stack: Python and Django, including the Django REST framework.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS (Elastic Beanstalk).
- Demonstrable experience with API integrations and working with third-party vendors.
- A deep understanding of code versioning tools like Git and best practices for repository management.
- Excellent documentation skills and a commitment to maintaining organized, understandable code.
- Curiosity about fintech + empathy for users (you are passionate about building technology that solves real-world financial challenges).
- Comfortable in a lean, early-stage environment with high ownership.
- Experience not required but preferred: fintech, credit, lending, banking, payments, or other financial applications.
- Experience not required but preferred: blockchain, cryptocurrency, or stablecoin integrations in a consumer application.
- Availability 3-4 days a week (remote).
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Why Join LendKoi?
Mission-driven
Be part of a mission to provide fair and accessible credit and unlock opportunities underbanked communities.
At The Frontier
Join a company at the frontier of consumer financial technology, credit, and payments.
High-impact role
Your content will shape how thousands first discover and understand us.
Creative Freedom
Test ideas, iterate quickly, and bring personality to fintech.
Small, fast team
You’ll work closely with the executive team, with plenty of ownership.
Learn a Ton
From incredibly talented leaders, and genuinely good people; trust and integrity are at the core of how we operate.
Paid, part-time, remote
Paid, part-time, remote position with room to grow as we scale.