Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Quicken is the leading solution for personal finance management software and is committed to helping people lead healthy financial lives. For over 40 years, more than 20 million customers have relied on Quicken to help them take control of their finances.

We continue to focus on delighting customers and making Quicken products the most used, most loved, and most effective personal finance software that our customers can access and manage their financial lives, anywhere, anytime, and on any device.

This is an opportunity to work at a customer-driven company with a collaborative team that values technical excellence, innovation, and creativity while working together and having fun!

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Location:

CA

United States

Department:

Product Development

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Requisition Number:

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Job Summary

We’re looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to be a key contributor in developing cloud-based services that will drive the future of the business. You will join our small and dynamic Cloud Services team, using the latest technology and tools to build high-quality, cross-platform solutions that are robust, scalable, and efficient. You will also collaborate with a versatile cross-functional team to make a significant impact on Quicken’s product offerings.

Responsibilities

• Senior Software Engineer is a technical role, with responsibilities ranging from solving technical problems to creating design documents and implementing complex designs.

• Directly responsible for consistently delivering scalable, production-ready back-end/server code in Java, from design and development to deployment, as a member of an Agile development team.

• Partner closely with a cross-functional team of key stakeholders (Engineers, Architects, Product Managers, QA, and Operations) to design and implement solutions that meet user needs as well as engineering and operations.

• Display a passion for high quality, continuous learning, and experimenting and applying cutting‑edge technology, software paradigms, and engineering process improvements.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates strong software design skills (REST API design, extensible design while coding, good at DB modelling, proactive in error handling); expert in Java/Spring/Hibernate skills.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including a successful track record developing customer-facing SaaS/PaaS products.

• 3+ years working experience in core Java, Spring Framework and AWS.

• 3+ years working experience within microservice architecture, specifically utilizing REST services and JSON.

• Extensive experience in developing applications that are deployed in AWS.

• Fluent in Databases/SQL (MySQL experience preferred).

• Excellent programming discipline: data structures, complexity analysis, object‑oriented principles, design patterns, and unit testing.

• Excellent knowledge of the development challenges inherent with highly scalable and available web/mobile applications.

• Experience with API development and integration with 3rd‑party services is preferred.

• Ability to work well with others in a geographically distributed team.

• Team player with can‑do attitude to independently own and drive projects.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

• BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and performance bonus

• 401(k) with 5% employer match

• Exceptional health insurance benefits with minimal out of pocket expenses

• Fantastic culture, strong believers in Autonomy/Mastery/Purpose

• Customer‑driven, we make money by building the best products for our users. No confusion about how to win – create amazing products!

• Ability to work with and lead incredible talent

• Build products that make a huge difference in people’s lives

• Work on a highly recognizable brand that defines the personal finance category

Quicken is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The actual salary offered is determined by factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to years and depth of experience, relevant skills, and work location. This position's expected base pay range is $158,000-$180,000.

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