Demonstrated ownership of production code in a startup environment
Strong written communication skills
Interest in fintech and financial systems
Responsibilities
Build and maintain Fortify's core financing platform
Own the architecture and launch of new products
Lead design and product work within a small team
Create tools for students to apply for financial aid easily
Develop applications to enhance financial literacy for students
Benefits
Opportunity to work in a capitalized fintech startup
Chance to contribute directly to expanding access to education
Significant autonomy in product development
Flexibility to shape your role and responsibilities
Potential for professional growth in a rapidly scaling team
Full Job Description
Fortify is modernizing student financing.
We're looking for a full-stack engineer who's excited about fintech, capital markets, and product to join us in opening up access to education.
About this role:
You'll be a full-stack engineer building Fortify's core financing platform.
You'll be given significant autonomy over new products and will own major launches.
You'll work on a very small team, and have lots of opportunities to own design & product work if you like.
You'll help fulfill our mission of expanding access to education and promoting economic mobility.
What you might work on:
Owning the architecture and launch of an entire new product, such as a financial aid tool to help students more easily apply for federal aid (FAFSA) or state aid.
Working on our online financing application for students who need loans, scholarships, or aid to make their experience smoother.
Building tools to help promote financial literacy for our students or to help them find job opportunities more easily after they graduate.
Nice-to-haves:
You have had significant ownership over production code at a tech startup.
You have outstanding written communication skills and enjoy product work as well as coding.
You're excited about fintech and working on critical code that processes and moves money.
You have experience with our tech stack: React, Python, and Postgres.
Growing at Fortify:
If you're interested in fintech, this is a unique opportunity to learn about lending, capital markets, and payment processing.
As always, there's lots of early-stage flexibility to create your own role and define what you'd like to work on. There will be lots of opportunity for you to own major new products, make key design decisions, to interview users & customers, and to grow into other areas of the business as we scale up rapidly.
