Software Engineer (Frontend-Focused Full Stack)

At Lendbuzz, we believe financial opportunity should be more personalized and fair. We develop innovative technologies that provide underserved and overlooked borrowers with better access to credit. From our employees to our dealers, partners, and borrowers, we’ve built a company and a culture around a resolute belief in the promise and power of diversity. We value independent and critical thinking.

We're looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you'll help design and develop backend systems, implement compelling user experiences, work on system architecture, and build event-driven microservices. You'll also collaborate on API integrations and contribute to products that impact thousands of users. The ideal candidate has 2-3+ years of software development experience and is skilled in PostgreSQL and microservices architecture.

This position primarily emphasizes backend development, comprising approximately 70% of the workload, with the remaining 30% dedicated to frontend tasks.

Key Responsibilities

Participate in all phases of agile software development , including design, implementation, testing, and deployment Build and evolve high-performance frontend applications using Next.js , with a focus on usability and scalability Contribute to backend services using Node.js and NestJS , supporting RESTful APIs and workflows Apply OOP principles and modern JavaScript (ES6+) to write clean, maintainable, and testable code Architect systems optimized for speed, scalability, and reliability Collaborate with design, product, backend, and customer support teams to deliver user-centered features Research, prototype, and evaluate new tools and technologies to improve our development workflow Collaborate with a hybrid, globally distributed team across time zones using Slack, GitHub, shared documentation, and Zoom

Key Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience) 3-5+ years building modern, scalable React-based web applications; experience with Next.js is a plus Strong experience with TypeScript, Node.js , and RESTful API design Solid understanding of

OOP

and modern JavaScript (ES6+) Experience with

TDD

and automated testing frameworks Experience with AWS or cloud-based infrastructure

Nice-to-Have

Experience with NestJS, WebSockets, or Python coding programming.