Senior Platform Software Engineer

Sandbox Banking is building a universal adapter for banks. Sandbox helps institutions quickly and securely integrate new software from vendors and fintech startups.

Skills: CSS, Django, HTML, JavaScript, Python, TCP/IP, Linux, Windows, PostgreSQL, Docker

Sandbox Banking (https://sandboxbanking.com) is looking for an exceptional software engineer who wants to reshape how innovative software is integrated in the financial services industry.  We have rapidly growing revenue, are backed by Y Combinator (W17), and have raised seed capital.  We are a remote team with employees across the continental US.

Sandbox is an equal opportunity employer.  We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Product

Sandbox is a universal adapter for banks.  It provides financial institutions (FIs) a better way to integrate fintech software with their existing systems.

US regional/community banks and credit unions are looking to overhaul the digital experiences they deliver to customers.  Increasingly, they solve this challenge by sourcing software from fintechs — new companies that specialize in building and operating financial services software.  Unfortunately, distributing new software to FIs has historically been a long and painful process because of data security and system integration hurdles.

Sandbox empowers FIs and vendors to quickly and safely build new integrations — our Glyue application lets anyone who can use Excel formulas connect banking systems.  Furthermore, the platform's fine-grained authentication and permissions model provides FIs with strict control over which people/software can access particular banking data and operations.

FIs and fintechs love the platform.  FIs are able to quickly and cost-effectively leverage cutting-edge solutions without compromising on integration; fintechs don't need to spend time and money on activities outside of core product development and distribution.

Why Work at Sandbox?

• Small team — your impact will be meaningful
• Teammates who are smart, curious, and driven to succeed.  You will always be learning.
• You'll be joining a rocketship company with rapid revenue growth, a significant client base (40+ banks and credit unions), prestigious investors (e.g. Y Combinator, SixThirty, Startupbootcamp), and great unit economics.  There are a myriad of benefits to working for a company that wins.
• Ownership of problems from start to finish
• Significant customer interaction
• Your ideas and opinions about the product will matter.  Everyone in our company contributes to our product roadmap.
• You'll use a variety of technologies across our entire software stack
• Remote-first organization that provides geographic flexibility (although all employees must live in the US)
• Salary and stock option compensation
• Your work will transform an entire industry

Responsibilities

Our senior engineer will need to handle a variety of tasks:

• Build, maintain, and extend our Glyue integration platform
• Provide feedback about Glyue so it can be improved for internal and external users
• Mentor less experienced engineers
• Research, present, and make decisions about the company's utilization of various technologies
• Perform code reviews
• Construct unit and integration tests to help maintain our organization's high software delivery throughput
• Use JIRA to track development tasks, convey customer project statuses, highlight blockers, and communicate with teammates
• Write high quality documentation for both customer and internal use
• Perform basic AWS-based and on premise sysadmin work
• Identify and vocalize problems as they arise, especially in regards to data security
• Help solve a multitude of early-stage startup tasks
• Behave in a manner aligned with our high ethical standards

Qualifications

Talented developers learn new technologies quickly, so we try to not overly obsess about a candidate's knowledge of particular technologies.  That said, successful applicants will possess the following specific skills and attributes:

• 5+ years of experience building, maintaining, and deploying software products used by many different people or organizations.  Successful candidates will have experience building:
  • 3-tier applications comprised of standalone clients, servers, and persistence layers
  • Frameworks or IDEs used by other people to build software
  • Applications that are specific to financial services.  This work doesn't need to be in banking — other verticals like asset management, insurance, corporate accounting, or payment processing would be acceptable.  This individual will be expected to possess a deep knowledge of retail and commercial banking within a few months of starting the role
• Deep proficiency with Python.  We're looking for someone who can dive into our Django/Python back-end and be productive within a couple weeks.  Our hiring process involves technical interviews for which knowledge of Python is necessary.
• Deep proficiency with JavaScript coupled with web front-end development experience using a reactive framework (e.g. Vue.js, React.js) and HTML/CSS.  We're looking for someone who can dive into our Vue front-end and be productive within a couple weeks.  Our hiring process involves technical interviews for which knowledge of JavaScript is necessary.
• Deep proficiency with both Windows and Linux.  This includes the ability to be highly productive from Bash using standard Linux utilities.
• Deep proficiency with computer networking (particularly OSI layers 2 through 7) and virtual network management (VPNs, IP routes, firewalls, connectivity testing, and networking utilties).
• Understanding of security basics like TLS, IPsec, PKI, hashing, and cryptographic algorithms
• Understanding of basic software design patterns, unit testing, object-oriented language principles, and functional language principles
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• Strong deductive and inductive reasoning abilities
• Highly organized and capable of tracking current status, blockers, and next steps across multiple projects
• Willingness to live and work in the US

There are additional requirements related to logistics and behavior:

• Ability to work from our office in downtown Boston, MA for at least two weeks at start of employment.  Sandbox will cover travel expense for employee during this period.
• Legal authorization to work for Sandbox Banking.  NOTE: We are unable to sponsor work visas at this time.
• Willingness and ability to proactively collaborate with our customers and project managers.  To succeed, this individual will need to constantly discuss/record/broadcast business processes and requirements.  There are times when acquiring a single piece of critical information requires two or three conversations with different project stakeholders; this engineer must be unrelenting in such scenarios.
• Fanatical passion for delivering the best possible experience to users
• Willingness to re-prioritize work as product hypotheses and requirements change
• Obsession with code quality, design patterns, documentation, testing, and other aspects of software engineering that empower teams to maintain high productivity over time
• Team-first attitude coupled with an unrelenting desire to win

Experience in the following areas will be considered a bonus:

• Early-stage startups
• Software integration projects
• Consulting (particularly within the financial services industry)
• SaaS product development
• Information security and regulatory compliance
• Salesforce
• Fiserv, FIS or Jack Henry banking systems
• Experience with LOS, DAO, data warehouse, or customer support software vendors
• C#, Java, Django, Postgres, and AWS

Next Steps

Please email resumes, CVs, and other relevant materials to [email protected] along with a brief description of why you’re interested in the role.

Our stack is comprised of Python, Django, Postgres, an assortment of AWS services, and a sprinkle of Vue.js.