Lead Software Engineer
About Truv
Truv is transforming the financial data industry with a secure and real-time API platform for payroll account access. Our technology streamlines income and employment verification, direct deposit switching, and more—eliminating outdated processes and unlocking greater financial opportunities. Backed by $30M from top investors like Kleiner Perkins and NYCA, we’re disrupting a $2B legacy market with cutting-edge innovation and a customer-first approach. Our leadership team brings expertise from industry giants like Apple, Carta, Venmo, MX, and Okta, driving the future of financial data access.
What you’ll do
- Driving architecture decisions for backend systems with a focus on scalability, performance, and security.
- Designing and developing robust RESTful APIs for services such as employment and income verification, direct deposit switching, and financial data processing.
- Introducing and advocating for engineering best practices (e.g., testing strategy, documentation standards, observability, CI/CD).
- Taking ownership of projects from ideation to delivery, working cross-functionally with Product and DevOps teams.
- Building secure authentication systems, including JWT, OAuth, and API key management.
- Maintaining high-performance backend systems with Celery, PostgreSQL, Redis, Clickhouse, k8s, and other tools.
Who You Are
- 5+ years building production-grade REST APIs using Django REST Framework with demonstrated experience in financial or sensitive data environments
- Proven experience designing backend architecture for scalable, secure, and high-availability applications.
- Strong understanding of API security patterns, rate limiting, authentication middleware, and data encryption for PII/financial information
- Experience mentoring other engineers, driving code quality initiatives, and leading technical discussions.
- Experience with PostgreSQL optimization, task queues, and caching for high-performance API responses
- Proficient in managing API lifecycle: versioning, deprecations, and smooth transitions for clients.
- Passionate about clean code, automated testing, and maintainable systems.
Preferred skills
- Experience with financial data APIs (employment verification, income verification, bank account linking)
- Background in Django, DRF, Celery, and PostgreSQL development
- Understanding of compliance requirements (SOX, data privacy) in API design
- Exposure to modern infrastructure and tooling: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring (New Relic, Sentry), and static analysis tools (mypy, linters, feature flags)
Benefits
- Fully remote
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Flexible time off
- Work with cutting-edge technology and innovative customers
- Opportunity to shape the future of financial data access
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