Named one of the top FinTech innovators in the world, Avant is changing the way consumers interact with financial products. Backed by over $2 billion in funding, Avant leverages big data and machine learning algorithms to lower the costs and barriers of borrowing for consumers.
By combining cutting-edge technology with outstanding talent, we’ve grown from five employees to over 900 in three short years. With a presence in the United States and the United Kingdom, Avant is at the forefront of unsecured and secured personal products, and we’re excited for what’s next.
JOB DESCRIPTION
You'll work directly with the Director of Engineering and be responsible for assisting in the build out of the existing Ruby on Rails web application stack as well as any future technologies. We are looking for pragmatic generalist programmers who can not only help us execute in building our application, but also have a real say in the technological direction that it goes.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Self-driven and thrives in unstructured environments.
- 2+ years’ experience with a major orchestration technology (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, etc.)
- Extensive Unix/Linux experience.
- Experience supporting production web applications.
- Knowledgeable with N-Tier cluster technologies (nginx, apache, haproxy, memcache, redis.)
- Experience preparing for regulatory audits preferred (PCI, SOX, etc.)
- Knowledge of development tool creation and application architecture design.
- Worked with service based architectures in applications, preferably with experience migrating from a monolithic application to service based architecture.
BENEFITS INFORMATION
Beyond working with some of the best and brightest in the tech space, check out some of our other perks:
Stay Healthy and Snack Often- To keep you fit, Avant offers great medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage and a variety of affordable gym membership options. To keep you fueled, we stock our kitchens with endless snacks for every appetite and cater lunch daily from the tastiest local spots.
- Hit the books with our education reimbursement initiative and enroll in our generous 401(k) program and we’ll match up to 4% of your annual salary.
- We take the meaning ‘work hard and play harder’ to heart, which is why we offer unlimited PTO – take the time you need to stay on your A-game.
- We are big on culture at all of our locations – Chicago, LA, and London. Wherever you call home base, you can look forward to Friday night happy hours, volunteer opportunities, team outings, demo days to learn about our newest cutting- edge products, manager Q&A’s to inquire about our upcoming ventures and more