Sobre este puesto de Software Engineer II en Best Egg
Best Egg · Híbrido · Wilmington, DE
Best Egg is a market-leading, tech-enabled financial platform helping people build financial confidence through a variety of installment lending solutions and financial health tools. We aim to help customers make smart financial decisions and stay on track, so they can be money confident no matter what life throws at them.
We offer top-tier benefits and growth opportunities in a culture built on our core values:
Put People First – We foster an inclusive, flexible, and fun workplace.
Create Clarity – Open communication drives trust and results.
Get Things Done – We focus, prioritize, and deliver with excellence.
Deliver with Heart – We lead with kindness, humility, and strong teamwork.
Listen to Our Customers – Their needs drive our innovation.
Barclays has entered into an agreement to acquire Best Egg with closing expected to take place in Q2 2026. This acquisition will give us the resources and capital to continue on our mission and drive our strategy forward. With an aligned culture, lower cost of funds, and increased employee growth opportunities across a global brand, we are excited about the future of the Best Egg brand under the Barclays umbrella.
We are looking for collaborative, innovative team players who like to solve problems. There will also be immense opportunities for those willing to dive in. If you're inspired by growth and want to make a real difference, Best Egg is the place for you.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive team.
Role Overview
Software Engineers play a foundational role in building the software that powers Best Egg’s products and platforms. These engineers design, implement, test, and support features in collaboration with cross-functional Agile teams while continuously improving systems, tooling, and engineering practices.
What You Will Do
- Develop and deliver software iteratively and incrementally under guidance.
- Implement small features and bug fixes with coaching from senior engineers.
- Write unit tests and follow established testing utilities and patterns.
- Ask for clarification early, communicate progress, and escalate blockers quickly.
- Perform unit, integration, and regression testing and strengthen test coverage.
- Interpret, refine, and challenge business requirements; document technical decisions.
- Support deployments, troubleshoot production issues, and contribute to operational readiness.
What Success Looks Like
In the first 90 days
- Demonstrates steady growth in delivering small, well-defined tasks.
- Builds strong relationships with peers and actively participates in Agile rituals.
- Learns core system components and follows team conventions with consistency.
- Takes ownership of features from refinement through deployment.
- Improves test coverage or reduces bugs in a system area.
- Demonstrates autonomy in solving medium-complexity technical problems.
- Delivers features with increasing independence.
- Shows proficiency in debugging and improving system areas.
- Demonstrates foundational architectural understanding and good engineering hygiene.
- Consistently delivers high-quality features with minimal oversight.
- Mentors junior engineers and helps shape team norms.
- Contributes meaningful improvements to code quality, performance, or tooling.
In 6–12 months
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of professional development experience with Java and or Python.
- Intermediate experience delivering production-quality features in modern languages.
- Solid understanding of relational/NoSQL schema design and query patterns.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and deployment workflows.
- Ability to produce technical documentation and participate in design discussions.
Best Egg is a consumer financial technology platform that aims to help people feel more confident about their everyday finances through a suite of products and resources. Our digital financial platform offers simple, accessible, and personalized financial solutions including personal loans, credit cards, and a financial health resource center.
Our culture and values are one of the core reasons why our customers keep returning to Best Egg. We are committed to championing a culture of inclusiveness and diversity of thought, and we focus on providing a safe, flexible, and collaborative work environment. Our associates are encouraged to engage in creative problem solving, and we promote opportunities for growth and enrichment across the organization.
If you are inspired by inspiring others, Best Egg is the place for you.
Best Egg celebrates diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better we will grow.
Employee Benefits
Best Egg offers many additional benefits for our employees, including (but not limited to):
· Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching
program
· Generous paid time-off plans including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short--
term and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company
holidays
· Multiple health care plans to choose from, including dental and vision options
· Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health
Reimbursement Accounts
· Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, wellness platforms, employee
assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs
· Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance,
fitness center reimbursements, and many more!
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