[Remote] Lead Software Engineer II – Java & Python
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 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. The Lead Software Engineer II plays an important role in building and enhancing engineering solutions by designing and delivering reliable, high-quality software while collaborating with senior engineers and architects.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally
- Works closely with senior leaders to shape solutions
- Ensure software follows modern engineering practices, including clean code, testing, automation, and cloud-native patterns
- Support continuous improvement in code quality, reliability, performance, and developer experience
- Build and enhance distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native solutions in AWS
- Apply cloud best practices—security, cost awareness, performance, and operational efficiency—under guidance of senior engineers
- Contribute to observability through metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerts
- Assist in performance tuning, resiliency improvements, and troubleshooting production issues to ensure system stability
- Collaborate effectively with Product, Architecture, InfoSec, and DevOps to deliver well-aligned solutions
- Contribute to a culture of learning, curiosity, and continuous improvement within the engineering team
Skills
- 4 - 6 years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong backend development experience with Java and Python
- Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization
- Working knowledge of AWS cloud architecture, services, and best practices
- Experience with modern databases (relational and NoSQL) such as DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and container orchestration systems (ECS/EKS preferred)
- Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as CloudWatch or Datadog
- Ability to produce clear technical documentation and participate in design discussions
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams
- Comfort working in Agile environments with iterative delivery and shared ownership
- Ability to bring clarity to complex situations and drive work forward with teammates
Benefits
- 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.
Company Overview
- Best Egg offers a digital platform that delivers personal finance and lending products with low interest rates. It is a sub-organization of Barclays Bank Delaware. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.bestegg.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
- Best Egg has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.