Staff Software Engineer, Technical Lead – Merryfield

🏢 Attain · 📍 Chicago, IL

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

About Attain

Built for consumers and companies, alike. In a world driven by data, we believe consumers and businesses can coexist. Our founders had a vision to empower consumers to leverage their greatest asset—their data—in exchange for modern financial services. Built with this vision in mind, our platform allows consumers to access savings tools, earned wages and rewards without cost or hidden fees. In exchange, they give permission to use their real-time data for research, insights and targeted advertising.

At Attain, your contribution will help us build a more equitable and efficient data sharing ecosystem—whether helping consumers access modern financial services or businesses leverage data to achieve better outcomes. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with hands-on leaders and mission-driven individuals everyday.

Part of Attain’s portfolio of mobile applications, Merryfield is a leading performance marketing platform that connects better-for-you brands with a premium audience, actively seeking high-quality, clean-label products. The platform offers targeted promotions, flexible budget options and detailed reporting to help brands grow their reach and engage loyal customers.

Attain Office Hybrid Schedule (where applicable):

Redwood City, CA: Mondays (in-office for stand-ups, all-hands) and choice of three days between Tues-Friday
Chicago, IL & New York, NY: 4 days in-office; 1 day remote

You’ll be a great fit for the role if

You are excited to architect and build microservices using Node.js and Go
You love working closely with product teams to identify the best way to deliver great customer experiences and pursue new revenue opportunities
You are energized by working in high-throughput environments where stability, speed, and customer experience are equally important.
You have a willingness to learn and teach in a collaborative environment
You’ve been complimented on how well you participate in an open feedback environment

What your day to day will look like

Use new and modern technology to build new features and services across our microservice architecture
Write thoughtful & quality code that is readable, testable, and easily maintainable
Create data-driven and stable API

🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Attain Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Evaluating your mastery of data privacy compliance, consumer behavior analytics, and scaling data-driven loyalty or reward ecosystems.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):

1. Dismissive attitude toward data privacy safeguards and ethical compliance.
2. Inability to explain complex data pipelines in simple, business-impact terms.
3. Over-reliance on intuition rather than empirical consumer data.

✨ Recommended Role Alignment Hook:

I know how to unlock the true value of consumer purchase data by building transparent, high-retention reward ecosystems that brands trust.

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