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Software Engineer

🏢 Vantagescore · 📍 San Francisco, CA · 💼 hybrid 💰 $145,000 - $155,000 / yr
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Position Summary & Responsibilities

About The Role

We are seeking a mid-level Software Engineer with strong Python experience to join our growing engineering team. You will design, build, and maintain scalable applications and services, collaborate cross-functionally, and help drive best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.

This role is ideal for an engineer who is comfortable working in fast-moving environments and is passionate about building high-quality software.

This is a full-time hybrid position requiring in-person work three days per week at our South San Francisco office.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data pipelines using Python.
  • Migrate and convert existing SAS code to Python, ensuring functionality and performance parity.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to define requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
  • Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
  • Debug, troubleshoot, and improve application performance and reliability.
  • Contribute to architectural discussions and implementation strategies.
  • Help automate workflows and improve development processes.
  • Maintain documentation of systems, workflows, and features.
  • Support production systems and participate in on-call rotations (if applicable).

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Candidates must be based within 1 Hr. commuting proximity to our office in the San Francisco Peninsula
  • 3–5 years of professional software development experience.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and familiarity with frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
  • Experience building RESTful or GraphQL APIs.
  • Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, OOP.
  • Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
  • Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Ability
🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Vantagescore Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Tests strict adherence to financial regulatory compliance, advanced credit-scoring analytics, and B2B fintech partnership acumen.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):
  • 1. Making careless statements about regulatory compliance or fair lending laws.
  • 2. Failing to distinguish between traditional FICO models and modern VantageScore innovations.
  • 3. Treating financial data products like standard SaaS without risk context.
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