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We're looking for a Founding Full Stack Engineer to build our lending platform end-to-end — from the borrower-facing web app through the Django API and the fintech integrations that move money and make loans work. This is a genuinely full-stack codebase, not frontend-with-a-BFF: most features touch both the app and the backend. You'll own problems from ticket to production, raise the engineering bar as the team grows, and work closely with experienced leaders, a cross-functional team, and our vendor partners.
The compensation for this role is pay + equity. Flexible New York City hybrid. Full time.
( Founding Role, Hybrid )
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We're looking for a Founding Full Stack Engineer to build our lending platform end-to-end — from the borrower-facing web app through the Django API and the fintech integrations that move money and make loans work. This is a genuinely full-stack codebase, not frontend-with-a-BFF: most features touch both the app and the backend. You'll own problems from ticket to production, raise the engineering bar as the team grows, and work closely with experienced leaders, a cross-functional team, and our vendor partners.
The compensation for this role is pay + equity. Flexible New York City hybrid. Full time.
Frontend: Next.js, React, TypeScript, TanStack React Query, Zustand, React Hook Form + Zod, and a shared component library built on Radix UI + MUI.
Backend: Django + Django REST Framework, Python, PostgreSQL, Celery, Redis.
Schema-first API: OpenAPI schema that generates a fully typed TypeScript client - types flow from Django serializers to React components, so schema drift is caught at compile time, not in production.
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Infrastructure: AWS (Elastic Beanstalk and core services), GitHub Actions CI/CD
Fintech Integrations.
Full-stack feature delivery across the borrower app and the Django API - most features span both.
Fintech integration work: new vendor APIs, reliable webhook handling, retry and reconciliation semantics, and payment and loan-servicing workflows.
Infrastructure evolution - growing with scale.
Raising the engineering bar: testing strategy, observability, performance, and security in a regulated lending domain.
Fintech or lending experience - a plus, not a requirement.
Experience with schema-first / OpenAPI-driven development and typed API clients.
Experience with payment processing, loan origination, or loan servicing systems.
Zero-downtime migration discipline and on-call / runbook experience.
CS degree or equivalent hands-on experience.
LendKoi is a financial technology company that provides credit and a digital financial suite for immigrants. We're on a mission to empower individuals to achieve stability and thrive. We're an early-stage startup backed by Techstars NYC and top angels with an incredible team.
Be part of a mission to provide fair and accessible credit and unlock opportunities for underbanked communities.
Join a company at the frontier of consumer financial technology, credit, and payments.
You will shape how thousands first experience and understand us.
Test ideas, iterate quickly, and bring personality to fintech.
You’ll work closely with the executive team, with plenty of ownership.
From incredibly talented leaders, and genuinely good people; trust and integrity are at the core of how we operate.
Paid, full-time, flexible hybrid role
Financial platform providing credit solutions for immigrants and expats.
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