Lead Software Engineer (Backend)

At LendingClub, we're transforming the way people experience banking. As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in building the technology that helps our members achieve financial well-being. You'll work closely with a collaborative, high-performing team that values curiosity, experimentation, and learning. Our engineers move fast, celebrate innovative ideas, and take pride in delivering scalable, reliable, and high-quality software.

What You'll Do

• Lead code reviews and set the standard for engineering excellence
• Make pragmatic technology recommendations that balance innovation and reliability
• Champion observability-designing systems with strong instrumentation for production insight and troubleshooting
• Own medium-to-large initiatives from design through delivery and production
• Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering growth and knowledge-sharing across the team
• Partner effectively with Offshore and Near-shore teammates to improve execution efficiency
• Design, implement, and document new software components and APIs
• Understand the bigger picture-how your work fits within broader business and technical goals
• Troubleshoot effectively and drive root-cause resolution
• Ensure high testability, maintainability, and quality in all deliverables
• Collaborate with QA, Product, and Operations to deliver resilient, customer-focused solutions, * You will leverage AI to improve outcomes across various stages of the Quality Assurance lifecycle.
• You will lead the adoption of agentic AI approaches to automate test execution.
• You will provide oversight of the team's AI usage, guiding effective application while exercising strong judgment around limitations and the need for human oversight

Do you have experience in Web services design?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * 8+ years of software development experience, with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent experience

• Strong experience building applications in Java and working with Web Services
• Proficient with scripting (Shell, Perl, Python) and databases (SQL, MySQL, Oracle)
• Deep understanding of agile development, TDD, source control, and automated testing
• You set a high bar for code quality, maintainability, and production readiness
• You take full ownership of your domain - design, delivery, monitoring, and alerting
• You're comfortable experimenting, learning from failure, and iterating quickly
• Passionate problem solver with strong communication skills
• Self-motivated and collaborative - you ask great questions and drive for clarity

About You

• You use AI to improve output quality and help others apply it, with strong judgment on limitations and human oversight., * Experience scaling high-traffic applications
• Familiarity with AWS and cloud-native architectures
• Proven track record delivering on time with high quality in an agile environment
• Excited about our mission to transform banking through innovation

Pulled from the full job description

• Paid parental leave
• Parental leave
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance, The target base salary range for this position is 190,000-215,000. The base salary of the role will be determined by job-related knowledge, experience, education, skills, and location. Base salary is just one part of LendingClub's Total Rewards package. You may also be eligible for long-term awards (equity) and an annual bonus (which is based on company performance, employee performance and eligible earnings).

We're creating new financial services solutions for our members based on fairness, simplicity, and heart, and we treat our employees the same way. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision plans for employees and their families, 401(k) match, health and wellness programs, flexible time off policies for salaried employees, up to 16 weeks paid parental leave and more.

#LI-Hybrid

The above locations are eligible offices for this role. The locations have been determined to foster in-person collaboration with this role's team or the related business lines. We utilize a hybrid work model, and our teams are in-office Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. In-person attendance is essential for this role's success, and remote placement will not be considered. LendingClub offers relocation, based on actual job level. Time Zone Requirements Primarily PT While the position will primarily work local hours, LendingClub is headquartered in Pacific Time and our ideal candidate will be flexible working across time zones when necessary.