Senior Software Engineer

Fundrise is a financial technology company focused on democratizing private investments. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance their investment screening and fraud prevention platform, collaborating with various teams to deliver reliable software solutions that protect users and improve risk controls.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build practical enhancements to our investment screening and fraud prevention platform, including decisioning systems and integrations with third-party data providers
• Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, and production support
• Make pragmatic tradeoffs and incorporate stakeholder feedback to deliver reliable, compliant solutions without unnecessary complexity
• Maintain, monitor, and improve systems and infrastructure deployed on AWS
• Partner closely with Operations, Legal, Product, and Finance to translate screening and compliance requirements into effective software solutions
• Review pull requests and contribute to a culture of high-quality, maintainable, and pragmatic engineering

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in Java, Spring, and Hibernate
• 4+ years of experience building and maintaining production applications on AWS, including services such as EC2, ECS, CDK, S3, SQS, Lambda, and DynamoDB
• 3+ years of experience with SQL and relational databases, where transactions and throughput were critical to operations
• Experience making significant contributions to designing, building, and maintaining distributed systems to ensure scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance
• Experience improving existing systems and workflows in operationally complex environments, not just building greenfield systems from scratch
• Experience using AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini CLI in day-to-day development workflows
• Demonstrated track record of effective communication and collaboration with business stakeholders
• Ability to quickly absorb and understand large and complex new domains and workflows
• Experience in fintech, fraud detection, risk, compliance, or a similarly regulated domain
• Experience integrating with third-party identity verification, KYC/AML, or financial data providers