Staff Full Stack Engineer - New York (US)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Company Mission</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aktos is an AI-driven Vertical Software startup looking for a Staff Full Stack Engineer (70/30 Backend leaning) who will play a key role in building the core Operating System that powers the $20B Debt Collection industry.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Debt Collectors play an overlooked yet integral part of our financial ecosystem. They help Consumers settle their debts and improve their credit scores— granting them clean states to start over. Collectors help critical businesses like doctor's offices and local governments, who deal with high payment default risk, secure their revenue streams and ensure their continued survival. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In truth, Collectors have incredibly interesting, multi-faceted jobs. They are often one part sales person, one part therapist, and one part detective in their mission to recover funds. At Aktos, we are building a modern, AI-powered software platform that caters to Collectors' unique workflows</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and make the credit recovery process a more positive experience for all parties.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Our Team</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aktos was founded by seasoned Product and Engineering leaders who have worked at companies such as Zenefits, TikTok, Meta, LinkedIn, Google, Apple, Amazon, WeWork, etc. We are experts at building, launching, and scaling word-class software platforms.</span></p> <p><strong>Our Stack:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Frontend - ReactJS, Redux, RTK Query</li> <li>Backend - Django, DRF, Postgres</li> <li>DevOps - Kubernetes, Celery, Github Actions, Terraform, AWS</li> </ul> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Work directly with our Head of Engineering, CEO, and other engineers to build full stack features and improvements to the product</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Help lead the technical team by working across the entire stack using cutting edge frameworks, tools, and own execution</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take true end-to-end ownership of your work and lead key components of our product roadmap</span></li> <li>Refine the SDLC &amp; CI/CD pipelines</li> <li>Maintaining our AWS infrastructure</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who You Are</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comfortable with autonomy, ownership and responsibility</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">You care more about getting it right, than being right. Love learning, asking questions and are comfortable asking for help when you get stuck</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jack-of-all trades; Expert in one - You can do anything from optimizing SQL query to writing maintainable CSS and everything in between, but you still have a preferred part of the stack</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>8+ Years of Software Development Experience</li> <li>Professional experience with Python (5+ years required)</li> <li>Professional experience with Django (5+ years required)</li> <li>Professional experience with JavaScript [React/Redux experience preferred]</li> <li>Strong fundamental understanding and usage of a RDBMS [Postgres preferred]</li> <li>In-depth knowledge and hands on experience with AWS [Terraform experience preferred]</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comfortable working full-stack</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solid engineering fundamentals and passion for high quality code</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Product intuition, user empathy, ability to make sound UX decisions</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong work ethic, end-to-end ownership mentality</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Perks and Benefits:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Competitive salary with employee stock options</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Medical, dental and vision coverage</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hybrid with office in New York City</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Salary Range: $180K-$220K</span></li> </ul>