Dave vs. Goliath. We’re Dave.

Dave is a financial app on a mission to build products that level the financial playing field. It is redefining the financial landscape by leveraging technology to create an affordable, transparent, and user-centric access to liquidity for millions of Americans. As a leading innovator in the U.S. financial services sector, Dave’s digital financial platform offers products designed to meet the credit needs of those underserved by traditional financial institutions. Dave’s offerings include its flagship ExtraCash product, providing members up to $500 within minutes. The company is on track to launch several new product offerings in 2026, including a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) option.

Dave is focused on serving Americans who are financially vulnerable or living paycheck to paycheck. Dave is leading the charge in creating a new era of credit products that prioritizes speed, affordability, and accessibility, making it the go-to financial partner for those who need it most.

The Opportunity

Dave is looking for a talented Lead Fullstack Engineer to continue building products that help millions of people improve their relationship with money. If you're excited to join a tight-knit collaborative team with a mission of helping others, we'd love to hear from you!

This squad is building a major zero-to-one product with the potential to become a $100M+ revenue line within the next three years. The team is tackling one of the largest recurring financial burdens our members face, giving them more flexibility and control over when and how they pay. It's an early-stage, high-impact opportunity to shape the architecture, culture, and direction of a product from the ground up.

We’re looking for someone who thrives on solving hard problems, is passionate about finding innovative solutions not just for today but allowing for growth of the future, delights customers, and inspires colleagues.

What You'll Build and Own

Provide technical leadership and assist guiding the team's overall technical direction.
Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code following best practices (e.g., modular architecture, state management, performance optimization).
Lead design and work breakdown sessions
Implement requirements in TypeScript

Lead and mentor other engineers in contributing to projects on our roadmap, including but not limited to, Implement dashboards and alerts for system faults and participate in on-call rotations

Lead and evangelize best practices through code reviews, pair programming, presentations at engineering group meetings, rich documentation,
You will be contributing mainly to the architecture and coding in the backend, but need to be able to assist our engineers in the frontend and build systems which take into considerations the needs and requirements of a customer facing application
Champion code quality and testability
Participate in 24/7 on-call rotations

Experience Required

6+ years of experience in software development
2+ years of technical leadership experience
Ability to make sense of abstract initiatives and break work down into digestible work packages in order to distribute work among teammates
Basic understanding of algorithm design paradigms, data structures, asymptotic analysis
Ability to write provable code in various types of imperative and declarative programming languages and the ability to make trade-off decisions
Understanding of mocking, unit testing, code coverage, and integration testing
Experience working with distributed architectures

Experience with TypeScript or JavaScript
Experience with CI/CD pipelines for mobile applications (including mobile app build processes leveraging Fastlane)
Proficiency in working with third-party SDK integrations
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and teamwork abilities

Bonus

Good understanding of mobile UI/UX principles and design patterns
Knowledge of GraphQL
Experience with automated mobile testing frameworks and test-driven development
Experience building libraries, tools, and services for other software engineers instead of end users
Knowledge of performance optimization techniques for mobile applications

Technologies We Use

React + React Native
GraphQL
TypeScript (Node.js)
Github Actions

Don’t let imposter syndrome get in the way of an incredible opportunity. We’re looking for people who can help us achieve our mission and vision, not just check off the boxes. If you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why you’ll love working here:

At Dave, our people are just as important as our product. Our culture reflects the values that guide who we are, how we work, and what we aspire to be. Daves are member-centric, helpful, transparent, persistent, and better together. We strive to create an environment where all Daves feel valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work. As a virtual-first company, team members can live and work anywhere in the United States, except Hawaii.

A few of our benefits & perks:

💚 Opportunity to tackle tough challenges, learn and grow from fellow top talent, and help millions of people reach their personal financial goals

💻 Flexible hours and virtual-first work culture with a home office stipend

🏥 Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans

👶 Generous paid parental and caregiver leave

💰 401(k) savings plan with matching contributions

📈 Financial advisor and financial wellness support

🏖️ Flexible PTO and generous company holidays, including Juneteenth and Winter Break

🎉 All-company in-person events once or twice a year and virtual events throughout to connect with your team members and leadership team

Dave Operating LLC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is dedicated to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants and do not discriminate on any basis protected by federal, state, or local law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history.

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Lead Software Engineer, Fullstack