THE COMPANY

MPOWER’s borderless loans enable students from around the world to realize their full academic & career potential by attending top universities in the U.S and Canada. 

As a mission-oriented FinTech / EdTech company, we move extremely fast and leverage the latest technologies, global best practices, and heavy analytics to tackle one of the biggest challenges in financial inclusion. We’re backed by over $150 million in equity capital from top global investors, which enables our fast-growth and provides our company with financial stability and a clear path to an IPO over the coming years.

Our global team is composed of ex-management consultants, financial services and technology professionals, and other experts in their respective fields. We work hard, have fun, and believe greatly in our cause. For us, MPOWER’s mission of making this mission is personal.

As a member of our team, you’ll be challenged to think quickly, act autonomously, and constantly grow, creatively in an environment where fast change and exponential growth is the norm. ideation and implementation happens very quickly. We value feedback and emphasize personal and professional development by providing the resources you need to further your skills and grow with the company. MPOWER is committed to cultivating your strengths and curiosity and helping you make an immediate impact.

MPOWER has been named one of the Best FinTechs to work for by American Banker for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. We pride ourselves in being a “growth company for grown-ups”, where there are no pool tables but there are great health, education, and maternity/paternity benefits instead. Our team diversity has been recognized as well; we’re one of the most diverse staff in the world in terms of nationality, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, and educational backgrounds.

THIS IS A FULL-TIME POSITION BASED IN OUR BANGALORE, INDIA OFFICE AND REPORTING TO THE MANAGER - ENGINEERING

THE ROLE

You will be working with a team of engineers to build and support web applications using the latest technologies. You will work in a fast paced agile environment delivering a high-quality product with a focus on continuous innovation. This includes activities such as:

• Contributing to all phases of the Development lifecycle
• Developing and deploying new features while maintaining existing features by following SDLC Agile best practices and industry standards
• Building and maintaining SQL and NoSQL databases
• Documenting all your work and collaborating well with other developers, QA, engineering and different business units
• Working with cross functional global teams to architect solutions, create estimations, minimize complexity and deliver a world class platform

THE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of full-stack development experience; preferably with exposure to desktop and mobile application development
• Expertise in front-end languages and libraries like HTML/CSS.
• Significant working knowledge of PHP (preferably Laravel framework), and other back-end languages like Node/Python, with additional proficiency in JavaScript frameworks like React
• Proficiency in database platforms (MySQL, MongoDB, NoSQL), web server tools (Apache), and UI/UX design 
• Ability to create and consume custom SOAP and REST APIs
• Knowledge of implementation or administration of a CRM such as Salesforce is a plus
• Knowledge of at least one enterprise CMS
• Strong AWS and Linux skills
• Experience with Microservices is a plus
• Experience in developing systems with high reliability and scalability
• Strong documentation and communication skills

A passion for financial inclusion and access to higher education is a must, as well as comfortable working with a global team across multiple-time zones and sites!

In addition, you should be comfortable working in a fast growth environment, meaning a small agile team, fast-evolving roles and responsibilities, variable workload and tight deadlines, a high degree of autonomy, and 80-20 everything.