Who You Are

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

Minimum Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits at Fundrise

• Remote-first work environment (must live in the United States)
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance- Fundrise contributes to both employee and dependent premiums
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical expenses, dependent care, and parking
• 401(k) with 3% contributed by Fundrise, regardless of whether you are actively contributing yourself
• Fully covered life insurance and short-term disability
• Significant equity via our employee stock grant program
• Gympass benefit including mental health resources
• Flexible PTO
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid parental leave

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.