Aven

Software Engineer

Campbell, California, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Financial Services, BiotechnologyIndustries

Job Description

Employment Type: FullTime Location Type: OnSite Salary: Not specified

About Us

We invented a new type of credit card backed by assets (secured by equity in your home, cars, & other assets), enabling us to offer mind-bendingly low APRs to consumers. Our first product is the world’s lowest APR credit card. Come invent & change the world with us.

Who are we?

We are a well-capitalized (over $250MM in equity funding) team of technology (Microsoft, Facebook), and finance (Square, Discover, CapitalOne, and Goldman) executives with top-tier investors -- Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Max Levchin, NYCA, Sequoia, etc.

Our team includes people who have built:

  • Financial products (Square/CashApp, the earliest CapitalOne credit cards)
  • Consumer products (Internet.org, Xbox)
  • Technology infrastructure (C++/C#, Visual Studio, Windows & Azure)
  • Mathematics & science infrastructure (computational research at NASA’s JPL).

We are missionaries that like to work hard on important problems, and build products that become infrastructure for society. We believe that using technology to lower the cost of capital for consumers is one of these problems - and if we can do it, it could have a big impact on a lot of people’s lives.

Our Philosophy

We are a technology company at heart - and we seek to invent & advance the state of the art to build insanely great consumer financial products - starting with the world’s first home-equity backed credit card.

We like to deeply understand the nuances & excruciating details of the systems we are building on top of - whether it be legal frameworks & regs, or APIs and 3rd party data-providers. No work is beneath any of us - from the CEO to our compliance lead - we get excited to audit our database to check each cell to ensure that they are correct and to pick up customer support calls.

We believe inventing great products happens at the intersection of extremely deep detailed domain knowledge & a very lateral thought process. We don’t like to invent for the sake of it - we do it when we think we can make something significantly better.

We value being pragmatic, rational, fast, minimalist, detailed oriented, and obsessively customer-centric.

Who are you?

We are looking for engineers who are passionate about building consumer products. You have experience with metrics driven iterative product development at a fast pace. You get excited by working on customer problems closely with our customer support and servicing teams. You care about prioritizing and measuring impact, and driving towards impact driven goals and metrics.

You have built consumer interfaces at scale. You have built consumer interfaces that work in all network conditions and gracefully degrade as the network worsens. You care about the debounce time on a typeahead, or the layout of a card on different devices. You obsess over what contrast will get you the best engagement on a specific UI element. You worry about how your current feature will interact with the existing UX.

What You Can Expect To Work On:

  • Building a best in class credit card origination flow
  • Building a best in class video notarization solution
  • Helping us execute world-class growth & engagement tactics for our product
  • Architecting core product infrastructure to enable us to go from 0-to-1
  • Weighing in on strategy. Every voice is important to help inform our decisions
  • Influencing our tech stack.
  • Defining our culture. As a large % of the team, who you are shapes who we become.
  • Becoming an expert in our product space, such that you're able to define how products should work end-to-end.

You Should Join Us If:

  • You have led large technically complex projects with a lot of moving parts.
  • You have a lot of experience with a lot of disparate systems.
  • You have worked on production grade compilers, operating systems, or large distributed systems.
  • You can jump into a new environment and hit the ground running without much hand holding.
  • You’re fine with us not... [The description appears to be cut off here.]

Skills

C++
C#
Visual Studio
Windows
Azure
Financial Products
Consumer Products
Technology Infrastructure
Mathematics
Science Infrastructure

Aven

Web-based solutions with security focus

About Aven

Aven provides web-based solutions with a strong focus on security and data protection. The company utilizes JavaScript technology to enhance the functionality of its platform, which suggests that it offers interactive and dynamic web services. Aven also employs Cloudflare's challenge-platform, indicating a commitment to safeguarding its website from malicious traffic and ensuring the security of its users' data. Unlike many competitors, Aven's emphasis on security may attract clients who prioritize data protection in their online activities. The goal of Aven is likely to deliver reliable and secure web solutions that meet the needs of its users.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2019Year Founded
$138.1MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Company equity
Remote friendly
Medical, vision, & dental insurance
PTO
Parental leave
Aven Card

Risks

Aven faces a class action lawsuit over a July 2023 data breach.
Rising interest rates could reduce demand for Aven's HELOC Card.
Increased competition from similar fintech products could erode Aven's market share.

Differentiation

Aven offers the world's first home equity-backed credit card.
The Aven HELOC Card combines credit card convenience with home equity benefits.
Aven's product provides lower interest rates than standard credit cards.

Upsides

Aven reached unicorn status with a $142 million Series D funding in July 2024.
The company has issued over $1.5 billion in credit lines since 2022.
Aven has saved customers over $100 million in interest payments to date.

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