Fortify is modernizing student financing.

Were looking for a full-stack engineer whos excited about fintech, capital markets, and product to join us in opening up access to education.

About us:

Fortify helps students succeed, by giving them more affordable ways to pay for their education, and then supporting them after theyve graduated.

Since COVID, access to credit has collapsed, and students at all kinds of schools - from at trade schools to major universities - need financing options to afford their tuition. Fortify exists to help educational institutions run these financing programs more effectively, handling everything from financial aid, scholarships, payment plans, and institutional loans. We bring costs down for borrowers and make student financing simple. Fortify also goes beyond financing to help students be successful after theyve graduated.

Were building for those who have the ambition, motivation, and wherewithal to go to school, but are lacking the resources.

Fortify is backed by Pear VC. Were a small, very well-capitalized company.

Youll be joining a small team with a lot of expertise in fintech and lending: Both of our cofounders are second-time founders, having started two separate venture-backed companies in the space, and one was an early hire at SoFi.

About this role:

• Youll be a full-stack engineer building Fortifys core financing platform.

• Youll be given significant autonomy over new products and will own major launches.

• Youll work on a very small team, and have lots of opportunities to own design & product work if you like.

• Youll help fulfill our mission of expanding access to education and promoting economic mobility.

What you might work on:

• Owning the architecture and launch of an entire new product, such as a financial aid tool to help students more easily apply for federal aid (FAFSA) or state aid.

• Working on our online financing application for students who need loans, scholarships, or aid to make their experience smoother.

• Building tools to help promote financial literacy for our students or to help them find job opportunities more easily after they graduate.

Nice-to-haves:

• You have had significant ownership over production code at a tech startup.

• You have outstanding written communication skills and enjoy product work as well as coding.

• Youre excited about fintech and working on critical code that processes and moves money.

• You have experience with our tech stack: React, Python, and Postgres.

Growing at Fortify:

If youre interested in fintech, this is a unique opportunity to learn about lending, capital markets, and payment processing.

As always, theres lots of early-stage flexibility to create your own role and define what youd like to work on. There will be lots of opportunity for you to own major new products, make key design decisions, to interview users & customers, and to grow into other areas of the business as we scale up rapidly.