Lead Software Engineer

### Who you are
- 8+ years of experience operating enterprise-class infrastructure
- 5+ years of coding experience in an object-oriented language such as Java or Python
- Strong experience with AWS, including IAM, EC2, ASG, ELB/ALB, AMI, EBS, VPC, S3, Route53, CodeDeploy, ECR, API Gateway, and Bedrock
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes/EKS, containers, and Helm
- Experience with Grafana and Prometheus
- Familiarity with agentic frameworks and MCP tools
- Expertise in building automated deployment pipelines and scalable systems
- Strong system-level thinking with the ability to move across layers of the stack
- Ability to independently troubleshoot and support other engineers
- Experience using AI to improve output quality, with sound judgment on limitations and human oversight
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field; or equivalent work experience

### What the job involves
- As a member of the DevOps team, you will build and support the applications and infrastructure that enable teams to configure, deploy, operate, and monitor the mission-critical services powering LendingClub
- You will work in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment and help influence the strategy and direction of our infrastructure by building scalable solutions to complex technical problems
- Build applications and infrastructure to enable LendingClub to deliver high-quality software quickly
- Build monitoring and alerting infrastructure that is scalable and easy to maintain
- Participate in an on-call rotation to investigate and resolve production issues
- Ensure uptime and performance SLAs are met
- Collaborate with operations, security, and engineering teams to build self-service frameworks that improve platform stability, reduce risk, and control costs
- Work across the full infrastructure stack including design, architecture, capacity planning, monitoring, alerting, security, scaling, failover, and recovery
- Partner with engineering teams on new feature rollouts
- Troubleshoot issues independently and support engineers via shared channels such as Slack
- Ramp on team systems and contribute to roadmap priorities and ongoing DevOps support

### Benefits
- Untracked vacation for salaried employees, which means take it when you need it, and generous paid time off for hourly team members
- A hybrid work model that balances in-office and work from home
- Leading health and safety protocols related to COVID, including complimentary at-home testing kits from Cue Health for those coming to the office
- Up to 16 weeks paid leave for new parents, plus a fully paid, phased return-to-work policy for qualified leaves
- Mothers Rooms and hospital-grade pumps in every LC office
- Generous and varied mental health benefits
- Wellness program with cash incentives — earn up to $75 per month for being active
- Paid volunteer time and donation matching
- Onsite gym, locker room, bike room, and fitness classes (depending on location)
- Café with our own in-house barista
- Stocked pantries with healthy snacks and drinks
- Technology-forward and collaborative office spaces