Full-Time

Software Engineer

Updated on 8/23/2026

Supernova Technology

Supernova Technology

51-200 employees

Cloud-based platform for securities-based lending

Compensation Overview

$110k - $130k/yr

Chicago, IL, USA

In Person

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Kubernetes
Microsoft Azure
Agile
Python
Software Testing
Git
Java
ETL
Data Engineering
Docker
Microservices
AWS
REST APIs
DevOps
Spring

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Requirements
  • At least 3 years of software development experience.
  • Proficiency in Java and strong working experience with Python.
  • Familiarity with frameworks such as Spring Boot.
  • Experience designing and delivering Representational State Transfer (RESTful) application programming interfaces (APIs) and microservices.
  • Strong experience with extract, transform, load (ETL) processes, data integration, and data pipeline development.
  • Working knowledge of Docker and modern continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices.
  • Experience managing software projects in an Agile environment.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, performance optimization, secure coding practices, and production operations.
  • Experience with system monitoring, troubleshooting, incident management, and maintaining highly available production environments.
  • Ability to independently manage projects, including requirements gathering, solution design, implementation, testing, deployment, and client communication.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, client-facing, and conflict-resolution skills.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the platform and related services.
  • Review code, provide constructive feedback, and ensure adherence to coding standards and guidelines.
  • Participate in architecture and design discussions, contributing to the team's technical vision and direction.
  • Build and maintain unit tests and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
  • Continuously improve the platform's performance, reliability, and security.
  • Address technical debt, refactor code as necessary, and drive improvements in the team's software development processes and practices.
  • Assist in the recruitment, onboarding, and training of new team members.
  • Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and development best practices, and share knowledge with the team.
  • Create and maintain backend Java services independently using Java, Spring Boot, and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Develop backend data-storage system designs.
  • Build and maintain unit and integration tests and engage with test automation tools and frameworks.
  • Support good software development life cycle (SDLC) practices using version control systems such as Git and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Triage and patch backend service issues.
  • Use microservices, event-driven architecture, and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience managing full-stack teams consisting of frontend and backend engineers.
  • Background in fintech, enterprise software as a service (SaaS), or other regulated technology environments.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.

Supernova Technology provides cloud-based, digital wealth management lending software for securities-based lending. It serves banks, broker-dealers, and RIAs, enabling advisors to offer liquidity solutions by using clients’ investment portfolios as collateral. The platform is fully automated and digitized, supporting all-electronic origination and scalable to millions of clients, while also connecting institutions with funding partners and offering advisory education. Unlike fragmented workflows, Supernova combines an end-to-end fintech platform, risk and liquidity management, and coaching services in one solution, helping financial professionals streamline lending, reduce cycle times, and improve the client experience. Its goal is to empower advisors to grow their securities-based lending business and overall financial wellness for clients through scalable, cloud-based technology.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$26.5M

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Old National launched a Supernova-powered lending solution in October 2023, proving distribution.
  • Prism launched January 23, 2024, reducing manual PDF processing and error rates.
  • UK expansion in February 2026 opens new revenue streams beyond U.S. securities-based lending.

What critics are saying

  • 50+ institutions still leaves concentration risk if top bank clients pull volume.
  • AI document products like Prism face commoditization from banks and core fintech vendors.
  • No disclosed funding, layoffs, or acquisition news signals vulnerability if growth stalls in 2026.

What makes Supernova Technology unique

  • First cloud-based, configurable, end-to-end securities-based lending platform since 2014.
  • Trusted by 50+ institutions, including banks, broker-dealers, RIAs, and Old National.
  • Expanded into UK Lombard lending on February 3, 2026, broadening product scope.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Unlimited Paid Time Off

401(k) Retirement Plan

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Commuter Benefits

Pet Insurance

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-1%
PR Newswire
Jan 23rd, 2024
Supernova Technology Announces Launch Of Its Ai-Powered Document Assistant And Data Extraction Solution

With Prism, Supernova's AI-powered document assistant and data extraction solution, critical data is extracted from PDFs in minutes with over 95% accuracyCHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Supernova Technology, a wealth lending technology company, announced the launch of its generative AI-powered document assistant and data extraction solution, Prism.With Prism, users can upload supported financial documents from across the industry and parse critical data at the click of a button, empowering businesses to make faster decisions and reduce errors."Now more than ever, decision makers want immediate access to data, in formats they can use," said Supernova CEO Tao Huang. "Too much critical data is hidden in unmanageable PDFs. We're excited to launch Prism and offer a simple, high-fidelity solution that eliminates error-prone, manual data entry."Unlike standard document-reading solutions that rely on optical character recognition (OCR) alone, Prism leverages Supernova's proprietary large language models in combination with OCR to easily identify, organize, and extract relevant data. Prism's models are proactively trained to recognize the information that matters and privately hosted to ensure data integrity and client data confidentiality.To learn more about Prism, visit www.supernovacompanies.com/solutions/prism.About Supernova TechnologySupernova Technology, a financial technology company based in Chicago, has built an industry-leading, fully configurable, end-to-end software solution to automate securities-based lending from origination through the life of the loan. The company empowers banks, wealth management firms, and financial advisors with education and software to deliver a low-interest rate liquidity solution to a broad segment of their clients

Nasdaq
Oct 4th, 2023
Financial Sector Update for 10/04/2023: ONB, UBS, C, UPST

In corporate news, Old National Bancorp ( ONB ) has partnered with Supernova Technology to provide lending products to clients.

PR Newswire
Jun 28th, 2022
Supernova Technology™ Expands Product Offering And Launches Enterprise Collateral Management Product, Aperture™ To Empower Credit And Risk Professionals

Monitor, analyze, report, and mitigate risk across your lending business all in one place with Aperture Enterprise Collateral Management Solution. CHICAGO , June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supernova Technology, a technology leader in securities-based lending (SBL) is expanding their product offering outside of SBL with the addition of Aperture – an Enterprise Collateral Management Solution. Aperture was built to give credit and risk professionals a new level of control and efficiency giving them oversight of their loan book in one place

SEI
Feb 3rd, 2022
SEI partnered with Supernovacompanies on Feb 3rd 22'.

SEI® (NASDAQ: SEIC) today announced a strategic partnership with Supernova Technology™ (Supernova), adding Nationwide Smart Credit SM to the nearly 50 technology integrations and strategic partnerships available to independent advisors through the SEI Wealth Platform SM.