Full-Time
Senior Software Engineer
Posted on 10/4/2025
Amount
51-200 employees
Automates digital lending applications and approvals
Compensation Overview
$150k - $170k/yr
Remote in USA + 1 more
More locations: Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid
 Software Engineering (1) |
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- 8+ years of back-end software development experience, ideally in SaaS or FinTech.
- Strong Java, Spring Boot, and Micronaut expertise, with a deep understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices.
- Experience with event-driven architectures (Temporal, ActiveMQ, or Kafka).
- Hands-on use (or eagerness to adopt) AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, CodeWhisperer, ChatGPT, etc.) to optimize productivity.
- Strong background in distributed systems, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, and cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git) and modern software engineering practices.
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally in an agile environment and communicate complex ideas clearly.
- Back-End Development: Design, implement, and maintain scalable services and RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and Micronaut.
- System Architecture: Build and evolve microservices within Kubernetes, ensuring resiliency, performance, and maintainability.
- Event-Driven Systems: Work with asynchronous workflows using Temporal, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies.
- Data & Storage: Develop and optimize data solutions with PostgreSQL and Redis.
- Code Quality: Write clean, efficient, and testable code; participate in code reviews to raise technical standards.
- Collaboration: Partner with QA, DevOps, and SRE to ensure secure, scalable deployments on AWS.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive performance tuning, identify technical debt, and contribute to our long-term technical roadmap.
- Innovation: Explore and embed AI-driven developer productivity tools into the engineering lifecycle.
Amount provides a SaaS platform for banks and credit unions to modernize digital account opening and loan origination for consumers and small businesses. The platform automates the application process with a fully digital experience and includes decisioning to speed and improve credit decisions. It enables financial institutions to launch new digital products in months, not years, by delivering an all-in-one solution as a service. Unlike traditional on-premise systems, Amount focuses on digital banking and lending workflows, offering a seamless end-to-end experience and built-in credit decisioning to help lenders act faster. The goal is to help financial institutions accelerate digital transformation, expand their digital offerings, and remain competitive with newer fintech players in the digital banking and lending space.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Late Stage VC
Total Funding
$308M
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2019
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- FIS acquisition integrates Amount into $3.1T asset base for cross-selling.
- AI/ML investments accelerate deployment to FIS's bank and credit union clients.
- POS lending bundles with FIS payments, gaining edge over standalone fintechs.
What critics are saying
- Integration fails, causing client churn to Temenos in 12-24 months.
- Key engineers depart due to FIS cultural clash in 6-12 months.
- Bundled FIS pricing drives defections to Blend Labs in 12-18 months.
What makes Amount unique
- Amount's cloud-native platform unifies account opening, lending, and decisioning for banks.
- Embedded AI simplifies digital experiences across lending, cards, and deposits.
- Processed 150M+ applications for institutions managing $3.1T assets.
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Growth & Insights and Company News
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↑ 2%FIS today announced it has completed its acquisition of Chicago-based Amount, a leading provider of unified digital banking origination and decisioning experiences for financial institutions of all types and sizes.
Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) has acquired Amount, a digital banking platform, to enhance its digital account-opening tools and expand its technology offerings. The acquisition will integrate Amount's cloud-native platform, streamlining onboarding for banks and credit unions, and is expected to solidify FIS's Banking Solutions segment. Despite a 14% drop in FIS shares over six months, the acquisition aims to boost FIS's digital capabilities and client portfolios.
Amount raised $81 million later that year in a funding round led by Goldman Sachs, and was valued at $1 billion the following year.
Amount, a service aiding traditional banks in the digital realm, has secured $81 million in funding from Goldman Sachs. The company, which emerged from the startup lending firm Avant in January, aims to bolster legacy fintech players against agile digital competitors. Amount's recent valuation stands at $681 million.
Check Out Its New Look and How Amount, Inc. is Helping Banks and Credit Unions Stay Ahead in a Changing World At Amount, Amount, Inc. is constantly evolving to meet the ever-changing needs of the financial industry.