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title: 'Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure at Current'
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# Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure at Current

- **Company:** Current
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-10-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-03
- **Apply:** https://current.com/careers/open-positions/?id=8331205&gh_jid=8331205

## Job description

## STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER, INFRASTRUCTURE

The Infrastructure team owns the reliability and performance of the platform behind every Current product, from the live application and managed database services to the data stores, pipelines and internal tooling our members and engineers rely on. As a Staff engineer with a backend focus, you will own infrastructure domains that span several squads and work closely with frontend and backend engineers across the company. You will set technical direction and lead the work that keeps the platform fast, resilient and secure. This is a senior individual contributor role that has a salary range of $215,000 - $295,000. You will have broad influence across engineering without managing a team.

## WHAT YOU WILL DO:

- Own the stability and performance of our core services and data stores, a domain that spans several squads
- Lead our regional resilience work, including multi-region operation and failover
- Lead application performance work with frontend and backend engineers: find bottlenecks across services, data stores and the network, and fix them
- Plan and run service and database migrations with zero downtime
- Own the reliability and performance of the data pipelines that move production data between services and data stores
- Improve the shared tooling engineers use to build, deploy and operate services, including agentic tooling that makes this work faster and safer
- Lead response to infrastructure incidents and make sure postmortem actions get done
- Set technical direction through design reviews and explain tradeoffs clearly to engineers, product partners and leadership
- Raise the quality of other engineers' work through design review, pairing and mentoring
- Partner with Security and Compliance to meet the standards of a regulated financial services company

## ABOUT YOU:

- 8+ years of software or infrastructure engineering with a backend focus, including at least 3 years owning production infrastructure that multiple teams depend on
- You have already led regional resilience projects (multi-region, failover or disaster recovery) and application performance projects in production
- You have built and run Java backend services and are comfortable working in Java services and shared libraries
- MongoDB in production at scale: performance tuning, indexing, replication, capacity planning and upgrades
- Cloud operations on Kubernetes: running production clusters, upgrades, autoscaling and multi-cluster setups. We run GKE, but deep experience on another cloud is welcome
- Experience deploying Infrastructure as code, ideally Terraform
- You use observability tools (we use Datadog) for metrics, tracing, logging and alerting, and you have used them to lead incident response
- Building or operating data pipelines that move production data
- Hands-on experience with agentic tooling, such as AI coding agents or MCP servers
- Strong communication skills. You write clear RFCs and lead cross-team decisions through influence rather than authority

## NICE TO HAVE:

- Application profiling, such as JVM profiling, flame graphs or continuous profiling
- Networking within the cloud: VPC design, private connectivity, load balancing, DNS and service mesh
- Experience in fintech or regulated financial services, such as SOC 2 or PCI DSS compliance
- Cloud security: IAM, workload identity, network policies, pod security and secrets management
- A cloud or Kubernetes certification, such as Google Professional Cloud Architect, AWS Solutions Architect or CKA
- Experience with Google Cloud, including GKE

## BENEFITS

- Competitive salary
- Meaningful equity in the form of stock options
- 401(k) plan
- Discretionary performance bonus program
- Biannual performance reviews
- Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100% for you and your dependents
- Flexible time off and paid holidays
- Generous parental leave policy
- Commuter benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Healthcare and Dependent care FSA benefit
- Employee Assistance Programs focused on mental health
- Healthcare advocacy program for all employees
- Access to mental health apps
- Team building activities
- Our modern NYC based office with open floor plan, stocked kitchen, and catered lunches

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## About Current

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Current is a consumer fintech platform that provides mobile-first banking services—including spending accounts, early paycheck access, credit building, and savings—to help everyday Americans improve their financial outcomes.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E; most recent round closed June 2026)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Stuart Sopp (CEO & Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Fintech (consumer banking, payments, credit, earned wage access)
- **Target customers**: B2C — everyday Americans, including teens (custodial accounts), gig workers, and underserved or unbanked populations; no minimum income or age restrictions
- **Mission / purpose**: To improve financial outcomes for all Americans by providing affordable, integrated financial solutions that address their most important needs.

## Products & Services
- **Spending Account (Core Banking)**: Mobile-first checking account with a Visa debit card; no mandatory fees, no minimum balance, fee-free overdraft, and early access to paychecks (up to 2 days early with direct deposit).
- **Paycheck Advances (Earned Wage Access)**: Advances of up to $750 deposited directly into the Current account for qualifying members.
- **Build Card (Secured Credit Card)**: No credit check, no upfront deposit; helps members build credit history with monthly payments; managed via a single spending balance.
- **Savings Pods**: Sub-accounts that earn an annual boost up to 4.00% APY; instant transfers from spending balance.
- **Crypto Trading**: Buy/sell dozens of coins directly from spending balances with no trading fees.
- **Teen Banking (Custodial Accounts)**: Debit cards for kids with automatic allowances, instant transfers, and real-time spending alerts for parents.
- **P2P Transfers**: Send money to anyone.
- **Cash Deposits**: Available at 60,000+ participating retail locations.
- **ATM Network**: Access to 40,000+ fee-free in-network ATMs.
- **Money Management Tools**: Budgeting tools, spending insights, instant notifications.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $1.5 billion (post-money, Series E, June 2026)
- **Total Funding**: $663.4M (across 10 rounds, including the Series E)
- **Annual Revenue**: Not publicly disclosed; reported 3 consecutive years of 70%+ revenue growth (as of June 2026)
- **Members**: 6+ million (as of mid-2026)
- **Notable Investors**: Springcoast Partners (led Series E), Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global Management, Avenir, Foundation Capital, Wellington Management, Sapphire Ventures, General Catalyst (Customer Value Fund), QED Investors, Cross River
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Third consecutive year of >70% growth (June 2026)
  - Approaching profitability in 2026
  - Expanded credit/liquidity partnership with Cross River
  - Extended commitment from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund
  - Building operational scale and governance for public company readiness
  - Headcount grew 33.4% YoY to ~183 employees (LinkedIn data, 2025-2026)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary core banking technology**: Built and maintains its own core banking stack, enabling full integration of features (no silos) and direct relationships with partner banks (Choice Financial, Cross River) and Visa without intermediaries.
- **Spend-based business model**: Revenue driven primarily by interchange fees (merchant swipe fees), not deposit-based lending — a fundamentally different model from traditional banks.
- **No mandatory fees**: No annual fees, overdraft fees, or minimum balance requirements, making it accessible to low-income and underserved Americans.
- **Integrated credit building**: Secured credit card + credit score monitoring (VantageScore) tied directly to the spending account, with no separate deposit or credit check.
- **AI & cloud-native platform**: Heavy investment in AI and cloud infrastructure to deliver personalized financial experiences at scale.

## Strategic Focus
- **Product innovation**: Continued investment in AI-powered financial services, banking, payments, liquidity, and credit offerings.
- **Public market readiness**: Building the operational scale, governance, and financial profile expected of a public company; targeting profitability in 2026.
- **Member growth**: Expanding the member base beyond 6 million by deepening product adoption and entering new use cases.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven fintech focused on improving financial outcomes for everyday Americans; described as combining industry-leading technology with highly skilled talent.
- **Work environment**: Headquarters in New York, NY; hybrid/office policy not explicitly stated but roles are likely NYC-based.
- **Perks & benefits**: Competitive salary, equity, discretionary bonus program, flexible vacation policy, commuter benefits, medical/dental/vision insurance.
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on building proprietary core banking tech, AI/ML infrastructure, and fully integrated product experiences; strong focus on security, scalability, and innovation.
- **Recent hires from**: Varo Bank, WeWork, letgo, Deloitte, Amazon, American Express, Uber, Capital One, Morgan Stanley, JPMorganChase — indicating a high-caliber talent pool.
- **Open roles (as of mid-2026)**: Senior Software Engineer (Applied ML), Senior Business Intelligence Engineer, Senior Data Analyst, Senior Data Scientist, Director of Data Analytics, Director of Risk, Analytics Engineer, and more.

## Sources
1. [current.com/about-us](https://current.com/about-us/)
2. [current.com/careers](https://current.com/careers/)
3. [current.com](https://current.com/)
4. [LinkedIn - Current](https://www.linkedin.com/company/current)
5. [CB Insights - Current](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/current)
6. [Greenhouse - Current Careers](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/current81)

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