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Our cutting-edge technology and innovative financial products empower businesses with more control and flexibility, enabling them to deliver seamless digital experiences, drive customer loyalty, and build long-term value. \nOctane supports merchants throughout the sales cycle: connecting dealerships with high-intent buyers, driving transparent, fast, and easy closings with award-winning technology, and providing on-going customer care with superior loan servicing.\nFounded in 2014, Octane supports over 60 OEM partner brands and over 4,000 dealer partners, and has a team of over 600. Visit www.octane.co.\nWe are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build features and infrastructure for our decisioning (automated underwriting) team. Used by dealerships across the country, this product provides a streamlined workflow for dealerships to get fast, flexible financing to their customers. Working with a team of passionate, experienced engineers, you'll work throughout the backend of our stack with technologies such as Python, Django, PostgreSQL.\nThis isn't just about writing code; it's about engineering solutions. You will work alongside a passionate group of veteran engineers to architect scalable systems, mentor growing talent, and ensure our marketplace remains the gold standard for speed and reliability.\nResponsibilities: \nDesign and architect high-quality software systems that are maintainable and scalable.\nBuild elegant, high-impact features using Python and Django.\nOwn the reliability of the stack with sophisticated automated testing.\nLead high-level code reviews and crush complex technical bottlenecks.\nPartner across teams to turn ambitious product visions into reality.\nMentor rising talent and set the gold standard for engineering excellence.\nUse AI-assisted development to accelerate the pace of the software development lifecycle.\nRequirements:\n5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field preferred.\nDeep proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python, Java, Node.js).\nProven track record of designing, building, and delivering scalable technical solutions end-to-end.\nHands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure automation (Terraform, CDK, or similar).\nAdvanced SQL skills and extensive hands-on experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle).\nDirect experience building and deploying application containers using Docker and Kubernetes.\nActive participation in code reviews, Pull Request workflows, and version control best practices (GitHub, Bitbucket, or Azure DevOps).\nDemonstrated success mentoring junior developers, driving technical alignment, and fostering engineering growth.\nSolutions-oriented mindset with strong initiative, accountability, and communication skills within collaborative team environments.\nAbility to partner effectively across cross-functional teams to solve complex problems and deliver high-quality features.\nCompensation: In addition to salary, Total Rewards include bonus eligibility, a stock option package, and benefits as outlined below. The role described above offers a base salary of $130,000 to $170,000 + corporate bonus eligibility. Your offer will be based on location, the alignment of your qualifications with the requirements of the job and internal equity.\nBenefits:\nRobust Health Care Plans (Medical, Dental & Vision)\nGenerous Parental Leave\nFlexible Time Off (FTO) Policy - Time Off When You Need It\nRetirement Plan (401k) with company match!\nEducational Assistance/Tuition Reimbursement up to $3K/year \nLife Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)\nShort Term / Long Term Disability\nRobust Ancillary benefits including accident insurance, hospital insurance, etc\nWellhub (Gympass) Wellness Benefit\nRecreational Safety Benefit\nDisclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.\nOctane Lending is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion and other terms and conditions of employment.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4680,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Equity","Flexible time off","Life insurance","Parental leave","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-21T18:59:48Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-09-21T22:31:05Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-09-22T14:16:47Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-09-22T17:20:36Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-09-23T19:16:56Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":13,"expected_fill_days":48,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-30T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":170000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/octane-senior-software-engineer-decisioning","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/octane-senior-software-engineer-decisioning.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T04:39:45Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4122,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":878,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}