About the job
About Us:
At Parafin, our mission is to empower small businesses by providing them with the financial support they need to thrive. Small businesses play a crucial role in our economy, yet they often face challenges in accessing traditional banking services. We develop innovative technology that simplifies access to essential financial tools through the platforms they already use for sales.
By partnering with industry leaders like DoorDash, Amazon, Worldpay, and Mindbody, we deliver fast and adaptable funding solutions, spend management, and savings tools to small business users via seamless integrations. Parafin manages the complexities of capital markets, underwriting, servicing, compliance, and customer support on behalf of our partners.
Our team of dedicated innovators comes from top-tier organizations such as Stripe, Square, Plaid, Coinbase, and Robinhood, all driven by a shared passion for creating solutions that foster the success of small businesses. Backed by prominent venture capital firms including GIC, Notable Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and Thrive Capital, Parafin is a Series C company with over $194M raised in equity and $340M in debt facilities.
Join us in shaping a future where every small business has the financial tools they deserve.
About the Position:
As a Staff Product Engineer at Parafin, you will be the go-to expert for our implemented products. You will collaborate across design, product, and backend teams to ensure that everything functions seamlessly. Our focus extends beyond specifications; we prioritize understanding the purpose of features, identifying users, and solving their problems. You will take ownership of the entire frontend experience, addressing every transition, edge case, and state change that occurs between user actions and screen outputs.
While familiarity with our specific stack is not required, a strong foundation in JavaScript and experience shipping real products using React and TypeScript are essential.
Your Responsibilities:
Create Scalable, High-Quality User Experiences: Collaborate with design to deliver exceptional UI/UX while also managing critical aspects such as page performance, cross-browser compatibility, and mobile responsiveness.
Gain In-Depth Product Knowledge: Develop a strong understanding and perspective on the products we build. Work closely with product and design teams to contribute to the development process, rather than merely executing specifications.
Monitor and Enhance Performance: Implement observability for user interactions, core web vitals, and overall perceived performance.
Build Frontend and Product Infrastructure: Participate in the development of build systems, developer tools, and deployment pipelines. Advocate for improvements in the developer experience and create internal tools to streamline processes.

