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Senior Software Engineer - Platform (Hybrid)

Enova · Chicago, IL · $98,000–$130,000 a year · Tech

Posted May 29, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Walk me through a platform or internal tool you built that other engineers depended on. How did you figure out what they actually needed?

What they are checking: experience building for internal engineering customers rather than end users, and whether they gather real requirements

Describe a time you owned a project end to end, from scoping through deployment. How did you break it into deliverable pieces and estimate the work?

What they are checking: real project management maturity, not just coding ability

Tell me about a time you disagreed with another engineer or a stakeholder about a technical approach. How did it get resolved?

What they are checking: how they handle conflict and whether they can be persuaded by better arguments

Describe a time you had to convince engineers to adopt a tool or process you built. What worked and what didn't?

What they are checking: ability to drive adoption of platform work, which is often harder than building the tool itself

What would you do

Tell me about a time a product manager's plan changed mid-sprint. What did you do?

What they are checking: comfort with iterative, evolving scope and collaboration style with non-engineers

You're mentoring a mid-level engineer whose code keeps breaking things in production. How do you handle that conversation and the follow-up?

What they are checking: mentorship approach and whether they build people up rather than just flag problems

If you inherited a legacy platform tool with no documentation that half the engineering org quietly depends on, what would your first two weeks look like?

What they are checking: how they approach unfamiliar systems and risk when other teams' work is on the line

About the work

Tell me about the AI-powered tooling you've built. What problem was it solving, and what did you use under the hood?

What they are checking: whether the candidate has genuine hands-on AI tooling experience versus surface familiarity with the buzzword

Say you need to solve a data processing problem and you could do it in Ruby or Go. Walk me through how you'd decide, and what tradeoffs you'd be weighing.

What they are checking: depth across multiple languages and the ability to reason about tradeoffs rather than just defaulting to a favorite tool

How would you design an API integration between two internal systems that need to stay in sync but are owned by different teams?

What they are checking: enterprise architecture thinking and understanding of ownership boundaries and failure modes

What's a full-stack web application you deployed that you're proud of? What was the hardest part of getting it to production, not just building it?

What they are checking: actual deployment experience versus only writing code that someone else ships

How do you think about security or compliance risk when building tools that touch financial or customer data?

What they are checking: awareness of finance-domain constraints even without direct finance experience

What's an example of a complex problem you solved in more than one language, and why did one end up being the better fit?

What they are checking: whether the polyglot claim on their resume holds up under a real example

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The full job description

As published by Enova.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas or take over sponsorship at this time. About the role: As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take ownership of the development of our systems and applications. You will team up with technical stakeholders to help build out AI tooling for the enterprise. You'll also enhance our collaborative environment by supporting the engineers on your team through mentorship and knowledge sharing. Our Platform Engineering team enables faster, continuous, and safer development by building and maintaining tooling and solutions that address engineering challenges across our application platforms. We're excited about you if you have: • 3+ years of experience in a full stack development role • 1+ years of experience working with AI technologies, including building AI-powered tooling • Proficiency in one or more object-oriented programming languages. • The ability to solve complex problems in more than one language, and know why one of them is better. • Expertise with building software features, enterprise architecture, and API integration to facilitate first in class software. • Project management skills, specifically the ability to oversee projects end-to-end, estimate work, and break up problems into deliverable parts. • Deployed multiple web applications from a full-stack perspective. • Experience collaborating with product managers to plan and scope products iteratively.  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience. Preferred / Desirable: • Experience with Ruby and Go is a plus. • Experience with cloud-based infrastructure and AWS tooling is a plus. • Experience in the Finance domain is a nice-to-have. Compensation: This position includes various levels within our career ladder. The actual annual salary will be determined based on qualifications, skills, experience, and level assessed during the hiring process and may fall outside of the ranges shown.  Budgeted annual salary ranges: Senior Software Engineer I: $98,000-$130,000 Senior Software Engineer II: $108,000 to $140,000 Additional compensation for this role may include a bonus. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in Company benefits, described in more detail  here . Benefits & Perks: • Our hybrid roles require in-office work Tuesday through Thursday, with remote flexibility on Mondays and Fridays. This schedule fosters collaboration, team connection, and strategic planning, enhancing communication and effectiveness to drive results. • Health, dental, and vision insurance including mental health benefits • 401(k) matching plus a roth option (U.S. Based employees only) • PTO & paid holidays off • Sabbatical program (for eligible roles) • Summer hours (for eligible roles) • Paid parental leave • DEI groups (B.L.A.C.K. @ Enova, HOLA @ Enova, Women @ Enova, Pride @ Enova, South Asians @ Enova, APEX @ Enova, and Parents @ Enova) • Employee recognition and rewards program • Charitable matching and a paid volunteer day…Plus so much more! About Enova Enova International is a leading financial technology company that provides online financial services through our AI and machine learning-powered Colossus™platform. We serve non-prime consumers and businesses alike, while offering world-class technology and services to traditional banks—in order to create accessible credit for millions.   Being a values-driven organization is at the core of Enova’s success. We live our values by listening to our customers, challenging assumptions, thinking big, setting high expectations, and hiring and developing the best. Through our values and our commitment to making Enova an awesome place to work, we maintain an environment of inclusion and culture where our employees can thrive. You can learn more about Enova’s values and culture here .  It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all persons and not discriminate in employment decisions by placing the most qualified person in each job, without regard to any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. California Applicants: Click here to review our California Privacy Policy for Job Applicants.

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