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Our mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone201-500 Employees

Top 10% of responders
Earnest is in the top 10% of companies in terms of response time to applications
Responds within two weeks
Based on past data, Earnest usually responds to incoming applications within two weeks
B2C
Scale Stage
Rapidly increasing operations
Top Investors
This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors

Website
: Locations
Oakland Salt Lake City Remote: Company size
201-500 people: Total raised
$127M: Company type
Consumer Financial Services: Markets
Financial Services Credit Banking Consumer Lending Fin Tech

Jobs at Earnest

Earnest is a technology company using cutting-edge data science, smarter design, and software automation to rebuild financial services. Founded on the belief that financially responsible people deserve better options and access to credit, Earnest's lending products are built for a new generation seeking to reach life's milestones. The company uses data and technology to understand every applicant's unique financial story and offer the lowest possible rates. Earnest’s Engineering team is tackling hard problems to make the process of obtaining a student loan simpler, and paying less for your education a reality. Our team has built a proprietary loan origination platform from the ground up. Second, our remote first team prides itself on our strong culture of collaboration, innovation, and growth.

Marketing

Senior Manager, SEM

NewPosted 1 week ago

Senior Manager, SEM

Play a pivotal role in driving customer acquisition and revenue growth through paid search, with visibility into social, display, and video campaigns while expertly balancing company efficiency metrics.
Be responsible for leading the strategy, execution, and optimization of our SEM efforts across ...

Remote only • San Francisco

$150k – $170k

Other

Quantitative Risk Analytics Lead

NewPosted 2 weeks ago

Quantitative Risk Analytics Lead

Play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing our loss modeling and underwriting, ensuring frictionless risk optimization to support our strategic goals
Define roadmap and strategy around risk modeling foundation, structure, and backbone of the modeling systems.

Remote only • San Francisco

$191k – $216k

Engineering

Site Reliability Engineer II

NewPosted 2 weeks ago

Site Reliability Engineer II

Set up and maintain comprehensive monitoring, create and refine playbooks, build dashboards, and adopt industry-standard practices to enhance the reliability and resilience of our site and systems.
Develop and manage IaC to ensure reliable, scalable, and high-performance systems, reducing configuration drift and enabling rapid recovery.

Remote • San Francisco

Sales

IT Support Specialist

NewPosted 2 weeks ago

IT Support Specialist

Assist in onboarding and off-boarding of employees, including system and account provisioning.
Own and manage the inventory of 300+ Apple devices.

Remote • San Francisco

Engineering

Senior Software Engineer, Growth Experience

NewPosted 2 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Growth Experience

Private student loans - low rates, people-first service, and flexible payments.
Student loan refinancing - break free from high-interest rates or monthly payments.

Remote • San Francisco

Operations

Business Operations Manager

NewPosted 3 weeks ago

Business Operations Manager

Assist the General Manager in identifying business trends and opportunities for growth and efficiency improvement.
Act as an internal consultant, collaborating with multiple stakeholders to optimize team efficiency.

Remote • San Francisco

Marketing

Senior Manager, Content Marketing

NewPosted 4 weeks ago

Senior Manager, Content Marketing

Develop and implement a comprehensive content strategy aligned with Earnest's mission, key performance indicators (KPIs), and editorial narratives.
Collaborate with product marketing, brand, design, and PR teams to ensure cohesive messaging across platforms.

Remote • San Francisco

Operations

Chief of Staff

NewPosted 1 month ago

Chief of Staff

Serve as a critical advisor to the CEO, offering strategic guidance, sound judgment, and thoughtful insights to inform decision-making on critical business decisions.
Drive cross-functional, high-impact initiatives that align with the company’s strategic priorities, ensuring seamless execution and fostering collaboration across all parts of the organization.

San Francisco

Engineering

Senior Platform Quality Engineer

NewPosted 1 month ago

Senior Platform Quality Engineer

Ensure service compatibility and consumer-driven development using your deep understanding of contract testing principles (e.g., Pact, Spring Cloud Contract).
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that effective testing methodologies and automated testing tools are seamlessly integrated into the development process.

Remote • San Francisco

Designer

Senior Visual Designer

NewPosted 1 month ago

Senior Visual Designer

Lead the creative vision for full 360 campaigns with a strong focus on dotcom experiences, as well as digital, print, experiential, and photography/video content, tailored to the fintech and student loan space.
Help further refine our brand design systems as our company grows.

Remote • San Francisco

Engineering

Data Scientist II

NewPosted 1 month ago

Data Scientist II

Design and implement ETL pipelines to ingest data from operational systems, third-party sources, and public datasets into the data warehouse, transform existing data for user consumption, and source data for model training
Extract data for model training from various sources, including data warehouses (e.g., Earnest,...

Remote only • San Francisco

$142k – $160k

Operations

Senior Strategic Finance Associate

NewPosted 1 month ago

Senior Strategic Finance Associate

Work closely with other Finance staff as well as General Managers, Marketing team, and Operations team to develop budgets and forecasts and maintain those forecasts.
Concentrate on marketing drivers including channel efficiency, funnel conversion, and campaign performance to identify opportunities for more efficient spending. Support reporting and analysis needs to highlight operational performance and measure alignment with strategic objectives.

Remote only • San Francisco

$113k – $128k

Other

Senior Technical Program Manager

NewPosted 1 month ago

Senior Technical Program Manager

You'll be an individual contributor who will create Program Plans that are aligned to company OKRs and based on data from product roadmaps, Jira, and any other sources that include dates/milestones.
Track program status, resolve impediments, manage risks and issues, and assist with backlog creation.

Remote only • San Francisco

$149k – $169k

Marketing

Director, Lifecycle Marketing

NewPosted 1 month ago

Director, Lifecycle Marketing

Lead best-in-class technical implementation across ESP consolidation and data integrity with Customer Data Platform in partnership with MarTech engineering and Data & Analytics teams.
Conceive, communicate, and implement Lifecycle strategy, including all aspects of campaigns (audience segmentation, creative briefing, lifecycle journeys) and tactical deployment, with little to no oversight.

Remote only • San Francisco • Salt Lake City

$185k – $210k

Marketing

Direct Mail Marketing Manager

NewPosted 2 months ago

Direct Mail Marketing Manager

Oversee and manage large-scale direct mail campaigns (over 30 million mail pieces annually) aimed at driving new customer acquisition.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Risk, Finance, Client Happiness, Data & Analytics) to align on campaign goals and execution.

Remote only • San Francisco

$133k – $151k

Marketing

Lifecycle Marketing Manager

NewPosted 2 months ago

Lifecycle Marketing Manager

Provide senior leadership and stakeholders with campaign performance reports, including data-driven recommendations for future campaign optimization and strategic plans for growing the impact of lifecycle marketing.
Own all aspects of campaign strategy development, creative briefing, audience segmentation, jou...

Remote only • San Francisco • Salt Lake City

$142k – $161k

Engineering

Product Engineers - Send us your resume!

NewPosted 2 months ago

Product Engineers - Send us your resume!

Drivers – Drivers are satisfied by making things happen, not coming along for the ride. They feel a strong sense of ownership for their projects and teams and demand high standards from themselves and others.
Humility – Humble team players check their egos and consider the team’s needs above their own....

Remote only • San Francisco

Designer

Designers - Send us your resume!

NewPosted 2 months ago

Designers - Send us your resume!

Drivers – Drivers are satisfied by making things happen, not coming along for the ride. They feel a strong sense of ownership for their projects and teams and demand high standards from themselves and others.
Humility – Humble team players check their egos and consider the team’s needs above their own....

Remote only • San Francisco

Engineering

Senior Software Engineer (New Products)

NewPosted 3 months ago

Senior Software Engineer (New Products)

Architectural Excellence: Design and build systems that can quickly go from prototype to fully fleshed-out products.
Rapid Prototyping and Delivery: Move quickly, embracing agile methodologies to deliver minimum viable products (MVPs) and proof-of-concepts (PoCs) in short iterations, allowing us to rapidly validate ideas and pivot as needed.

Remote only • San Francisco

$189k – $214k

Engineering

Staff Software Engineer (New Products)

NewPosted 4 months ago

Staff Software Engineer (New Products)

Architectural Excellence: Design and build systems that can quickly go from prototype to fully fleshed-out products.
Rapid Prototyping and Delivery: Move quickly, embracing agile methodologies to deliver minimum viable products (MVPs) and proof-of-concepts (PoCs) in short iterations, allowing us to rapidly validate ideas and pivot as needed.

Remote only • San Francisco

$223k – $254k