Principal Software Engineer - AWS
Early Warning Services1 day ago
Chicago, IL, USA or San Francisco, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$173k - $276k/yr
Responsibilities
- Set technical standards and provide hands-on technical leadership across multiple engineering teams.
- Partner with product management to shape product strategy, descriptions, and technology-roadmap alignment.
- Own technical product design and architecture for complex application and service solutions.
- Develop departmental-wide technical vision and influence engineering approaches across product, architecture, and software engineering.
- Design and engineer full-stack solutions using cloud, containerization, CI/CD, automated testing, operational-readiness, and self-service practices.
- Coach and mentor team members, present to internal audiences, and collaborate with customers and cross-functional partners.
- Support risk management and the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, with preparation typically obtained through education and/or experience.
- At least 15 years of experience designing and developing complex software projects, including at least eight years in the FinTech domain.
- One to two years of experience implementing cloud application solutions or services using containerization, CI/CD, automated testing, and security guidelines.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and designing complex end-to-end full-stack systems.
- Hands-on experience with Java, J2EE, JUnit, Tomcat, Spring Boot, Spring Core, Kafka, Tibco EMS or JMS, Oracle PL/SQL, JavaScript, jQuery, or AngularJS.
- Experience with test automation, object-oriented analysis and design, CI/CD pipeline implementation, code repositories, bug tracking tools, and wikis.
- Knowledge of SDLC best practices, software development methodologies, and DevOps practices.
- Preferred qualifications include an M.S. or Ph.D., AWS, Splunk, Altiris, Zabbix, database architecture, Terraform, AppDynamics, C#, Ruby, Python, PHP, ACH/EFT, RTP, FedNow, cloud migration, and Kubernetes or cloud certification.
- Strong communication, public speaking, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to complete a background and drug screen and perform the stated physical and communication requirements.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model for positions in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York.
- Base pay ranges from $173,000 to $230,000 in Phoenix or Chicago and from $207,000 to $276,000 in San Francisco, plus a discretionary incentive plan.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with HSA or FSA options.
- 401(k) plan with a 100% company safe harbor match on the first 6% deferred, immediately upon eligibility.
- Flexible time off or generous PTO depending on exempt status, 11 paid company holidays, and a paid volunteer day.
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave and Maven Family Planning support.
- Normal office environment with primarily sedentary computer work and reasonable-accommodation provisions.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSAzureC#ChefGitGoogle CloudJavaJavaScriptJenkinsjQueryJUnitKubernetesMavenPHPPythonRubySplunkSpring BootSubversionTerraform
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About Early Warning Services
Early Warning Services builds payment networks and fraud/risk mitigation solutions for U.S. banks and credit unions. It operates the Zelle peer-to-peer payments network and is rolling out Paze, a digital wallet, alongside identity verification and account risk services. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, it is owned by a consortium of major U.S. banks and partners with thousands of financial institutions nationwide.