Principal Engineer - Java/AWS, Zelle

Early Warning® • San Francisco, CA

1d • $207,000 - $276,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Early Warning is hiring a hands-on individual-contributor technical leader for its Zelle engineering work. The role sets standards for quality across multiple teams, partners with cross-functional groups, and contributes technical expertise to a broad range of initiatives. The engineer is expected to stay current with technologies and industry practices and identify opportunities to bring them into the engineering organization.

The position partners with product management on strategy, product descriptions, and technology-roadmap alignment; owns technical product design and architecture; and helps shape a departmental technical vision. It serves as a senior engineering expert, role model, coach, and mentor, while working with customers and internal teams to improve Early Warning products and guide engineering approaches. The role also supports risk management and protection of systems and data.

Early Warning uses a hybrid work model. The position is based on a normal office environment and is primarily sedentary, with extensive computer use. Candidates must independently be eligible to work in the United States at the date of hire; employment visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent education and/or experience typically obtained through that degree.
• At least 15 years of experience designing and developing complex software projects, including at least 8 years in the FinTech domain.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to create technical solutions.
• Effective communication and exceptional public-speaking skills, including comfort presenting to all levels of the company.
• Knowledge of SDLC best practices, software-development methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, and LEAN, and DevOps practices.
• Proven ability to design and build complex end-to-end systems as a full-stack developer.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing with one or more of the listed technologies: Java RESTful web services, Java, J2EE, JUnit, Tomcat, microservices, Spring Boot, Spring Core, Kafka, Tibco EMS or JMS, Oracle PL/SQL, JavaScript, JQuery, or AngularJS.
• Hands-on experience with test automation at unit, component, integration, and functional levels.
• Proven experience in object-oriented analysis and design (OOA/OOD).
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, including tools such as Git, Chef, Maven, and Jenkins.
• Solid understanding of modern cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with code repositories such as Git or SVN, bug-tracking tools such as Jira or Bugzilla, and wikis such as Confluence.
• Successful completion of a background and drug screen.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. or Ph.D. in computer science or another technical field.
• Knowledge of Splunk, Altiris, and Zabbix.
• Hands-on experience working with AWS.
• Experience with database design and architectures.
• Expertise in Terraform and/or other cloud-orchestration technologies.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting systems such as AppDynamics.
• Experience with other programming languages such as C#, Ruby, Python, and PHP.
• Knowledge of ACH/EFT.
• Knowledge of real-time payment networks such as RTP and FedNow.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product management to craft product strategy, create product descriptions, and ensure alignment with technology roadmaps.
• Provide senior-level expertise on software engineering issues, industry trends, and developing technologies; act as a role model and coach and mentor team members.
• Own the creation of technical product design and architecture.
• Create and conduct presentations for small-to-medium-sized groups.
• Work with customers to understand their needs and build partnerships to improve Early Warning products.
• Partner with software engineering, product, and architecture teams to shape engineering approaches and share knowledge and experience.
• Develop, scope, and shape a departmental-wide technical vision.
• Build cross-functional relationships to influence and motivate others and support strategic change management.
• Support the company’s risk-management commitments and protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus company contributions to a Health Savings Account or pre-tax flexible spending accounts for commuting, health, and dependent-care expenses.
• 401(k) plan with a 100% company Safe Harbor match on the first 6% deferred, immediately upon eligibility.
• Flexible Time Off for exempt employees or generous PTO for non-exempt employees.
• 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Maven Family Planning support, including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and return-to-work support.
• Eligibility for a discretionary bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal