Sr. Principal Engineer

Green Dot Corporation • Cincinnati, OH

6d • $175,400 - $252,400

About The Position

Green Dot Corporation is seeking a talented Sr. Principal Engineer to join their team in bringing smart money management and payment solutions to everyone's fingertips. The role involves building the next generation banking and payments platform using cloud-native techniques and contributing to continuous integration, continuous delivery, cloud migration, and test-driven development practices. The engineer will design highly scalable distributed solutions, work on complex integration projects, and document solutions. They will also organize working sessions, own components during project delivery, and ensure software quality. Additionally, the role requires partnering with product teams, identifying and addressing technical debt, understanding industry trends, and participating in code reviews and team coaching.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, or related field.
• Six (6) years of experience as a Sr. Principal Engineer, Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, Software Engineer, or related occupation.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment, without the need for current or future sponsorship.
• All information provided in resume and application must be accurate and authentic.

Responsibilities

• Build the next generation banking and payments platform using cloud native techniques.
• Contribute towards moving the team forward in continuous integration, continuous delivery, cloud migration, and test-driven development practices.
• Design highly scalable distributed solutions to handle large amounts of data.
• Work on complex integration projects by working out API contracts, identifying gaps, and working out optimal solutions.
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing flowcharts, sequence diagrams and business process flow diagrams.
• Organize and run working sessions by setting up agendas, driving discussions towards resolutions, and delegating actions to participants.
• Own a component or capability during a project delivery stage and be on point for fulfilling the responsibility.
• Ensure software is designed and built with quality, maintainability, scalability, availability, extensibility, security, portability, and testability.
• Partner with product teams to shape the future state of products.
• Actively identify technical debt and work with internal stakeholders to address debt on an ongoing basis.
• Understand evolving industry trends and identify new technologies and patterns which should be adopted, and old technologies which should be deprecated.
• Participate in code reviews, coach team members, and learn from receiving feedback.

Benefits

• We’re Here to Support You—Accommodations Upon Request
• Green Dot is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates.
• If you require a reasonable accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, we encourage you to let us know.
• We will work with you to meet your needs in a way that respects your privacy and ensures equal opportunity.
• Our goal is to support every applicant in showcasing their talents and potential.

What This Job Offers

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