Sr. Principal Engineer

Green Dot•Cincinnati, OH

14h•Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for talented professionals, anywhere in the United States, to join us in bringing smart money management and payment solutions to everyone’s fingertips. At Green Dot, we are evolving to a new and permanent “Work from Anywhere” model designed to maximize the benefits of remote work, promote and enable a strong culture of performance and connectedness, and attract the best and brightest talent who align with our entrepreneurial spirit and mission. <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> JOB DESCRIPTION Sr. Principal Engineer ( Green Dot Corporation; Cincinnati, OH) : Rearchitect Green Dot Corporation’s Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform for the future using cloud native techniques. Build the next generation banking and payments platform. 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. Telecommuting permitted from within the U.S.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, or related field, plus six (6) years of experience as a Sr. Principal Engineer, Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, Software Engineer, or related occupation.

Responsibilities

Rearchitect Green Dot Corporation’s Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform for the future using cloud native techniques.
Build the next generation banking and payments platform.
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.