Sr Staff Software Engineer

Alkami Technology•Bentonville, AR

7d•$145,000 - $176,000•Remote

About The Position

The Sr Staff Software Engineer will lead and contribute to computer software systems, participating in the design process from beginning to end. Demonstrates deep technical domain knowledge of the company, including apps, services, systems, or frameworks. A key strategic player involved in maintenance of product features, including on call escalations, triaging and resolution.

Requirements

Requires a minimum of 12 years of in software development related experience; or 8 years and an advanced degree
Marketing technology (MarTech) experience, specifically regarding cookies and platform integrations, is mandatory.
Backend stack requires Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, and Hibernate, with Python usage restricted to basic scripting.
AWS expertise required, specifically with EKS, Cognito, and batch jobs.
Experience in Vue.js ( or React), with the ability to lead modernization efforts from AngularJS.
In-depth understanding of the entire software development process (design, development and deployment)
Exceptional experience developing and deploying applications for Cloud Native Infrastructure
Experience building applications in microservices architecture with API-first mindset.
Collaborates effectively within the agile framework with a problem-solving attitude and willing to take a variety of approaches
Excellent analytical and time management skills, with a proven ability to deliver cross-organization impact independently
Advanced experience building and deploying applications using Kubernetes
Advanced experience in Open telemetry
Proven ability to work cross-functionally, experience with planning and leading complicated technical projects that work with several teams within the company.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience providing technical input
Ability to participate in on call rotation
Drives and expands AI-assisted engineering strategies, optimizing developer workflows, guiding complex modernization initiatives, and advancing prompt and context engineering standards.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in engineering, technology or related field
Experience working with SaaS offerings in the technology and financial industries
Experience building and deploying applications on Amazon Web Services

Responsibilities

Deliver highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant production applications.
Help prevent and investigate production issues.
Build architecture design, influence product roadmap, and take ownership and responsibility over new projects.
Lead code/design reviews to ensure smooth daily operations and accurate planning
Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
Write clean code to develop functional applications
Identify bottlenecks in systems and optimize performance
Lead developers, work with designers and product owners to identify new features
Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications
Gather and address technical and design requirements
Set up and maintain environment configurations and monitor system health
Provide training and support to internal teams
Contribute as a Technical Team Lead by mentoring others, lead sprint planning, delegating work and assignments to team members and participate in project planning.
Introduce and enhance tools to allow greater automation and operability of services.
Interface with customers and other business stakeholders to effectively deliver software products that meet their needs
Establishing and maintaining standards for the engineering organization
Respond promptly to on-call incidents, including troubleshooting and resolving critical disruptions to ensure minimal downtime