Staff Engineer - Java/AWS, Zelle

Early Warning

New York City, NY

Full Time

Senior

150k-180k

about 1 month ago

Job Description

About the Role

At Early Warning, we've powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle, Paze, and more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses. Positions are located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York with a hybrid work model. The company values large-scale challenges, innovation, and a collaborative environment, primarily working in Java and cloud technologies. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining software applications, acting as a technical leader, and collaborating closely with various teams.

Key Responsibilities

Designs, develops, documents, tests, debugs, and maintains software product applications.
Acts as a technical leader on the team, collaborating closely with the Architecture team and other members to deliver on the team's backlog.
Ensures that platform architecture meets growth, monitoring, and alerting goals.
Leads deep, complex, and high-risk technical projects, managing communication around them.
Collaborates with stakeholders and makes appropriate trade-off decisions.
Mentors junior team members on techniques, tools, and best practices.
Designs and develops features and capabilities to enhance the company's core product offerings.
Manages source code using Git and queries platform data with SQL-based databases.
Works on complex Java Web Services using Spring Boot.
Tracks sprint work in Jira and documents decisions in Confluence.
Builds automated tests integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
Submits pull requests and reviews feedback from team members.
Troubleshoots complex bugs during development.
Supports the company's risk management and data integrity efforts.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
10 or more years of industry experience.
Advanced proficiency in Java.
Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and low-level optimization skills.
Proficient with Git source control.
Familiarity with writing automated tests.
Advanced proficiency with SQL.
Advanced proficiency in RESTful service design.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and make informed trade-off decisions.
Critical thinking skills and ability to influence decisions.
Background and drug screening clearance.

Nice to Have

Spring / Spring Boot framework experience.
Strong understanding of event-based programming, multi-threading, memory management, fault tolerance, distributed systems.
Experience with Cloud/AWS.
Experience with SOAP services.
Familiarity with data formats like XML, JSON, YAML.
NoSQL experience (Redis, HBASE, AeroSpike, etc.).
Experience with Kafka.
Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes.
FinTech industry experience.

Qualifications

Educational background or experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree in a related field.
Minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience.

Benefits & Perks

Discretionary incentive plan and benefits.
Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans with company contributions to HSA or FSA.
401(k) Retirement Plan with a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on the first 6% deferral.
Unlimited paid time off for exempt employees, generous PTO for non-exempt employees, plus 11 paid holidays and a volunteer day.
12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Maven Family Planning support for parenting needs.
Additional health and happiness benefits as detailed on the company's Benefits page.

Working at Early Warning

Early Warning values innovation, collaboration, and large-scale problem solving. The company promotes a diverse and inclusive environment, supporting equal employment opportunity and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

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