Staff Software Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise in requirements analysis, design, effort estimation, development, testing and delivery of highly scalable and secure distributed backend services.
• Work with product management, architects and other engineering teams to understand stated and unstated needs and turn them into functional and technical requirements.
• Lead technical design and architecture discussions and drive technical decisions while making appropriate trade-offs on technology, functionality, robustness, performance and extensibility.
• Estimate the work scope and timelines and consistently deliver on those commitments.
• Implement, refine, and enforce software development techniques to ensure that the delivered features meet software integration, performance, security, and maintainability expectations.
• Research, test, benchmark, and evaluate new tools and technologies, and recommend ways to implement them in product development.
• Maintain high standards of software quality and technical excellence within the team by establishing good practices and writing clean, testable, maintainable, and secure code.
• Contribute to a forward-thinking team of developers, acting as an agent of change and evangelist for a quality-first culture within the organization.
• Mentor and coach team members to guide them to solutions on complex design issues and do peer code reviews.
• Proactively identify issues, bottlenecks, gaps, or other areas of concerns or opportunities and work to either directly affect change, or advocate for that change.
• Perform critical maintenance, deployment, and release support activities, including occasional off-hours support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related disciplines.
• 10+ years of professional experience in building Web scale highly available multi-tenant SaaS with focus on backend platform, frameworks, RESTful APIs and microservices.
• 2+ years of experience with a public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and solid understanding of cloud-native services.
• Extensive experience with SQL, relational database design, SQL query optimization.
• Expert in C# and fluent in MSSQL, SQL, data modeling and transactional flows.
• Fluent in Javascript, ReactJS framework and/or Angular framework.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, ASP.NET Core, asynchronous programming, multithreading/concurrency, distributed systems.
• Strong computer science foundation including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Proven experience with API gateway services such as Apigee, identity management, authentication and authorization.
• Working knowledge of event-driven architecture and messaging services like Kafka.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and system performance analysis skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
• Experience with ORM frameworks such as Entity Framework or Hibernate.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Passion for engineering excellence through automation, unit testing, and process improvements.

Nice to Have

• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
• Good knowledge of internet security issues in software design and code.
• FinTech or Financial services domain background.
• Front End framework experience; React preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related disciplines.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary range: USD $170,000.00 - USD $213,000.00.
• Short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility.
• Robust benefit and wellness plans.
• Work environment that combines virtual and in-person interactions.
• Opportunities for professional development and inclusive affinity groups.