Staff Engineer - Data Services

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 so much 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 located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

Designs, develops, documents, tests, debugs, and maintains data solutions that power new and existing software product applications. Provides expertise and familiarity in software tools, frameworks, and best practices in secure software engineering.Acts as a technical leader on the team, collaborates closely with the architecture team and ensures that the platform moves forward to continue powering Early Warning products.

Essential Functions

• Leads deep, complex, and high-risk technical projects, and fosters the communication around them.

• Develops features and capabilities to enhance the Early Warning core product offerings.

• Manages source code using Git.

• Queries platform data using SQL-based DBs.

• Works on Java Web Services using Spring Boot.

• Tracks sprint work in Jira and documents decisions in Confluence.

• Builds automated tests along with sprint work that is integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.

• Reviews, and approves pull requests ensuring that code quality remains high.

• Troubleshoots complex bugs that may arise during software development.

• Ensures that platform architecture meets our growth, monitoring and alerting goals.

• Mentors more junior team members with guidance around techniques, tools, and best practices.

• Collaborates with stakeholders to make the right trade off decisions.

• Influences decisions by leveraging critical thinking skills and relationships.

• Support the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

• The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and/ or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering or related field.

• 10 or more years of related industry experience.

• Proficient in Java, Spring Boot, SOA framework, web services.

• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks (Pub/Sub, Kafka, etc.).

• Experience with SQL.

• Comfortable with Linux-based systems.

• Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures.

• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and low-level optimizations skills.

• Proficient with Git source control. Knowledge of mature engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, secure coding, etc.).

• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) best practices, software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, LEAN etc.) and DevOps practices.

• Familiarity with writing automated tests.

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills.

• Background and drug screen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

• Strong understanding of Event-based programming, Multi-threading, Memory management, Kernel/User mode, Fault tolerance, Distributed systems.

• Eagerness to learn, develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple applications using tools such as Gitlab pipelines, Harness, Ansible and Terraform.

• Proficiency with our standard developer toolchain including Gitlab, Atlassian products, VS Code and Docker.

• Proficiency with Linux and Bash

• Familiar working with common data format standards like XML, JSON YAML, etc.

• Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes

• FinTech experience is highly beneficial.

• Stay current with industry trends and innovations through continuing education, company provided training and proof of concepts.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

The base pay scale for this position in:
Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL in USD per year is: $158,000 - $210,000.
New York, NY/ San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $189,000 - $240,000.
Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate's education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness

• Healthcare Coverage-Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan-Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off -Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning - provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

AndSOmuch more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure tocheck our Benefits page here for the latest. Ourteamcan share more during the interview process!

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Early Warning Services, LLC ("Early Warning") considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.