2U - Principal Full Stack Engineer

Community Bankshares, Inc.; Enon Valley, Northern (Lawrence County, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance

401k

Stock purchase program

Paid time off

Banking perks

Job summary

NBH Bank is seeking a Principal Full Stack Engineer to design, develop, and maintain web and back-end software solutions. You will mentor teammates, coordinate projects, and manage outages with production staff while translating business requirements into scalable architectures.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, review code, and drive best practices in a fast-paced, regulated environment, ensuring timely delivery and high quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent
• 8+ years in a banking/financial tech setting preferred
• Experience with RESTful APIs and data formats (JSON, XML, SOAP)

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy and maintain web and backend software solutions.
• Mentor less experienced team members and coordinate projects.
• Ensure adherence to policies, procedures and quality standards.

Skills

Decision making

Analytical skills

Communication

Team leadership

Remote office

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science

Advanced degree (optional)

Tools

AWS CodePipeline

RESTful APIs

Job description

Posted Friday, August 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM

It starts with our culture ...

Common sense has never been common.

If it were, the world would be a different place. Things would run smoothly and on time. People would do what they say and say what they do. Everything would be fair, without all the small talk. And banks would only sell you what you need. When a banker looked at a client, they wouldn’t just see a number, they’d see a dad or a mom or a graduate or a business owner. Our Bankers understand the complexities of people’s lives and offer simple solutions.

That's the basics of Relationships. Fairness. Simplicity®

When you choose our Company, you have an opportunity to make an impact beyond the walls of our buildings.

We have a long-standing commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Through lending, investing, grants, and volunteerism, NBH Bank promotes the growth, revitalization and sustainability of the communities we serve. We believe that these are important elements in building and sustaining a successful organization and a positive, results-driven culture. We strive for all of our associates to feel welcome and empowered at work.

This type of position is ideal for someone looking to build a career in finance, banking, and technology. We will provide you training and coaching throughout your onboarding experience, as well as on the job. As you demonstrate success, there will be opportunities for advancement within our organization.

The duties of a Principal Full Stack Engineer require a high degree of specialized expertise and skill in maintaining established standards of quality and accuracy. Drive, determination and a self-disciplined approach to achieving results that meet these established criteria are necessary for successful job performance. The job environment is structured and job expectations are clear. While the pace of the work is faster than average, quality is never compromised. The focus of communication and organizational relationships is based on technical expertise. The work requires specialized technical problem solving and ingenuity while working within approved organizational systems and technology, and the demonstration of the values of integrity, quality and caution. New ideas and concepts are also important but will be quickly yet carefully analyzed and tested before communication and adoption. If the job involves managing others, there is a need for someone who can exercise the necessary authority to assure policies and procedures are followed and time frames are met. At the same time, it will be necessary to give subordinates structured opportunity to develop their own expertise and capability for quality work to assure effective delegation and shared responsibility for work output. It is expected that coaching and training support for achieving effective delegation will be required. The position encompasses a defined span of control and opportunity for someone who engenders trust, demonstrates a sense of urgency and assures consistent achievement of quality standards. The work requires making decisions that support company guidelines authoritatively and quickly.

As a Principal Full Stack Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, deploying, documenting, and maintaining web and back-end software solutions. As a principal level associate, you will serve as a mentor for less experienced team members. You will be responsible for a variety of tasks including coordinating and driving projects and managing outage and emergency situations with development and production staff. You will translate business requirements and wireframes into architecture and components. You will convert technical requirements into solution design, and also implement, test and deliver the solution. You will create and maintain documentation for the solutions you build. You will identify, triage, and resolve errors and defects independently and/or by collaborating with the production staff and quality analysts . You will be charged with estimating complexity and dividing tasks when projects are brought to the team. You will perform code reviews, and champion and promote best practices and standards.

Additionally, as a Principal Full Stack Engineer, you are expected to work with internal stakeholders to determine business requirements and priorities. Assist with workflow planning process including design, development, testing and delivery of solutions, participate in the research and evaluation of potential new vendors, and stay current with up-and-coming technologies, pricing and user applicability with current vendors. You will serve as the primary contact for key applications and general knowledge resource for production and development staff, follow policies and procedures, complete administrative tasks correctly and on time, support the company’s goals and values, participate in coordination of disaster recovery planning and preparation, build a great rapport with fellow associates, and treat others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position, and perform other duties as assigned.

All associates are expected to maintain current knowledge and consistent compliance with regulations and bank policies and procedures related to the position, including but not limited to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) requirements.

Minimum Requirements:

To be considered for this position, you must possess the following qualifications.

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and related work experience
• 8+ years of relevant job experience, preferred in a bank setting
• Experience writing clean and semantic SQL
• Experience writing clean and semantic HTML and CSS
• Experience interfacing with enterprise systems via RESTful APIs and standard data formats (JSON, XML, SOAP)
• Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
• A solid understanding of relational data and/or non-relational models
• Experience with CI/CD using AWS CodePipeline
• Working knowledge of cloud-based infrastructures and SDLC pipelines
• Familiar with Agile methodology

Desired Qualifications:

To be considered an ideal candidate, you should possess some of the following qualifications:

• Advanced degree or certification related to field
• 10+ years of relevant job experience
• Experience developing modern frontend apps using React framework
• Knowledge of modern authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Excellent presentation skills for communicating both business-oriented solutions and advanced technical concepts
• Extensive experience with vendor partnerships and resolution of complex system issueslip
• Experience in the FinTech space
• Prior leadership experience

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to make sound and timely decisions, to consistently deliver on commitments, and assume responsibility for results
• Ability to think creatively and meet challenges with resourcefulness
• Ability to prioritize competing demands and effectively manage multiple tasks and/or projects
• Take initiative to research and resolve problems, and undertake activities with minimal supervision
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to apply common sense to carry out instruction and speak clearly to fellow associates
• Ability to train and coach associates, as appropriate
• Remote office environment, manager permitting, with traditional hours
• Sitting for extended periods of time (typically no longer than 8 hours)
• Must be able to work at a rapid pace for long periods of time (typically no longer than 8 hours)
• Must be able to work overtime to the extent necessary
• Must be able to travel – estimated at 5% to 10% of the time

Incentive and Benefits:

In addition to your financial compensation, we also offer a generous benefits package that includes insurance, 401k, an associate stock purchase program, paid time off, associate banking perks.

The Bank is committed to providing qualified applicants and associates reasonable accommodation, when necessary, to enable the individuals to complete the application process and/or perform the essential functions of the job. An applicant and/or associate requiring reasonable accommodation to perform any essential job function, should contact Human Resources.
The Bank's policy is to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. The Bank is proud to be a drug‑free workplace.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Selected candidate(s) for hire must complete the following prior to employment: a criminal history report, global screen, drug screen,employment credit report and if applicable, a driving record. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.