Senior Java/AWS Tech Lead for FinTech Platform

Early Warning; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 207,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan with company 6%

Paid Time Off + 11 company holidays

Paid parental leave

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Early Warning is seeking an experienced technical leader in San Francisco to drive architecture and product strategy across multiple teams. You will partner with product and engineering to design scalable solutions for payments and risk management while mentoring others and championing DevOps practices.

The role requires deep FinTech experience, strong public speaking skills, and a track record of building end-to-end systems using Java, microservices, and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Fifteen+ years designing and developing complex software, with 8+ years in FinTech.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Excellent public speaking and communication skills.
• Knowledge of SDLC, Agile, Scrum, LEAN, and DevOps.
• Proven track record building end-to-end systems (full stack).
• Hands-on design/development with Java RESTful services, microservices, and Spring.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Git, Jenkins, Maven).
• Cloud experience (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with Git repos, Jira, Confluence, Bugzilla.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product management to define strategy and roadmaps.
• Serve as a senior technical expert and mentor.
• Own technical product design and architecture.
• Present findings and architectures to groups.
• Collaborate with customers to tailor solutions.
• Define departmental technical vision and cross-functional influence.
• Support risk management and data security.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Public speaking

SDLC best practices

Agile / Scrum / LEAN

DevOps practices

Full stack development

Java RESTful services

Microservices architecture

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

OOA/OOD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Maven

Jira

Confluence

Bugzilla

Terraform

Kubernetes

Spring Boot

Oracle PL/SQL

Job description

Early Warning is seeking an experienced technical leader in San Francisco to drive architecture and product strategy across multiple teams. You will partner with product and engineering to design scalable solutions for payments and risk management while mentoring others and championing DevOps practices.

The role requires deep FinTech experience, strong public speaking skills, and a track record of building end-to-end systems using Java, microservices, and cloud platforms.