Senior Software Engineer

Empower Retirement; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 106,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision and life ins.

401(k) with company matching (up to 6%

Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/yr

Paid time off and holidays

Volunteer time – 16 hours/yr

FMLA and parental leave

Job summary

Empower Retirement is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of relevant experience in enterprise reporting, data analytics, cloud data platforms, and report modernization. The role centers on leading enterprise reporting solutions, partnering with Data Architects, Product Owners, and stakeholders to modernize legacy reports into scalable BI platforms.

You will guide technical discussions, mentor engineers, and ensure data governance, security, and performance standards across the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, enterprise reporting, data warehousing, or data analytics.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Experience designing and modernizing enterprise reporting solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for report discovery, consolidation, modernization, migration, and decommissioning.
• Analyze existing reporting landscape to identify duplicate or legacy reports.
• Lead transformation of legacy reports into modern reporting and analytics solutions.
• Partner with Data Architects to ensure alignment with data architecture, security, governance, and performance standards.
• Collaborate with Data Product Owners and stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and data dependencies.
• Translate requirements into scalable designs, data models, and transformation logic.
• Design and optimize data pipelines, datasets, and reporting structures.
• Document data lineage, transformation rules, and report dependencies.

Skills

Cloud data platforms

SQL optimization

Data analytics

Agile

Leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Power BI

Amazon QuickSight

dbt

Airflow

SQL databases

Job description

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of relevant experience in enterprise reporting, data analytics, cloud data platforms, and report modernization.

This role requires strong hands-on experience with Cloud Data Warehouses, Data Analytics and Reporting tools, along with working knowledge of legacy reporting technologies. The candidate will lead the enterprise reporting solutions partnering with Data Architects, Data Product Owners, business stakeholders, leadership, and engineering team members.

What you will do:

• Provide technical leadership for report discovery, assessment, consolidation, modernization, migration, and decommissioning.
• Analyze the existing reporting landscape to identify duplicate, obsolete, underused, and business-critical reports.
• Lead the transformation of legacy reports into modern reporting and analytics solutions.
• Partner with Data Architects to ensure reporting solutions align with enterprise data architecture, security, governance, and performance standards.
• Collaborate with Data Product Owners and business stakeholders to understand reporting requirements, business rules, usage patterns, and critical data dependencies.
• Translate business reporting requirements into scalable technical designs, data models, transformation logic, and implementation plans.
• Design and optimize data pipelines, queries, semantic layers, datasets, and reporting structures.
• Perform source-to-target analysis and document data lineage, transformation rules, report dependencies, and reconciliation requirements.
• Ensure migrated reports maintain functional accuracy and consistency with legacy report outputs.
• Define testing and validation approaches, including data reconciliation, regression testing, performance testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Identify and resolve data quality, report performance, and platform integration issues.
• Establish reusable reporting patterns, development standards, templates, and technical best practices.
• Support governance processes related to report ownership, access control, auditability, data classification, retention, and lifecycle management.
• Lead technical discussions, design reviews, code reviews, and troubleshooting sessions.
• Mentor engineers and provide guidance on modern reporting, cloud data platforms, SQL optimization, and software engineering practices.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, enterprise reporting, business intelligence, data warehousing, or data analytics.
• Strong experience designing, developing, supporting, or modernizing enterprise reporting solutions.
• Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses, data analytics platforms, relational databases, advanced SQL development, and query optimization.
• Working knowledge of legacy reporting technologies.
• Experience analyzing legacy reports, underlying SQL, stored procedures, data sources, business rules, schedules, and downstream dependencies.
• Strong understanding of reporting architecture, data pipelines, semantic models, metadata management, and data lineage.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex data discrepancies and reconcile report outputs across legacy and modern platforms.
• Experience working in Agile software delivery environments.
• Strong technical leadership, problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with Data Architects, Data Product Owners, business stakeholders, leadership, engineers, analysts, and other team members.

What will set you apart:

• Experience with modern business intelligence and visualization tools such as Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, Step Functions, IAM, CloudWatch, or related services.
• Experience with data transformation and orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and AI-based development tools.
• Knowledge of data governance, master data management, metadata management, and enterprise security controls.
• Experience leading large-scale reporting rationalization or business intelligence modernization programs.
• Familiarity with financial, operational, regulatory, or executive reporting environments.

This job operates in a professional office environment.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description. You may be required to perform other duties that are not included on this job description. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, as per terms and conditions of your employment contract.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description. You may be required perform other duties that are not included on this job description. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, as per terms and conditions of your employment contract.

What we offer you

We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings - 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire - including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time - 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs - including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) - BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

Base Salary Range

$105,700.00 - $149,275.00

The salary range above shows the typical minimum to maximum base salary range for this position in the location listed. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation offered may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Equal opportunity employer * Drug-free workplace

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.

For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption. You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet. Other necessary computer equipment, will be provided. You may be required to work in the office if you do not have an adequate home work environment and the required internet connection.