Senior Software Engineer – Cloud, Security & FinTech

Phillip Capital Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Phillip Capital Inc. in Chicago seeks a Sr. Software Engineer to join our engineering team. You will design, develop, and modernize scalable, secure, high-performance financial applications, collaborating with a PM, product owner, and cross-functional teams.

You will help shape architecture, implement RESTful APIs, and drive cloud-native initiatives on AWS/Azure/GCP, with a focus on reliability, observability, and security for enterprise-grade systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience in at least one modern language/framework (e.g., .NET, Java, Node.js).
• Experience designing and delivering cloud solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proficiency with modern front-end frameworks and web fundamentals.
• Strong database development skills with relational or NoSQL databases; familiarity with ETL.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Strong understanding of security best practices in financial systems.
• Experience with messaging systems such as RabbitMQ or Kafka preferred.
• Experience integrating Generative AI into enterprise or financial applications preferred.
• Prior experience in financial services or regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade applications using a modern programming language and framework (e.g., C#, Java, or similar).
• Take on architecture responsibilities, including solution design, integration patterns, and technology selection.
• Develop and consume RESTful APIs and integrate with external services using secure authentication protocols.
• Collaborate on cloud-native solutions using a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Contribute to service-oriented or microservices architecture to ensure scalability, resilience, and observability.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate builds, testing, and deployments.
• Work with relational and/or NoSQL databases, optimizing queries and ensuring performance.
• Implement security best practices for financial data, including encryption at rest and in transit.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and cross-team technical discussions.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to engineering best practices across the team.
• Explore and apply cutting-edge technologies such as Gen AI tools and APIs to enhance product capabilities and developer productivity.

Skills

Software development

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Frontend frameworks

CI/CD pipelines

Security best practices

Problem-solving & communication

Gen AI integration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Job description

Phillip Capital Inc. in Chicago seeks a Sr. Software Engineer to join our engineering team. You will design, develop, and modernize scalable, secure, high-performance financial applications, collaborating with a PM, product owner, and cross-functional teams.

You will help shape architecture, implement RESTful APIs, and drive cloud-native initiatives on AWS/Azure/GCP, with a focus on reliability, observability, and security for enterprise-grade systems.