Senior Staff Software Engineer - Remote, Scale & Architecture

Alkami Technology, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first environment

Unlimited PTO

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

Alkami Technology, Inc. in the United States seeks a Sr Staff Software Engineer to lead and contribute to scalable software systems across Java and Kotlin, including data pipelines and frontend support as needed.

You will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and own on-call incidents while collaborating with product and design to deliver high-impact features in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• Requires 12+ years of software development or 8+ years with advanced degree.
• Expert in Java/Kotlin backend, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and RESTful APIs.
• Strong Kafka, cloud native infra, AWS, and Kubernetes experience.
• Frontend basics in HTML/CSS/JS for UI collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Deliver scalable, fault-tolerant production applications in Java and Kotlin.
• Lead architecture discussions and code/design reviews.
• Mentor engineers and participate in sprint planning.
• Operate on-call rotations and troubleshoot incidents.
• Drive AI-assisted engineering strategies and modernization efforts.

Skills

Backend development

Java

Kotlin

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Cloud Native

OpenTelemetry

Frontend basics (HTML/CSS/JS)

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Spring Boot

Hibernate

RESTful APIs

Kafka

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

AWS

Kubernetes

Maven

Vue.js

Job description

Alkami Technology, Inc. in the United States seeks a Sr Staff Software Engineer to lead and contribute to scalable software systems across Java and Kotlin, including data pipelines and frontend support as needed.

You will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and own on-call incidents while collaborating with product and design to deliver high-impact features in a remote-first environment.