Software Engineer Principal

Pathward; United States; Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Pathward is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, test, and document solutions within its hybrid on-site/remote model. You will work with cloud-native services on AWS and a broad tech stack to deliver secure, scalable software.

You will participate in planning, mentor peers, and contribute to best practices while keeping up with evolving tools and industry standards. Eligible for a competitive benefits package and incentive opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field.
• 8+ years in a professional technical environment.
• 6+ years in software design and development.

Responsibilities

• Develops flexible, maintainable solutions per guidelines and standards.
• Reviews and enhances existing systems, fixes issues and improves performance.
• Participates in planning and analyses, providing feedback on user requirements.

Skills

AWS cloud experience

Python

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Dockerfiles

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

We are a hybrid, remote-office company dedicated to growing our talent anywhere!

We have onsite locations in: Sioux Falls, SD, Phoenix, AZ, Louisville, KY, Troy, MI, Franklin, TN, Easton, PA.

At Pathward, we take tremendous pride in our purpose to create financial inclusion for all™. We are a financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all. We strive to remove barriers that traditional institutions put in the way of financial access, and promote economic mobility by providing responsible, secure, high quality financial products.

We are a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger and well-positioned for success. We celebrate, and embrace, our team members through our *HUMBLE*HUNGRY*SMART approach, and we believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.

About the Role:

Applies knowledge of the technologies in Pathward’s technical stack to develop solutions. Responsible for working as part of a team and is required to perform all duties of software development including design, development, testing, and documentation.

What You Will Do:

• Develops flexible, maintainable solutions using the guidelines, requirements and standard practices.
• Solves development problems through the use of good design and practical experience.
• Reviews, modifies, enhances, and maintains existing systems by fixing issues, remediating security vulnerabilities, and improving system performance.
• Participates in planning and user story analysis by providing feedback and demonstrating an understanding of user requirements.
• Assists in solving business problems by implementing technical solutions based on solid design principles and best practices.
• Actively participates in and follows software development processes and procedures.
• Documents software changes, best practices, and standards.
• Keeps up to date with current and future changes in tools, technology, programming best practices, and industry standards through training and development opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in technical field or equivalent education and work experience required.
• Typically, 8+ years of experience working in a professional technical environment.
• 6+ years of professional software design and development experience required.
• Hands‑on experience building and operating cloud‑native services on AWS (such as Lambda, ECS/Fargate, RDS, and S3) is required.
• Experience with observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry and Prometheus/Grafana is required.
• General knowledge of Python, YAML, JSON, Terraform, Dockerfiles, Azure DevOps, and Git source control is required.
• General knowledge of the software development lifecycle, preferably Agile/Lean or Kanban preferred.
• Experience with the following technologies is expected, but not all are required: General knowledge of .NET, C#, ASP.NET, MVC, Classic ASP, VB Script, Entity Framework, WPF, JavaScript, IIS, HTML, CSS, XML/XSLT, MSMQ, NServiceBus, Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, Git, or other source control tools required.
• Experience with Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Git, or other source control tools preferred.
• Cloud development experience with Azure or AWS a plus.
• Effectively work within a team environment
• Effective written and oral communication
• Ability to teach and mentor other software engineers
• Ability to plan and prioritize for a team of developers

Salary range: $104,000– $174,000

The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this role. Individual pay within the range will be determined by multiple factors which can include but are not limited to a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your location during the hiring process. Ranges may be modified in the future.

This role is also eligible for an annual performance‑based incentive opportunity. Pathward offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees, including health insurance, 401(k) retirement benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid time off, and more.

Don't have everything listed under qualifications? If you’re excited about this role but your experiences don’t match exactly to everything in the posting, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other Pathward roles. Pathward is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers candidates for roles without regard to their race, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability or any other category protected by law.

Who we are:

Our commitment to inclusion is woven into our DNA. We believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, pregnancy, national origin, age (age 40 and over), disability, genetic information, marital status, hair texture or hairstyle, ancestry, service in the uniformed services, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence or any other class protected by federal, state and local laws.

Applications will be accepted for a minimum of 3 days after posting, and there is no predetermined date by which applications should be submitted.

Knowingly submitting false information will result in disqualification for consideration of future positions, termination of employment and forfeiture of other rights.