Solutions Engineer

Edward Jones; Tempe, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

401k retirement plan

Paid holidays

Vacation days

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Edward Jones is seeking a Solution Engineer to shape the future of its API ecosystem. You will influence architectural direction, define platform standards, and solve complex engineering challenges across teams to deliver scalable, secure APIs at scale.

You will mentor engineers, drive observability, and partner with product and engineering leaders to advance the firm's API strategy in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering, solution architecture, platform engineering, or related disciplines.
• 5+ years of architecting and delivering enterprise-scale API or distributed system solutions.
• Deep expertise in API lifecycle management, governance, and design (OpenAPI).
• Strong cloud-native, microservices, and API security experience (OAuth 2.0 / OIDC).
• Hands-on MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and enterprise integration tech experience.
• Proficient in Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical expert, providing architectural guidance for API and platform initiatives.
• Define API standards, governance practices, and architectural patterns for scalable solutions.
• Shape the technical roadmap to improve developer productivity, automation, and observability.
• Lead design and review of complex API/integration solutions aligned with business goals.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineers, Architects, and stakeholders to accelerate delivery.
• Champion observability and reliability to reduce MTTR and MTTD for critical services.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to drive platform modernization and innovation.
• Mentor engineers and promote architectural excellence through reviews and knowledge sharing.

Skills

API governance

OpenAPI

Cloud architectures

Microservices

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Agile

Tools

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

API management

Job description

Company Overview

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately- owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.

¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

Are you passionate about defining technical strategy, influencing enterprise architecture, and building platform capabilities that enable engineers across the firm to innovate at scale?

The API Office provides the enterprise platforms, tools, and standards that enable engineering teams across Edward Jones to design, build, secure, and manage APIs at scale. The team drives strategic initiatives focused on API governance, automation, observability, developer productivity, and platform modernization, helping accelerate delivery and strengthen operational excellence across the firm's API ecosystem.

As a Solution Engineer, you will be a senior technical expert responsible for shaping the future of the firm's API ecosystem. You will influence architectural direction, define platform standards, solve complex engineering challenges, and partner across teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and innovative solutions that advance the firm's API strategy.

What You'll Do:

• Serve as a senior technical expert, providing architectural guidance and technical leadership for API and platform initiatives.
• Define and evolve API standards, governance practices, and architectural patterns to ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.
• Shape and influence the technical roadmap by identifying opportunities to improve developer productivity, automation, observability, and operational excellence.
• Lead the design and review of complex API and integration solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and long-term technology strategy.
• Partner with Product Owners, Engineers, Architects, and stakeholders to solve complex technical challenges and accelerate delivery.
• Champion observability and reliability best practices to improve platform resilience and reduce MTTD and MTTR for critical services.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to drive platform innovation and modernization.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through technical guidance, architecture reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Represent the API Office in architecture discussions and influence technical decisions across multiple teams and initiatives.

What You'll Need:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, platform engineering, or related technical disciplines.
• 5+ years of experience architecting and delivering enterprise-scale API, integration, or distributed system solutions.
• Deep expertise in API lifecycle management, API governance, API-first design principles, and OpenAPI Specifications.
• Strong experience with cloud-native architectures, microservices, distributed systems, and API security standards, including OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
• Hands-on experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, API management, and enterprise integration technologies.
• Strong technical proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD automation, and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience working in Agile product development environments.

What Will Set You Apart:

• Experience defining enterprise architecture standards, technical strategy, and platform roadmaps.
• Expertise in observability, monitoring, logging, reliability engineering, and operational excellence practices.
• Experience leading API governance, platform modernization, or technology transformation initiatives at enterprise scale.
• Proven track record of influencing technical direction and driving adoption of standards across multiple teams and portfolios.
• Advanced expertise in high-availability architectures, resiliency, disaster recovery, and enterprise-scale platform operations.

Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ, St. Louis, MO home office locations, and/or that work within a Talent Capability and Generations Hub are expected to work in the office four days per week. Any changes in strategic direction will be determined by the General Partner responsible for the business segment.

At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We’re proud of our associates’ contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.

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Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Benefits

• Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage.
• Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates.
• Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account.
• Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism.
• All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program.

For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.