Staff Engineer II - Full Stack Developer

Western Alliance Bancorporation; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Alliance Bancorporation is seeking a Staff Engineer II to lead design and development of secure, scalable Entitlements Platform services. You will work across teams to translate complex business needs into robust, cloud-native solutions using Angular, .NET, SQL Server, and Azure.

The role emphasizes architecture, observability, and DevOps practices to ensure reliability and compliance. The ideal candidate brings strong full-stack skills, system design experience, production support

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in design, coding, testing, and documentation for enterprise apps.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• Strong front-end skills with Angular, TypeScript, and modern JS frameworks.
• Advanced back-end with C#, .NET Core, and RESTful API design.
• Experience with Azure cloud services and microservices architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Angular/.NET apps using SQL Server.
• Design and optimize complex SQL queries, procedures, and schemas.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into specs.
• Lead strategic project planning related to architectural design.
• Implement reliability principles and recovery procedures in engineering practices.
• Define monitoring metrics and hand them to business partners.
• Create technical docs and procedures, ensuring IT policy and standards compliance.

Skills

Angular

TypeScript

NET/C#

SQL Server

Azure

Microservices

DevOps

CI/CD

System design

Mentoring

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

SQL tooling

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Job Title

Staff Engineer II - Full Stack Developer

Location

TX - Dallas/Irving

What you'll do

As a Staff Engineer II, you will serve as a senior technical contributor for the Entitlements Platform, designing, developing, and supporting secure, scalable applications that manage identity, access, and entitlement services across the enterprise. This role requires expertise in Angular, .NET, SQL Server, Azure cloud services, microservices architecture, and DevOps practices to deliver reliable and compliant solutions that support critical business capabilities.

You will lead technical solution design, collaborate across engineering and business teams, mentor developers, and drive engineering excellence through sound architecture, observability, resiliency, and operational best practices. The ideal candidate combines strong full-stack development skills with system design experience, production support expertise, and the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure applications using the Angular, .NET framework and SQL Server.
• Design, implement, and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and database structures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Lead the strategic planning of a project as it relates to technical solution design.
• Design and implement engineering principles aimed at reliability practices and sound recovery procedures.
• Design transaction specific application performance monitoring metrics that can be captured and passed to business partners.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system configurations and procedures while also ensuring compliance with IT policies, procedures, and industry standards. Develop desktop procedures when needed that others follow.

What you'll need

• 7+ years of related experience in design, coding, testing, implementation, and documentation of applications using Aular, .NET and SQL.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Strong front-end development with Angular, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Advanced back-end development using C#, .NET Core, and RESTful API design.
• Hands-on experience with SQL data modeling for scalable systems.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed system design.
• Experience with Azure cloud services and building cloud-native applications.
• Proficiency in DevOps practices including CI/CD, Git, and automated deployments.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and production support in enterprise environments.
• Strong system design skills with ability to build scalable, reliable, and maintainable solutions.
• Ability to lead technical direction, mentor developers, and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Advanced proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously. Additional experience with pipeline development and leveraging Azure DevOps while working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Advanced ability to see the big picture and align projects with organizational goals. Capable of leading and motivating cross-functional teams. Expertise in resolving conflicts and addressing challenges as well as skilled at identifying and mitigating risks at the project level. Proficient in governance patterns tied to intake, technical reviews and architectural compliance.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills with ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• May require up to 25% travel.

Benefits you'll love

We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands‑on experience to help grow your career!

About the company

Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands - Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank - that remain part of the company's heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email [e-mail] or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation