Staff Software Engineer - Java/AWS

Early Warning (Zelle); San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Early Warning is seeking an experienced engineering leader to drive the development, testing, and deployment of complex distributed systems. The role emphasizes deep Java/Spring expertise, cloud experience, and mentoring teams to deliver scalable, business-critical software.

Hybrid work locations include San Francisco, Scottsdale, Chicago, and New York. The ideal candidate will influence cross-functional partners, own architectural direction, and ensure high-quality delivery from design through

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in distributed systems and SaaS.
• 7+ years of Java/Spring development with Maven/Gradle.
• Experience delivering business-critical systems to market.
• Ability to influence and collaborate in a team.
• Experience designing scalable systems and event-driven architecture.
• Cloud experience (GCP/AWS/Azure) and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Build technical strategy for broad or complex requirements that impact beyond the team.
• Shape methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for projects.
• Drive architecture, design, prototyping, and implementation to production delivery.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise for backlog and delivery.
• Lead a broad functional area with team planning and execution.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to build new features.
• Own features and systems long-term health and surrounding systems.
• Assist support/operations to identify and resolve production issues.
• Develop tests to ensure quality, performance, and scalability.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Support risk management and protect data confidentiality.

Skills

Java/Spring

Distributed systems

Cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure)

CI/CD

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Maven/Gradle

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Job description

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At Early Warning, we've powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle, Paze, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.\

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Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.\

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Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.\

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Overall Purpose\

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This position is an important role in the development, test, and deployment of complex solutions.\

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Essential Functions\

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• Build technical strategy for broad or complex requirements with insightful and forward-looking approaches that go beyond the direct team and solve large open-ended problems.\
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• Participate in the strategic development of methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for projects and programs.\
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• Drive all aspects of technical architecture, design, prototyping and implementation in support of both product needs as well as overall technology strategy.\
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• Provide leadership and technical expertise in support of building a technical plan and backlog of stories, and then follow through on execution of design and build process through to production delivery.\
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• Guide a broad functional area and lead efforts through the functional team members along with the team's overall planning.\
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• Represent engineering in cross-functional team sessions and able to present sound and thoughtful arguments to persuade others. Adapts to the situation and can draw from a range of strategies to influence people in a way that results in agreement or behavior change.\
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• Collaborate and partner with product managers, designers, and other engineering groups to conceptualize and build new features and create product descriptions.\
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• Actively own features or systems and define their long-term health, while also improving the health of surrounding systems.\
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• Assist support and operations teams in identifying and quickly resolving production issues.\
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• Develop and implement tests for ensuring the quality, performance, and scalability of our application.\
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• Actively seek out ways to improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.\
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• Supporting the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.\
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Minimum Qualifications\

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• Education and/or experience typically obtained through a Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field.\
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• Eight or more years of relevant related experience\
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• Seven or more years of experience in the development of distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, micro services.\
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• Six or more years of work experience with Java/Spring. Proficiency in Maven/Gradle.\
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• Demonstrated experience in delivering business-critical systems to the market.\
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• Ability to influence and work in a collaborative team environment.\
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• Experience designing/developing scalable systems.\
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• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks (Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc).\
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• Working experience with cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure, etc).\
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• Knowledge of mature engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, secure coding, etc).\
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• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) best practices, software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, LEAN etc) and DevOps practices.\
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• Background and drug screen.\
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Preferred Qualifications\

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• Advanced Java and Spring/Spring Boot development\
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• AWS-based application architecture\
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• Hands-on system design and coding\
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• Technical leadership for a delivery team\
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• Code and design reviews\
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• Mentoring engineers\
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• Leading technical planning, decomposition, and execution\
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• Coordinating team-level engineering activities without formal people-management responsibility\
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Physical Requirements\

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Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.\

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Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.\

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Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.\

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The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position.\

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The base pay\