Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Senior Software Engineer on the Engineering Ecosystem team, designing, building and operating scalable platform services and shared libraries that improve developer productivity, system reliability and delivery velocity.

What you'll do

• Design, build, test, deploy and maintain scalable, reliable platform services and shared libraries.
• Contribute to platform and system architecture decisions with a focus on reliability, scalability and developer experience.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code and model strong engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with Staff Engineers and peers to implement standards and patterns that support Continuous Delivery.
• Identify and address performance, scalability and reliability issues across platform services.
• Participate actively in design reviews, code reviews and technical discussions, giving thoughtful and constructive feedback.
• Drive operational excellence by improving monitoring, alerting and incident response practices.
• Investigate root causes of production issues and implement long-term fixes to reduce on-call burden.
• Mentor and support junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pairing and technical guidance.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions that create measurable business and customer value.
• Bring ideas for how things can be done better, proactively.
• Use AI tools thoughtfully to work smarter, reduce manual work and make better decisions faster.

What you'll need

• 7-8 years of related software engineering experience with a bachelor's degree, or a master's degree with an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong experience in software development focused on backend systems and services.
• Proficiency in Java, C#, C++ or similar backend languages, with strong knowledge of software design principles, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience building and operating scalable, reliable and secure systems, including 3+ years designing, building, deploying and maintaining container-based applications.
• 4+ years of experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Experience with Continuous Delivery practices and automated deployment pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, effective communication and collaboration skills, and experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to team-level technical leadership.
• Working knowledge of secure development practices and security considerations in distributed systems.

Nice to have

• Experience in financial services or the fintech industry.
• Familiarity with shared platforms, distributed systems, developer productivity or engineering ecosystem practices.
• Experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot or similar to improve your own productivity.

Details

• Full-time position.
• Remote, US.
• US base salary range $124,200 - $198,700 (base salary only; excludes other compensation and benefits).