Principal Software Engineer - Java​/AWS

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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.

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

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.

This position is a hands‑on, individual contributor technical leader involved in setting the standards to ensure excellence in quality of outputs across multiple teams. It involves partnering with cross‑functional teams and providing input to a broad range of initiatives. A technical expert that continuously learns, stays abreast of new technologies and industry best practices, and finds ways to bring those practices into the engineering organization.

• Partners with product management to craft product strategy, create product descriptions, and ensure alignment with technology roadmaps.
• Serves as a thought leader: a senior point of expertise on software engineering issues, industry trends, and developing technologies. Acts as a role model, coaches, and mentors team members.
• Takes ownership for creating technical product design and architecture.
• Creates and conducts presentations for small‑to‑medium size groups.
• Works closely with customers to understand their needs and build partnerships for improving Early Warning products.
• Collaborates with software engineering, product, and architecture teams to shape engineering approaches, share knowledge, and experience.
• Develops, scopes, and shapes a department‑wide technical vision for the future.
• Designs / engineers product / application service solutions in alignment with the technology strategy roadmap (e.g., cloud, containerization, CI/CD, and automated testing), keeping future business growth, ease of maintenance, operational readiness, and self‑service enabled in mind.
• Collaborates and builds cross‑functional relationships to influence and motivate others; acts as an internal catalyst for progressive, strategic, and successful change management.
• Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
• The above job description is a summary of responsibilities and is not intended to be an all‑inclusive list of duties. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform tasks and other duties as assigned by their supervisor.

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
• Fifteen or more years of experience designing and developing complex software projects, with at least eight years in the Fin Tech domain.
• 1–2 years of experience implementing application solutions/services in Cloud using containerization, CI/CD, automated testing, and complying with security guidelines.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams to create technical solutions.
• Effective communicator with exceptional public‑speaking skills. Comfortable presenting to all levels within the company.
• Knowledge of SDLC best practices, software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, LEAN, etc.), and Dev Ops practices.
• Proven track record designing and building complex end‑to‑end systems (full‑stack developer).
• Hands‑on experience designing and developing using one or more of the following technologies:
• Java RESTful Web Services (Java, J2EE, JUnit, Tomcat).
• Experience in Microservices Architecture.
• Open Source Frameworks – Spring Boot, Spring Core.
• Messaging frameworks such as Kafka, Tibco EMS, or JMS.
• Oracle PL/SQL.
• JavaScript and scripting frameworks (jQuery, Angular
  
  JS).
• Hands‑on experience in test automation at various levels of…