Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Alkami Technology is a digital sales and service platform provider for U.S. banks and credit unions. The Staff Software Engineer will lead the development of high-quality, scalable software systems, drive technical and design decisions, own product features end-to-end, and support production operations. The role also includes mentoring engineers, improving development standards and tooling, and championing API-first software projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead code/design reviews to ensure smooth daily operations and accurate planning
- Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
- Write clean code to develop functional web applications
- Advanced troubleshooting and debugging
- Perform UI tests to optimize performance
- Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features
- Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications
- Gather and address technical and design requirements
- Set up and maintain environment configurations and monitor system health
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Provide training and support to internal teams
- Enhance development tools, test coverage, and/or code structure
- Lead mentoring and technical support to junior engineers
- Respond promptly to on-call incidents, including troubleshooting and resolving critical disruptions to ensure minimal downtime
- Maintain clear and proactive communication with customers and vendors to ensure a positive, collaborative relationship
- Exemplary self-sufficiency by independently managing tasks, problem-solving, and meeting deadlines, while adapting to new challenges without supervision
- Establishing and maintaining development standards within the team
- Champion an API-first approach software projects, ensuring seamless integration, scalability, and extensibility
Skills
- Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience; or 6 years and an advanced degree
- Education Level Bachelor's degree in engineering, or another related field or equivalent work experience
- Requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience in software development, or a related field; or 6 years and an advanced degree
- Strong programming skills in an object-oriented language such as Java or C#, with proven work experience as a full stack developer
- Strong experience working with modern Javascript frameworks like React and Angular, HTML, and CSS
- In-depth understanding of the entire software development process (design, development and deployment)
- Experience developing and deploying applications for Cloud Native Infrastructure
- Collaborates effectively within the agile framework with a problem-solving attitude and willing to take a variety of approaches
- Excellent analytical and time management skills, with a proven ability to deliver value independently
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience providing technical input
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, product teams, and wider organization initiatives
- Proven experience in monitoring and supporting production systems, with proficiency in identifying and resolving issues, implementing proactive measures, and measurement tracking
- Advanced experience optimizing system performance, including the ability to troubleshoot bottlenecks and implement performance improvements
- Advanced experience in SQL and NoSQL databases, coupled with caching mechanisms. Includes designing data structures, optimizing, and maintaining systems, as well as effective caching strategies to enhance performance and responsiveness
- Deep understanding and practical application of REST API best practices. Proficiency in adhering to standards, ensuring security, scalability, and optimal performance
- Advanced strategies for developing tests including unit tests, UI automation tests, integration tests
- Experience building and deploying applications using Kubernetes
- Experience in Open telemetry
- Ability to participate in on call rotation
- Ability to lift a minimum of 5 pounds to a maximum of 10 pounds unassisted
- Ability to stand, sit, stoop, walk, stretch, reach, and use full range of body motions
- Manual dexterity as required for specific equipment
- Master's degree in engineering, technology or related field
- Experience working with SaaS offerings in the technology and financial industries
- Experience building and deploying applications on Amazon Web Services using Kubernetes
- Experience in cross platform mobile development frameworks like Flutter
Benefits
- Remote-first environment
- Unlimited paid time off
- 401(k) with employer match
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