Senior Software Engineer

Highnote

Hybrid

San Francisco, CA Posted 83 days ago $170,000–$230,000 / year

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TL;DR

As a Senior Software Engineer at Highnote in San Francisco, you will join a dedicated team focused on resolving core service performance issues and building secure, compliant platform products. Your day-to-day responsibilities include writing high-quality Java code, understanding customer needs, documenting your work, and collaborating across various company domains to enhance our scalable platform. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of experience in production software systems, expertise in threading, optimizations, and concurrency management, and a deep understanding of Java frameworks like Spring. Familiarity with cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and big data technologies is beneficial. This role requires strong engineering skills and a passion for delivering customer-centric solutions at scale.

Skills

Java Spring JPA SQL JUnit AWS GCP Docker Kubernetes BigQuery RedShift

What you'll do

Resolve core service performance issues at scale.
Build secure and compliant platform products for customer needs.
Write high-quality, robustly tested Java code with emphasis on maintainability.
Interface with various company domains to enhance the platform's capabilities.
Document work comprehensively to support rapid company growth.

What we're looking for

8+ years of experience building production software systems
Expertise in Java, threading, performance tuning, and concurrency management
Deep understanding of Spring framework, resiliency, and encryption libraries
Strong history of writing scalable, performant, and maintainable code
Experience with Java >= 11, JPA ORM mapping, SQL, unit, and integration testing
Excitement about developing customer-centric software solutions

Market check

Salary context

This $170,000–$230,000 range sits above 80% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$117,000–$203,940

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$139,000–$175,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Highnote

Highnote is a modern card platform providing embedded card issuing and program management solutions to fintechs, banks, and brands looking to launch differentiated card products. Industry: Financial Technology & Card Issuing

Highnote currently has 6 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $170,000–$230,000 across 6 roles with salary data.

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