Senior Staff Engineer, Digital Assets

Early Warning Services

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CAChicago, ILScottsdale, AZNew York, NY
Employment
Full-time
Posted
42 days ago
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About Early Warning Services

Early Warning Services is a fintech company that operates the Zelle person-to-person payments network, the Paze digital checkout wallet, and Certos fraud prevention and identity risk solutions for financial institutions.

Early Warning Services currently has 83 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Engineer, Digital Assets

The Sr. Staff Engineer - Digital Assets leads technical strategy and architecture for complex cross-border and digital asset payment capabilities. Working within a team focused on regulated payment platforms, this role involves owning architectural designs for money movement and digital asset settlement systems. Key responsibilities include mentoring engineers, resolving scalability challenges, and driving technical patterns across multiple engineering teams. The successful candidate will utilize Java/Spring, Maven/Gradle, and Docker to build secure, resilient solutions. Required skills include experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructure like AWS or Google Cloud Platform. Additionally, the role requires proficiency in front-end frameworks like Angular or React, and knowledge of event-driven architectures using Kafka or RabbitMQ to solve complex problems in the global payment and stablecoin-based systems domain.

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What you'll do

  • Lead technical strategy and architecture for complex cross-border and digital asset payment capabilities.
  • Own architectural design and technical patterns for cross-border money movement and digital asset settlement systems.
  • Resolve complex technical and scalability challenges across distributed, regulated payment platforms.
  • Mentor engineers and guide teams in building secure, resilient, and compliant global payment solutions.
  • Review and validate the effectiveness of code output from multiple engineering teams.
  • Drive all aspects of technical architecture, design, prototyping, and implementation for product needs.
  • Develop and implement tests to ensure the quality, performance, and scalability of applications.
  • Identify and quickly resolve production issues in coordination with support and operations teams.

What we're looking for

  • Must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States for any employer.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
  • Twelve or more years of relevant related experience.
  • Nine or more years of experience in the development of distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, and microservices.
  • Eight or more years of work experience with Java/Spring and proficiency in Maven/Gradle.
  • Two or more years of experience in the development of front-end solutions with modern frameworks like Angular or React.
  • Proven experience leading the design of large-scale payment or cross-border transaction platforms in regulated environments.
  • Deep technical understanding of digital asset or stablecoin-based systems, including security and scalability.

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