This role pays less than
71%
of similar roles. Most pay
$177,675–$238,812
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$185k
versus about
$208k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
64 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$143,500–$183,000
across 60 roles with salary data.
Sr. Staff Engineer - Java / SpringBoot / AWS - Zelle serves as a critical technical leader within the engineering team, responsible for the development, testing, and deployment of complex solutions. This role involves shaping engineering approaches, defining technical strategies for broad requirements, and overseeing department-wide design patterns and code quality across multiple teams. The engineer will build new features, manage system health, and mentor other engineers while ensuring high performance and scalability. Key technologies include Java, SpringBoot, AWS, Docker, Maven, Gradle, and Kubernetes. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture using Kafka or RabbitMQ, and cloud infrastructure like Google Cloud Platform. The work focuses on the payment industry, specifically addressing technical challenges within real-time payment networks, ACH/EFT systems, and maintaining secure, high-availability financial transaction environments.
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