Staff Software Engineer, Java/AWS

Early Warning Services

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
ScottsdaleSan Francisco, CAChicago, ILNew York, NY
Salary
$174,000–$223,000 / yr
Posted
40 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $214k
This role $198k
$163k most similar roles pay here $273k

This role pays less than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $186,975–$240,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $198k versus about $214k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $143,500–$183,000 across 60 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Java/AWS

Staff Software Engineer - Java/AWS The Staff Software Engineer - Java/AWS joins a team focused on developing, testing, and deploying complex solutions within the payments and risk management domain. This role involves building technical strategies for broad requirements, designing architecture, prototyping, and implementing features to ensure system health and scalability. The engineer will lead functional areas, manage backlogs of stories, and collaborate with product managers and designers to build new features while improving engineering standards and tooling. Key technologies include Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Maven, and Gradle. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, microservices, and event-driven architecture using frameworks like Kafka or RabbitMQ. Candidates must also possess skills in AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, secure coding practices, and Agile methodologies to solve complex problems while protecting the integrity of financial data and transaction security.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 802 postings across 64 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop technical strategies for complex requirements and solve large open-ended problems beyond the immediate team's scope.
  • Drive all aspects of technical architecture, design, prototyping, and implementation to support product needs and technology strategy.
  • Build and manage a technical plan and backlog of stories through to production delivery.
  • Lead functional teams through planning and execution while representing engineering interests in cross-functional sessions.
  • Own features or systems by defining their long-term health and improving the performance of surrounding systems.
  • Assist support and operations teams in identifying and resolving production issues quickly.
  • Develop and implement tests to ensure application quality, performance, and scalability.
  • Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes while ensuring data integrity and security.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must possess eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.
  • A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field is typically required.
  • Eight or more years of relevant related experience are required.
  • Seven or more years of experience in developing distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, and microservices are required.
  • Six or more years of work experience with Java/Spring and proficiency in Maven/Gradle are required.
  • Experience is required in designing scalable systems, event-driven architecture, messaging frameworks, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Knowledge of mature engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, secure coding) and SDLC methodologies (Agile, Scrum, LEAN) is required.
  • Advanced Java and Spring Boot development, AWS-based architecture, and technical leadership are preferred.

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