Principal Software Engineer - AWS

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

This position is a hands-on, individual contributor technical leader involved in setting the standards ensuing excellence in quality of outputs across multiple teams. Responsible for partnering with cross functional teams and providing input to a broad range of initiatives. A technical expert that is continuously learning and keeping abreast of new technologies and industry best practices and finding ways to bring those practices into the engineering organization.

Essential Functions

• Partners with product management to craft product strategy, create product descriptions and ensure alignment to technology roadmaps.

• Be a thought leader: a senior point of expertise on software engineering issues, industry trends and developing technologies. Be a role model to others on the team. Coach and mentor team members.

• Takes ownership for creating technical product design and architecture.

• Creates and conducts presentations for small-to-medium size groups.

• Works closely with customers to understand their needs and create a partnership for making Early Warning products better.

• Partners with software engineering, product, and architecture to shape engineering approaches, share knowledge and experience.

• Develop, scope and shape a departmental-wide technical vision for the future.

• Design / Engineer product / application service solutions in alignment with technology strategy roadmap (example, cloud, containerization, CI/CD and automated testing) keeping futuristic business growth, ease of maintenance, operational readiness and self-service enabled.
• Collaborate and build relationships cross-functionally to influence and motivate others; serve as an internal catalyst for progressive, strategic and successful change management.

• Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

• The above job description is a summary of job responsibilities and is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform tasks and other duties as assigned by their supervisor.