Staff Software Engineer - Digital Assets
$140k/y-$186k/y
Early Warning®3 days ago
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HybridFull-timeSenior
Summary
Early Warning® is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Digital Assets to join their team in Chicago, IL. The role involves providing technical leadership in the design and delivery of cross-border and digital asset–enabled payment platforms.
About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer - Digital Assets, you will lead the design and implementation of core services supporting cross-border payments, partner with various teams to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, and influence technical direction for scalable payment systems. You will also drive technical architecture, collaborate with product managers and designers, and actively improve engineering standards and processes.
About You
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field.
- Ten or more years of relevant experience.
- Seven or more years of experience in the development of distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, and microservices.
- Hands-on experience with Docker.
- Two or more years of experience in front-end development with modern frameworks (Angular/React).
- Six or more years of experience with Java/Spring and proficiency in Maven/Gradle.
- Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks (Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
- Working experience with cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure, etc.).
- Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) best practices and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, LEAN, etc.).
Preferred:
- Experience designing and delivering distributed systems for payments or financial platforms.
- Knowledge of digital asset–enabled architectures and real-time payment networks (RTP, FedNow).
- Experience with Kubernetes.
- AWS, Azure (and/or other cloud-based) certification(s).
Benefits
- Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans.
- Company contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA) or flexible spending accounts (FSA).
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral.
- Flexible Time Off for Exempt employees and generous PTO for Non-Exempt employees.
- 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
- Support for family planning including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, and postpartum care.
Early Warning®
Early Warning Services, LLC, a financial services technology leader, has been empowering and protecting consumers, small businesses, and the U.S. financial services ecosystem with cutting-edge risk, fraud and payment solutions for more than three decades. Through our network intelligence and partnerships with more than 2,500 bank and credit union brands, we increase access to financial services and products, and protect financial transactions. We are the company behind Zelle® and the Paze℠ online checkout solution.
Chicago, IL