Full Job Description
The Senior Software Engineer will drive efforts and contribute to building software systems on Alkami's Account Experience team - the core UI layer powering Alkami's Online Banking (OLB) platform. This is an emerging team with a front-end-leaning charter: owning the My Accounts widget, landing page experiences, and micro-experiences that drive direct user engagement across Alkami's multi-tenant environment. We're looking for demonstrated, deep technical domain knowledge including apps, services, systems, or frameworks. A key strategic player involved in maintenance of product features, including on-call escalations, triaging, and resolution.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
• Lead code/design reviews to ensure smooth daily operations and accurate planning
• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, with a focus on front-end coding, debugging, and UI performance
• Write clean, reusable code for functional, high-quality web applications within a multi-tenant SaaS environment
• Advanced troubleshooting and debugging across FE and service-level code
• Perform UI tests to optimize performance and user experience
• Liaise with developers, designers, and system administrators to identify and deliver new front-end features
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve and modernize legacy applications (e.g. migration from Knockout to Vue.js)
• Build reusable component libraries and front-end frameworks for future use
• Provide mentoring and technical support to junior engineers
• Respond promptly to on-call incidents, including troubleshooting and resolving critical disruptions
• Maintain clear and proactive communication with customers and vendors
• Champion an API-first approach, ensuring seamless integration, scalability, and extensibility
• Applies AI-assisted workflows to enhance productivity in code generation, testing, and refactoring
Recommended Experience & Education
Minimum Years of Experience
Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience; or 3 years and an advanced degree
Education Level Bachelor's degree in engineering, or another related field or equivalent work experience
Knowledge, Skills, & Qualifications
Required
• 5+ years of software development experience; or 3 years with an advanced degree
• True full-stack capability with a front-end preference - approximately 75% FE / 25% BE service-level work
• Strong proficiency in Vue.js (primary); React or Angular also acceptable - should genuinely be comfortable with front-end work
• Proficiency in C#/.NET for service-level backend code
• Experience with SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL
• In-depth understanding of the full software development lifecycle (design, development, deployment)
• Experience developing and deploying applications on cloud-native infrastructure
• Strong experience with REST API best practices - security, scalability, performance
• Experience in SQL and NoSQL databases, caching strategies, and data structure design
• Proficiency with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana or equivalent)
• Demonstrated ability to leverage modern AI tooling in day-to-day engineering workflows
• Excellent analytical, communication, and time management skills
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering and product teams
• Ability to participate in on-call rotation to support Alkami's customers
Preferred
• Experience in fintech or banking (deposits, CD accounts, treasury management, or similar financial domain knowledge strongly preferred)
• Experience with SaaS offerings in the technology and financial services industries
• Experience building and deploying on AWS using Kubernetes
• Experience with OpenTelemetry
• Experience with cross-platform mobile frameworks such as Flutter
The salary range for this position is: $130,000 - $165,000
Cool Things to Know
Not Just Any Company: Alkami has an awesome diverse and inclusive environment. We have a FUN culture and offer great benefits, including remote-first environment, unlimited paid time off, 401(k) with employer match, and more.
Work Authorization: We cannot offer employment sponsorship at this time. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US for full-time employment.
Recruiters: We are not looking for outside recruiting firms to help us in this search. Thank you for understanding.
Pay Transparency: As of January 1, 2023, new states and locales have enacted pay equity laws that require more pay transparency by employers in the following states: California, Colorado (effective January 1, 2021), Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington.
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