The Staff Software Engineer will lead efforts and contribute to building high quality scalable computer software systems, participating in the design process from beginning to end. Leads decisions to achieve our strategic product goals. Demonstrates deep technical domain knowledge and ownership of multiple
product features end-to-end. 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, focusing on coding and debugging
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications
• Advanced troubleshooting and debugging
• Perform UI tests to optimize performance
• Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications
• Gather and address technical and design requirements
• Set up and maintain environment configurations and monitor system health
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Provide training and support to internal teams
• Enhance development tools, test coverage, and/or code structure
• Lead mentoring and technical support to junior engineers
• Respond promptly to on-call incidents, including troubleshooting and resolving critical disruptions to ensure minimal downtime
• Maintain clear and proactive communication with customers and vendors to ensure a positive, collaborative relationship
• Exemplary self-sufficiency by independently managing tasks, problem-solving, and meeting deadlines, while adapting to new challenges without supervision.
• Establishing and maintaining development standards within the team
• Champion an API-first approach software projects, ensuring seamless integration, scalability, and extensibility.

Recommended Experience & Education
Minimum Years of Experience

Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience; or 6 years and an
advanced degree.

Education Level Bachelor's degree in engineering, or another related field or equivalent work experience

Knowledge, Skills, & Qualifications
Required
• Requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience in software development, or a related field; or 6 years and an advanced degree
• Strong programming skills in an object-oriented language such as Java or C#, with proven work experience as a full stack developer
• Strong experience working with modern Javascript frameworks like React and Angular, HTML, and CSS
• In-depth understanding of the entire software development process (design, development and deployment)
• Experience developing and deploying applications for Cloud Native Infrastructure
• Collaborates effectively within the agile framework with a problem-solving attitude and willing to take a variety of approaches
• Excellent analytical and time management skills, with a proven ability to deliver value independently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience providing technical input
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, product teams, and wider organization initiatives
• Proven experience in monitoring and supporting production systems, with proficiency in identifying and resolving issues, implementing proactive measures, and measurement tracking.
• Advanced experience optimizing system performance, including the ability to troubleshoot bottlenecks and implement performance improvements
• Advanced experience in SQL and NoSQL databases, coupled with caching mechanisms. Includes designing data structures, optimizing, and maintaining systems, as well as effective caching strategies to enhance performance and responsiveness.
• Deep understanding and practical application of REST API best practices. Proficiency in adhering to standards, ensuring security, scalability, and optimal performance
• Advanced strategies for developing tests including unit tests, UI automation tests, integration tests
• Experience building and deploying applications using Kubernetes
• Experience in Open telemetry
• Ability to participate in on call rotation

Preferred
• Master's degree in engineering, technology or related field
• Experience working with SaaS offerings in the technology and financial industries
• Experience building and deploying applications on Amazon Web Services using Kubernetes
• Experience in cross platform mobile development frameworks like Flutter

Physical Demands
• Ability to lift a minimum of 5 pounds to a maximum of 10 pounds unassisted
• Ability to stand, sit, stoop, walk, stretch, reach, and use full range of body motions
• Manual dexterity as required for specific equipment
The salary range for this position is: $160,000 - $185,000

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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