Technical Leadership Principal

6 days ago


San Francisco, California, United States Early Warning Services Full time

We are seeking a seasoned Technical Leader to join our team as a Principal Product Engineer at Early Warning Services. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the technical vision and strategy for our cutting-edge solutions, driving excellence in quality of outputs across multiple teams.

Company Overview

Early Warning Services has powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with innovative solutions like Zelle, PazeSM, and more. We partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and safeguard transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to foster collaboration and innovation.

Compensation and Benefits

The estimated salary range for this position is $200,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on location. Additionally, you can expect a competitive package including healthcare coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, parental leave, and more.

In Phoenix, AZ/Chicago, IL, the estimated annual salary is: $200,000-$250,000. In New York, NY/San Francisco, CA, the estimated annual salary is: $220,000-$280,000.

About the Role

This hands-on, individual contributor technical leader will play a pivotal role in setting standards for excellence in quality of outputs across multiple teams. You will partner with cross-functional teams, provide input to a broad range of initiatives, and drive technical expertise through continuous learning and staying abreast of new technologies and industry best practices.

  • Partner with product management to craft product strategy, create product descriptions, and ensure alignment to technology roadmaps.
  • Serve as a thought leader, senior point of expertise on software engineering issues, industry trends, and developing technologies.
  • Take ownership of creating technical product design and architecture.
  • Create and conduct presentations for small-to-medium size groups.
  • Work closely with customers to understand their needs and create partnerships for making Early Warning products better.
  • Partner 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, 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.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field.
  • Fifteen or more years of experience in designing and developing complex software projects, with at least eight or more years in FinTech domain.
  • 1-2 years of experience implementing application solutions/services in Cloud using Containerization, CI/CD, Automated testing, and compliance security guidelines.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams to create technical solutions.
  • Effective communicator with exceptional public speaking skills, comfortable presenting to all levels within the company.
  • Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) best practices, software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, LEAN), and DevOps practices.
  • Proven track record designing and building complex end-to-end systems (full stack developer).
  • Hands-on experience in designing and developing using one or more of the following technologies:
    • Java RESTful Web Services (Java, J2EE, JUnit, Tomcat).
    • Microservices Architecture.
    • Open Source Frameworks - Spring boot, Spring Core.
    • Messaging frameworks such as Kafka, Tibco EMS or JMS.
    • Oracle PL/SQL.
    • JavaScript and scripting frameworks (JQuery, AngularJS).
  • Hands-on experience in test automation at various levels of testing (unit, component, integration, and functional tests).
  • Proven experience in OOA/OOD.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementation, including GIT, Chef, Maven, Jenkins, etc.
  • Solid understanding of modern Cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud or MS Azure.
  • Experience working with code repositories (e.g., Git, SVN), bug tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Bugzilla), and Wikis (e.g., Confluence).
Preferred Qualifications
  • M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or another technical field.
  • Knowledge of Splunk, Altiris & Zabbix.
  • Hands-on Experience in working with AWS.
  • Experience with various Database design and architectures.
  • Expertise in TerraForm and/or other cloud orchestration technologies.
  • Experience with Monitoring & Alerting systems like AppDynamics.
  • Experience with other computer languages like C#, Ruby, Python, and PHP.
  • Knowledge of ACH/EFT.
  • Knowledge of real-time payment networks (RTP, FedNow).
  • Experience with migrating application services from on-prem to Cloud.
  • Cloud/Kubernetes certification.


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