Software Engineer Senior

About the Role:

Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, cloud-native applications using AWS services and modern development practices. This role applies strong engineering principles, IaC, and CI/CD to deliver high-quality solutions while improving and modernizing existing systems. The engineer also collaborates closely with the team, contributes to technical direction, and mentors others to support a culture of continuous improvement.

What You Will Do:

• Designs and develops flexible, maintainable, and scalable solutions using established guidelines, cloud-native patterns, and industry best practices.
• Diagnoses and resolves complex technical issues by applying strong design principles, practical engineering experience, and AWS cloud expertise.
• Maintains and improves existing systems, including fixing defects, addressing security vulnerabilities, enhancing performance, and modernizing architecture.
• Participates in sprint planning and user story refinement, providing technical feedback and ensuring a clear understanding of business and user requirements.
• Implements well-architected technical solutions using IaC, CI/CD practices, and standardized development workflows.
• Creates and maintains high-quality technical documentation, including design decisions, standards, and best practices.
• Keeps current with emerging tools, cloud technologies, and engineering practices, sharing knowledge to support continuous improvement.
• Mentors and collaborates with fellow engineers, promoting high-quality engineering practices and team growth.
• Performs other duties as needed to support team and organizational objectives.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in technical field or equivalent education and work experience required.
• Typically, 7+ years of experience working in a professional technical environment.
• 5+ years of professional hand-on software design and development experience required.
• General knowledge of the software development lifecycle, preferably Agile/Lean or Kanban preferred.
• Experience with the following technologies is expected, but not all are required: General knowledge of .NET, C#, ASP.NET, MVC, Entity Framework, JavaScript, IIS, XML/XSLT, MSMQ, NServiceBus, Visual Studio, Git, or other source control tools required.
• Experience with Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Git, or other source control tools.
• AWS cloud-native experience required, including hands-on work with Lambda, API Gateway, Terraform, and Scalr, with a strong understanding of IaC best practices and CI/CD pipelines for building scalable, resilient applications.
• Proven track record in modernizing legacy or monolithic systems, with emphasis on decoupling tightly coupled processes into modular domains and service-based architectures.
• Strong background in designing and implementing microservices and event-driven architectures, leveraging serverless and container-based solutions to optimize performance and scalability.
• Collaborates effectively in a team environment, contributing to shared goals, fostering open communication, and supporting a positive, productive engineering culture.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provides guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other software engineers, helping develop skills, encourage best practices, and support their professional growth.

The responsibilities listed above are not all inclusive and may be changed at any time.

Salary range: $86,000 - $145,000

The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this role. Individual pay within the range will be determined by multiple factors which can include but are not limited to a candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your location during the hiring process. Ranges may be modified in the future.
This role is also eligible for an annual performance-based incentive opportunity. Pathward offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees, including health insurance, 401(k) retirement benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid time off, and more.

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