What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer position at Empower?
Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.
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You will work on data that will amaze you, work with a team that will inspire you, and help create products that truly add value to our users. Personal Capital’s server team is extremely agile and native of the cloud and you will have the chance to be an influencing member of this team, not just on Personal Capital, but also on the financial lives of our users. We keep our feet on the ground and heads in the cloud.
We are looking for a very curious Senior Java / AWS Engineer. You need to be a thinker and a doer. You need to be smart and build smart products. You need to be ambitious. This is not an easy job : you will need to wear multiple hats, work with many unknowns, travel many unpaved roads to tackle large-scale problems. And you need to have a cloud native app mentality. This will be your finest work and creation, and an amazing engineering team is there to collaborate with you and support you.
WHAT YOU WILL DO :
As a server side engineer you will work on many initiatives, integrations, innovations, while always trying to scale it more, improve performance and keep the system secure.
Design, implement, deploy and support new web-based applications and web services using server technologies stacks that include Java, MySQL and AWS services.
Define and implement REST Web Services for exposing personal financial services for managing financial accounts, payments, investment portfolios, credit products
Execute end-to-end software development and deployment in an agile environment that greatly values CI / CD .
Define and develop cloud-native distributed systems and container orchestration platforms using micro service and serverless architectures.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING :
4 years of professional software engineering experience with standard server-side software technologies, including : Java, MySQL, Spring, Hibernate, etc.
Experience with REST and API design
Experience with AWS Cloud Computing infrastructure and APIs is a big plus.
Solid practitioner’s understanding of secure application development best practices, such as OWASP
Deployment of scalable web systems with architectural requirements for high availability, high throughput, low response time, etc.
Experience in Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA / OOD) with appropriate use of design patterns.
Desire to grow professionally with a small, focused, development team in a fast-paced team.
Excellent communication and problem solving skills.
Bachelor's degree or higher, in Computer Science or related field
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT / OPT.
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What we offer you
We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.
Base Salary Range
103,600.00 - $146,350.00
The salary range above shows the typical minimum to maximum base salary range for this position in the location listed. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation offered may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and / or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.
Equal opportunity employer
We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.
Job Posting End Date at 12 : 01 am on :
02-27-2025
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Workplace Flexibility : Remote - Nationwide
Salary : $103,600 - $146,350
