Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Empower is a company dedicated to transforming financial lives by providing a flexible work environment and celebrating internal mobility. The Principal Software Engineer will be a senior technical leader responsible for architecting and implementing complex software solutions, driving technical excellence, and mentoring team members while shaping the technical roadmap of the organization.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical feasibility and evaluation of the product based on the business needs
- Provide technical leadership to the team in design finalization, code reviews, and resolving production support and maintenance issues
- Lead design and implementation of critical software components and systems
- Mentor technical members of the team
- Contribute to the development of coding standards, best practices, and guidelines
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define and execute the technical roadmap
- Stay informed about emerging technologies and industry trends to drive technical innovation
- Hands-on role which involves coding on day-to-day basis
- Lead domain modelling designs
- Responsible for production on-call duties like any other team member
- Produce high quality design documentation
Skills
- 7+ years of expertise in Java, Spring boot microservices and Cloud Native technologies or similar (including 2+ years in a lead or principal capacity)
- Designed, developed, and maintained a complex software solution involving multiple stakeholders
- Proficient in AWS/EKS and SQL/NOSQL platforms
- Deep knowledge and understanding of Cloud based development tools and processes
- Proven experience in designing critical applications that interact with several other systems internally and externally
- Deep knowledge and understanding of software development process in a distributed multi geography team environment
- Good hands-on experience in domain driven modeling and API development
- Good working knowledge of SRE practices and responsibilities
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills including written and oral
- Proven team player who can mentor other technical members of the team
- Preferred knowledge of service mesh technologies like Istio/Envoy
- 10+ years of expertise in Java, Spring boot microservices and Cloud Native technologies or similar (including 2+ years in a lead or principal capacity)
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
- Architecture level cloud or product certifications
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
- Other necessary computer equipment, will be provided
Company Overview
EMPower is a non-governmental agency for social well being. It was founded in 1891, and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.empower.com.