Distinguished Engineer - Java / AWS - Zelle

About the role

This position reports to the VP of Zelle Engineering and functions as a strategic individual contributor expected to solve enterprise-wide problems in a fast-paced and collaborative environment. The Distinguished Engineer must be capable of participating at any level of the project, from coding to design, security considerations, infrastructure architecture, and scaling concerns, all the way up to building and maintaining project estimates, roadmaps, and high-level collaborative design content with leaders across the organization. This role is accountable for truly owning an enterprise-level initiative.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment. Candidates must independently possess eligibility to work in the United States for any employer at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Leads the Zelle journey to the cloud.
• Drives best practices, architectures, and technology decisions inside the Zelle organization utilizing knowledge and lessons-learned from building enterprise-scale systems in the cloud.
• Collaborates closely with Engineering leaders, Architecture, Security, and potentially external collaboration partners (FIs) engaged on key efforts over the years.
• Maintains a very high bar for execution and excellence in the Engineering team, fostering leadership and executive presence; coaches team members and leaders for a highly engaged, high-performing team, and participates in hiring top talent.
• Identifies opportunities to ship value to Production quickly and incrementally to avoid “big bang” delivery; complex environments benefit from incremental delivery.
• Builds and delivers well-considered scaling solutions via strong relationships with key stakeholders in Data, Architecture, and Operations organizations.
• Ensures software development follows effective quality guidelines and best practices in line with the Engineering organization.
• Ensures accurate/reliable information is provided within company standards, including all service level agreements and audit regulations.
• Ensures solutions are built following Engineering best practices (e.g., Quality, CI/CD, scalability).
• Keeps executive-level management informed of department progress and problems.
• Complies with all security policies and procedures to ensure the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity, and availability is maintained.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 10 years leading technology initiatives or processes.
• 5+ years of experience working with large-scale cloud systems and building application solutions using modern practices such as containerization, CI/CD, automated testing, and adherence to security guidelines.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership through large-scale system designs, upgrades, and releases.
• Superior leadership and management skills together with strong business acumen.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and energize people showcasing technical and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated experience with state-of-the-art technology, architecture and design concepts, open-source operating systems, database systems, computer networking, and security.
• Deep understanding of executing highly scalable, distributed applications in cloud environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional groups and generate results.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills; must convey responsiveness and competence when dealing with internal customers, staff, peers, senior management, and vendors.
• Work experience that demonstrates a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Must pass background and drug screen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale enterprises scaling out operations in Amazon Web Services is highly favorable.
• Experience with migrating application & data services from on-prem to Cloud.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer, involving sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment, including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers. Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Pay

The base pay scale for this position in Phoenix, AZ/Chicago, IL is $206,000 - $275,000 USD per year. In San Francisco, the base pay scale is $248,000 - $320,000 USD per year. Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits. This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, as it depends on factors considered at the time of the job offer.

Benefits

• Competitive healthcare coverage, including medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans, as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health, and dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off: Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
• Maven Family Planning support through your parenting journey, including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.