Principal Software Engineer

About the role

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.

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

Requirements

• 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
• PREFERRED: Knowledge of service mesh technologies like Istio/Envoy
• 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

Qualifications

• 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

Skills

• Technical leadership and management
• Complex software solution design and development
• Cloud native technologies
• Service mesh technologies
• Software development process in a distributed multi-geography team environment
• Domain-driven modeling
• SRE practices and responsibilities
• Problem-solving and communication skills
• Team mentoring

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Roth 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• 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

Pay

Base Salary Range: $125,400.00 - $181,875.00

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.

Schedule

Remote - Nationwide