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Green Dot Corporation

Sr. Principal Engineer

Posted One Month Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
164K-246K Annually
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
164K-246K Annually
Senior level
Lead design and delivery of a cloud-native BaaS payments platform. Architect scalable distributed systems, define API contracts, drive CI/CD and TDD practices, mentor engineers, reduce technical debt, and partner with product teams.
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We’re looking for talented professionals to join us in bringing smart money management and payment solutions to everyone’s fingertips.

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Sr. Principal Engineer (Green Dot Corporation; Cincinnati, OH): Rearchitect Green Dot Corporation’s Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform for the future using cloud native techniques. Build the next generation banking and payments platform. Contribute towards moving the team forward in continuous integration, continuous delivery, cloud migration, and test-driven development practices. Design highly scalable distributed solutions to handle large amounts of data. Work on complex integration projects by working out API contracts, identifying gaps, and working out optimal solutions. Document and demonstrate solutions by developing flowcharts, sequence diagrams and business process flow diagrams. Organize and run working sessions by setting up agendas, driving discussions towards resolutions, and delegating actions to participants. Own a component or capability during a project delivery stage and be on point for fulfilling the responsibility. Ensure software is designed and built with quality, maintainability, scalability, availability, extensibility, security, portability, and testability. Partner with product teams to shape the future state of products. Actively identify technical debt and work with internal stakeholders to address debt on an ongoing basis. Understand evolving industry trends and identify new technologies and patterns which should be adopted, and old technologies which should be deprecated. Participate in code reviews, coach team members, and learn from receiving feedback. 

 

Telecommuting permitted in the U.S. pursuant to company policy. 

 

Minimum requirements: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, or related field, plus six (6) years of experience as a Sr. Principal Engineer, Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, Software Engineer, or related occupation. 

 

Must have experience with the following: 

·       Writing code to create scalable and reliable systems; 

·       Software design patterns and anti-patterns; 

·       Developing secure and standards-compliant code across multiple platforms (Microsoft stack and open-source technologies); 

·       Developing and hosting applications in AWS or Azure cloud environment; 

·       Languages/platforms/libraries: C#, .NET, ASP.NET, and SQL Server; 

·       API’s and web service concepts such as REST, SOAP, and XML/JSON business object representations; 

·       Designing and developing cloud native applications in Azure; 

·       Designing and building Microservices framework; 

·       CI/CD process works and Github; 

·       Build tools (Team City), pipelines, and blue-green deployments; and 

·       Agile development methodologies: Scrum and Extreme Programming. 

 

Salary: $163,900 to $245,900 per year 

 

Apply online at Sr. Principal Engineer Or, send resume to: [email protected] 

Ref:  An EOE. 

 

POSITION TYPE

Regular

PAY RANGE

The targeted base salary for this position is $163,900 to $245,900 per year. The final compensation will be determined by a number of factors such as qualifications, expertise, and the candidate’s geographical location.

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We’re Here to Support You—Accommodations Upon Request

Green Dot is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, we encourage you to let us know. We will work with you to meet your needs in a way that respects your privacy and ensures equal opportunity. Our goal is to support every applicant in showcasing their talents and potential.

Work Authorization Requirement
At Green Dot Corporation, we value diversity and strive for fair and inclusive hiring practices. However, we are currently unable to offer visa sponsorship. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment, without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Important Notice on Application Accuracy
We value integrity in our hiring process. Please ensure that all information provided in your resume and application is accurate and authentic. Submissions found to be fraudulent or misleading will result in disqualification from consideration, and any offers extended may be rescinded.


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