Senior Software Engineering - Telecommute

Alkami is the digital sales and service platform provider for U.S. banks and credit unions. Our unified Platform integrates onboarding, digital banking, and data and marketing—each solution can stand alone, but together they deliver more—to help institutions onboard, engage, and grow relationships. As the future shifts toward Anticipatory Banking, we help data-informed bankers meet the moment with technology that drives action.

Founded in 2009, we continue to be recognized for our intentional culture and tremendous growth (Best Place to Work in Fintech; and Comparably’s Best Company Culture, Best Career Growth, Best Engineering Team, and Best Places to Work in Dallas, among others). We’re building a culture where each Alkamist can perform to their highest potential, and we’re always on the lookout for the best and brightest minds. As a remote-first company, most of our positions can be remote in the US, except for key roles, which will be indicated in the Job Title.

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The Senior Software Engineer will drive efforts and contribute to building high quality, scalable computer software systems, participating in the design process from beginning to end. Leans into and contributes to technical decisions to support our strategic product goals. Demonstrates deep technical domain knowledge with growing ownership of product features end-to-end, spanning both backend and frontend development (approximately 60% backend / 40% frontend). Participate in and contribute to code/design reviews to ensure smooth daily operations and accurate planning

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications
• Build and maintain data pipelines that transform incoming data into Kafka streams and "KeyLife Indicators" (KLIs)
• Perform UI tests to optimize performance
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications
• Set up and maintain environment configurations and monitor system health
• Provide training and support to internal teams
• Enhance development tools, test coverage, and/or code structure
• Provide mentoring and technical support to junior engineers
• Maintain clear and proactive communication with customers and vendors to ensure a positive, collaborative relationship
• Demonstrate self-sufficiency by independently managing tasks, problem-solving, and meeting deadlines, while adapting to new challenges without supervision
• Champion an API-first approach to software projects, ensuring seamless integration, scalability, and extensibility

Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience in software development, or a related field; Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or another related field or equivalent work experience
Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience in software development, or a related field

• Strong programming skills in an object-oriented language such as Kotlin or Java, with proven work experience as a full stack developer
• Strong experience working with modern Javascript frameworks, with Vue.js as a preferred requirement, alongside React, Angular, and Tailwind CSS
• In-depth understanding of the entire software development process (design, development and deployment)
• Experience developing and deploying applications for Cloud Native Infrastructure, including AWS and Kubernetes
• Collaborates effectively within the agile framework with a problem-solving attitude and willing to take a variety of approaches
• Experience in monitoring and supporting production systems, with proficiency in identifying and resolving issues, implementing proactive measures, and measurement tracking
• Experience optimizing system performance, including the ability to troubleshoot bottlenecks and implement performance improvements
• Strong experience in SQL and NoSQL databases, coupled with caching mechanisms. Includes designing data structures, optimizing, and maintaining systems, as well as effective caching strategies to enhance performance and responsiveness
• Understanding and practical application of REST API best practices. Proficiency in adhering to standards, ensuring security, scalability, and optimal performance
• Experience developing tests including unit tests, UI automation tests, integration tests
• Applies AI-driven engineering practices to enhance productivity in code generation, testing, and refactoring, contributing to modernization efforts across the team
• Ability to participate in on-call rotation

Master's degree in engineering, technology or related field

• Experience working with SaaS offerings in the technology and financial industries
• Experience with Kotlin and/or Vue.js
• Experience building and deploying applications on Amazon Web Services using Kubernetes

We have a FUN culture and offer great benefits, including remote-first environment, unlimited paid time off, 401(k) with employer match, and more.
Candidates must be eligible to work in the US for full-time employment.
Recruiters: We are not looking for outside recruiting firms to help us in this search. As of January 1, 2023, new states and locales have enacted pay equity laws that require more pay transparency by employers in the following states: California, Colorado (effective January 1, 2021), Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington.
All employment decisions at Alkami are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. LI-REMOTE