Staff Software Engineer

At Jack Henry, we deliver technology solutions that are digitally transforming and empowering community banks and credit unions to provide enhanced and streamlined user experiences to their customers and members. Our best-in-class products are just the start as we lay the groundwork for the future of digital banking and payments. We hope you'll join us. We can't do it without you.

We are hiring a Staff Software Engineer to support our Enterprise Account Origination teams. This role is focused on building infrastructure and engineering micro applications that serve as abstraction layers across multiple lending origination and deposit systems. The ideal candidate will have strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills and will work within a Scrum team that collaborates with various cross-functional groups across the company. Proficiency in Scrum processes is essential, along with experience in modern service-based architecture and API development using Google Cloud Platform. The candidate should be capable of contributing across all phases of the development lifecycle, including concept, technical design, prototyping, coding, testing, QA release, and implementation. Additional experience in infrastructure development is highly desirable. This position will work closely with senior management to ensure that daily engineering efforts and team direction align with the company's strategic vision. The team operates within the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), fostering a highly agile and collaborative environment that emphasizes employee growth. This is a remote position within the United States, with occasional travel (up to 5%) for company meetings, training, or professional conferences.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Conducts & may lead the product technical design and prototyping, software development, bug verification and resolution.
• Conducts & may lead system analysis and programming activities which may require research and timely, effective, and quality delivery of software into production.
• Conducts & may lead technical/engineering support for new and existing applications from code delivery until the retirement of the application.
• Conducts & may lead the testing and review of applications based on business requirements and industry best practices.
• Uses best practices and standard guidance to create and modify code. Considers how code changes will affect end users and internal teams. Reviews code created by less experienced team members.
• Works with QA team to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products. Leads complex decisions, present options and advocate for optimal solutions.
• Works with cross functional teams as projects dictate.
• Performs critical tasks and deliverables. Sets and updates expectations on size, scope, and timelines.
• Leads team in cross-functional meetings and discussions.
• Creates and reviews required technical documentation.
• Maintains latest industry knowledge, practices, and development in the software technology field. Shares knowledge and expertise with the team.
• Adheres to documented departmental and corporate standards. Participates in, and may influence, the definition and documentation of standards.
• Leads unit tests and integration tests to ensure the reliability, security, and performance of developed software. Debug and troubleshoot issues as they arise, providing timely resolutions.
• May contribute to product architecture.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What you'll need to have:

• Minimum of 9 years of technical experience in software development, including experience development of RESTful APIs in Golang.
• Must have experience developing cloud native applications (e.g., Google Cloud Platform).

• Experience with all the following: continuous integration pipelines, observability, monitoring, using Docker, Kubernetes or microservices architecture.

• What would be nice for you to have:
• Bachelor's degree in software development, or a related field,
• Certification in GCP
• Observability: Datadog, Honeycomb or any open telemetry.
• Authentication methodology utilizing Vault in code
• Micro service databases Database(s) and database migrations
• Continuous integration and delivery tools for Kubernetes.
• Good understanding of publish-subscribe pattern as well as API gateways

If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this opportunity. Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement on this positing, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet motivated people who align with Jack Henry's mission and can contribute to our company in a variety of ways.

Why Jack Henry?

At Jack Henry, we pride ourselves through our motto of, "Do the right thing, do whatever it takes, and have fun." We recognize the value of our associates and believe much of our company's strength and success depends on their well-being.

We demonstrate our commitment by offering outstanding benefit programs to ensure the physical, mental & financial well-being of our people is always met.

Culture of Commitment

Ask our associates why they love Jack Henry, and many will tell you it is because our culture is exceptional. We do great things together. Rising to meet challenges and seeking opportunities is part of who we are as an organization. Our culture has helped us stay strong through challenging times and we credit our dedicated associates for our success. Visit our Corporate Responsibility site to learn more about our culture and commitment to our people, customers, community, environment, and shareholders.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Jack Henry, we know we are better together. We value, respect, and protect the uniqueness each of us brings. Innovation flourishes by including all voices and makes our business - and our society - stronger. Jack Henry is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, performance management, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, education, training, social, and recreational activities to all persons regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, pregnancy, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, and military and veteran status, or any other protected status protected by local, state or federal law.

No one will be subject to, and Jack Henry prohibits, any form of discipline, reprisal, intimidation, or retaliation for good faith reports or complaints of discrimination of any kind, pursuing any discrimination claim, or cooperating in related investigations.

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