Scala 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.

The Jack Henry Digital Team is redefining the relationship between forward-thinking financial institutions and their customers. Jack Henry Digital leverages modern technology and an industry-leading product vision to make user-friendly mobile and web apps. We have a first-class API; the same API our web and mobile apps use is the same API that is open to the community to build on top of and extend.

The Senior Software Engineer participates and works with our team to build Jack Henry's next generation of services that power a set of critical domains. These services ultimately power Jack Henry's Open API and our online and mobile banking products. Jack Henry's APIs are first-class citizens and are consumed by both internal teams and organizations outside of Banno.

This position will be filled to work Remotely within the U.S.

Ability to travel up to 5% to attend JH meetings, trainings, and/or professional conferences.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Building, testing, deploying, maintaining, and scaling backend services in a micro-services architecture using a modern high level programming language such as Scala, relational databases (Postgres), event streaming (Kafka), and more.
• Working with your engineering teams to identify needs, prioritize and plan work, and develop solutions that keep pace with product development.
• Gaining a deep and comprehensive understanding of specific banking-related domains your team owns and working with and understanding how changes in those domains impact products.
• Participating with customer support teams to resolve or diagnose defects and issues.

What you'll need to have:

• Minimum of 4 years of programming experience, including experience in Typelevel Scala.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in maintaining and supporting production systems.
• Experience with any or all of the following: continuous integration pipelines, observability and monitoring, PostgreSQL or other relational databases, Kafka and event-based systems, Docker and Kubernetes (PaaS/Container orchestration platform).
• Self-motivation and ability to work with independence.
• Will be required to work on call hours of a 1 week rotation every 5 weeks.

What would be nice for you to have:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science.
• Experience working in an microservices architecture.

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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