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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.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead the design and development of APIs and microservices that support BaaS onboarding and partner integration.\nCollaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver robust solutions.\nDrive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability.\nEnsure compliance with SLA standards and contribute to the development of monitoring and alerting systems.\nLead incident response and root cause analysis to improve system reliability.\nDrive architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy for BaaS platform, including generating documentation around architectural and design options analysis and decisions.\nChampion emerging technologies evaluation and adoption.\nRefactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features/functionality\nCreate systems that are durable and flexible by developing for change - favor configurability over customization.\nRequired Qualifications\n Education and experienceBachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, or a related field, plus six (6) years of experience as a Principal Engineer, Software Engineer, or related occupation.\nA strong portfolio showing secure, standards-compliant code across multiple platforms, including the Microsoft stack and open-source technologies.\n\nExperience must include:Languages and frameworks: C#, .NET, ASP.NET, and SQL Server.\nCloud: Designing, developing, and hosting cloud-native applications in Azure or AWS. This includes Azure native services such as APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Key Vault, plus container technologies and caching frameworks.\nAPIs and web services: RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI specifications. Also, SOAP and XML/JSON business object representations.\n Architecture: Designing and building microservices frameworks, event-driven patterns (Service Bus, Event Hubs), and software design patterns and anti-patterns. Writing code for scalable, reliable systems.\n DevOps and delivery: Git and GitHub, CI/CD processes, build tools (TeamCity), pipelines, and blue-green deployments.\n Observability: Implementing and using observability dashboards and platforms (Datadog, Grafana).\nMethodology: Agile development, including Scrum and Extreme Programming.\n Security and compliance: Security best practices in financial services and compliance standards (PCI DSS, SOC 2).\n\nWork environmentAbility to thrive in a fast-paced environment with iterative project turnarounds on mission- and revenue-critical, customer-facing applications.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nPrior experience in fintech or embedded finance platforms.\nFamiliarity with partner onboarding workflows and SLA management.\nContributions to open-source projects or technical publications.\n**Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship**\n**Ability to meet the location requirement outlined above**\nPOSITION TYPE\nRegularPAY RANGE\nThe targeted base salary for this position is $139,900 to $199,300 per year. The final compensation will be determined by a number of factors such as qualifications, expertise, and the candidate’s geographical location.\nWe’re Here to Support You-Accommodations Upon Request\nGreen 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.\nWork Authorization Requirement\nAt Green Dot Corporation, we value diversity and strive for fair and inclusive hiring practices. However, we are currently unable to offer visa sponsorship. 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