Senior Application Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Design and implement complex features and application systems end-to-end
• Contribute significantly to architectural decisions for application development
• Drive towards target architecture through thoughtful implementation choices
• Evaluate and recommend technical approaches for complex application challenges
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in application systems

Advanced Development & Quality

• Create reusable patterns and components that benefit the entire application development team
• Balance technical debt with feature development alongside secure coding and design library adoption
• Improve development practices and processes, both for squad and across squads
• Ensure code quality through comprehensive reviews and established standards
• Use knowledge of systems and dependencies to bring resolution to incidents/outages

Process & Team Leadership

• Lead execution of complex features across multiple development cycles
• Implement process improvements that enhance team productivity and code quality
• Coordinate work across multiple developers and resolve technical blockers
• Run agile ceremonies for the team and train others on effective practices
• Balance quality with delivery timelines while maintaining technical excellence

Mentorship & Collaboration

• Mentor engineers on technical skills and application development best practices
• Translate business needs into technical solutions in partnership with product managers
• Communicate technical constraints constructively to stakeholders
• Represent engineering in cross-functional meetings and strategic discussions
• Serve as trusted partner for information security and compliance teams

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Deep expertise in application development with modern frameworks and technologies
• Strong understanding of software architecture patterns, microservices, and API design
• Experience with React, NodeJS, C# and/or Java and REST services with JSON payloads is a plus
• Experience with performance optimization, scalability, and system reliability
• Advanced knowledge of database design, optimization, and data modeling
• Expertise in cloud-native development and DevOps practices
• Understanding of security best practices for financial services applications
• Proven ability to lead technical decisions and influence architectural direction
• Strong mentorship and communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a hybrid, globally distributed engineering organization and communicate across technical and business teams

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field
• 5-8 years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership
• Experience leading complex application development projects
• Track record of mentoring junior engineers and improving team processes
• Experience with wealth management, fintech, or regulated industry applications preferred
• Strong background in agile development and cross-functional collaboration