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The Senior Software Engineer is a seasoned professional responsible for implementing complex software systems, leading development projects, and providing technical expertise. They are key contributors to the architecture and innovation of software products.

Empower’s team powers the retail account opening platform that welcomes new prospects, transitioning them into valued clients. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll ship high-quality Java/Spring Boot services, raise the bar on code health and testing, and help evolve our AWS-native architecture. This role is hands-on: you’ll design and implement features end-to-end, improve reliability and performance, and mentor teammates through reviews and pairing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and refactor Java/Spring Boot microservices that orchestrate scheduling workflows.
• Write thoughtful tests (unit, integration, contract) and uphold clean-code and “definition of done” standards.
• Implement cloud-native patterns on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/FIFO, IAM) and contribute to infrastructure-as-code with Terraform.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or GitLab CI) by adding functional tests, static analysis, and security checks.
• Instrument services for observability, secure/PII-free logging, and performance monitoring (Splunk familiarity a plus).
• Partner with Product, SRE, and Info Sec to turn requirements into secure, performant APIs and resilient workflows.
• Participate in design reviews, share documentation, and mentor junior engineers through pairing and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Experience: 5–8+ years of backend engineering delivering distributed systems; fintech or other regulated domains a plus.
• Java expertise: Strong command of Java and Spring Boot—data structures, concurrency, profiling, and robust testing.
• AWS proficiency: Practical experience with DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/FIFO, and IAM roles/policies.
• Infrastructure as code: Working knowledge of Terraform for repeatable environments.
• Containers & orchestration: Solid Docker skills; exposure to Kubernetes operations/tuning preferred.
• CI/CD & Dev Sec Ops: Jenkins or GitLab CI pipeline design integrating functional tests, static analysis, vulnerability scanning, and performance testing.
• Collaboration & habits: Bias toward action, accountability, clear documentation, and constructive code reviews.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience modernizing monoliths into event-driven or streaming architectures.
• Deeper Kubernetes experience (operators/service mesh).
• Background in financial services or other regulated industries.
• Experience with Microsoft Graph API, Microsoft Bookings, Microsoft RBAC, and Salesforce integration.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description. You may be required to perform other duties that are not included in this job description. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.