Software Engineer Principal

Pathward is a financial empowerment company dedicated to creating financial inclusion for all. The Principal Software Engineer will develop solutions using Pathward’s technical stack, participate in software development processes, and contribute to maintaining and enhancing existing systems.

Responsibilities:

• Develops flexible, maintainable solutions using the guidelines, requirements and standard practices
• Solves development problems through the use of good design and practical experience
• Reviews, modifies, enhances, and maintains existing systems by fixing issues, remediating security vulnerabilities, and improving system performance
• Participates in planning and user story analysis by providing feedback and demonstrating an understanding of user requirements
• Assists in solving business problems by implementing technical solutions based on solid design principles and best practices
• Actively participates in and follows software development processes and procedures
• Documents software changes, best practices, and standards
• Keeps up to date with current and future changes in tools, technology, programming best practices, and industry standards through training and development opportunities
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in technical field or equivalent education and work experience required
• Typically, 8+ years of experience working in a professional technical environment
• 6+ years of professional software design and development experience required
• Experience with the following technologies is expected, but not all are required: General knowledge of .NET, C#, ASP.NET, MVC, Classic ASP, VB Script, Entity Framework, WPF, JavaScript, IIS, HTML, CSS, XML/XSLT, MSMQ, NServiceBus, Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, Git, or other source control tools required
• Effectively work within a team environment
• Effective written and oral communication
• Ability to teach and mentor other software engineers
• Ability to plan and prioritize for a team of developers
• General knowledge of the software development lifecycle, preferably Agile/Lean or Kanban preferred
• Experience with Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Git, or other source control tools preferred
• Cloud development experience with Azure or AWS a plus