Software Engineer II; Java

About this role

Software Engineer II on Apex's Accounts Engineering team in Austin, Texas. The team supports account management needs of Apex Fintech Solutions’ clients. The product is a de‑facto account management platform for asset custody with touchpoints across many product spaces  empowers technology companies to onboard, maintain, and safeguard a diverse chart of accounts for all sectors.

• Participate in designs of software components, systems, and features.
• Solve interesting technology problems with creative and simple solutions.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software.
• Write high‑quality, well‑tested code while maintaining high code‑quality standards via code reviews, mentoring & coaching.
• Deliver value in a pragmatic and iterative manner.
• Follow best practices on design techniques and coding standards.
• Build resilient, self‑scaling, self‑healing services that allow you to sleep through the night.
• Support the production systems that you create: build, deployment (CI/CD), troubleshooting and monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Data Dog, Pager Duty).

• BA, BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (or related prior work experience) required.
• 3+ years of experience as a software engineer or similar role.
• Proven experience in Java; other additional modern languages a plus (Go, Kotlin, Python, C#, etc.).
• Experience with relational databases and ability to write SQL.
• Experience with no‑SQL DBs like Mongo
  
  DB a plus.
• Experience with Rabbit MQ, IBM MQ, Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or Google Pub/Sub is a plus.
• Experience with Terraform is a plus.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform / Amazon Web Services is a strong plus.
• Experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker is a plus.
• Financial services background is a plus.

• Strong sense of ownership & personal accountability.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to learn new technologies (languages, tools, frameworks) quickly.

This job operates in a hybrid office environment, 3 days per week.

• Healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision, EAP).
• Competitive PTO.
• 401(k) match.
• Parental leave.
• HSA contribution match.
• Paid subscription to the Calm app.
• Generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits.

Apex Fintech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to these characteristics.

Apex Fintech Solutions is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates, including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please submit your request via the Candidate Accommodation Requests Form.