Core Banking Symitar Software Engineer Sr

Role: Senior Software Engineer – Core Banking (Symitar)

At Westerra Credit Union, we believe You Can Do Money. It is more than just a phrase. It is a mindset that shapes how we empower each other and our members to take control, grow, and thrive financially. Our culture is built on beliefs that guide how we show up every day. We focus on being member-obsessed, radically transparent, relentlessly collaborative, and always learning in motion.

These are not just words. They are the heart of everything we do. Inspired by our vision to Out-Love Every Bank in Colorado, we bring genuine care and dedication to every member interaction. Our mission to teach, guide, and ignite members to own their financial future drives us to create meaningful, personal connections.

When you join Westerra, you become part of a vibrant community where innovation, openness, and collaboration are not just ideals; they are daily practices. Everyone is invited to bring their authentic selves, curiosity, and passion to the table. Together, we learn, grow, and thrive, committed to making a real difference for our members and one another. Because at Westerra, we do not just talk about money, we believe you can do money.

This role serves as the senior technical expert for Westerra's Symitar core banking platform. The Senior Software Engineer architects, develops, maintains, and optimizes Symitar solutions that support the credit union's core business operations. This individual designs and develops software programs, reports, integrations, automation, and custom solutions while ensuring the stability, security, and performance of the Symitar environment.

This role partners closely with business leaders, operations, digital banking, lending, accounting, and technology teams to improve business processes, automate manual work, resolve complex operational issues, and maximize the value of Westerra's investment in the Symitar platform.

• Serve as the technical expert for the Symitar core banking platform, including program development, processing support, and Symitar architecture.
• Design, develop, test, implement, and support custom Symitar solutions that improve operational efficiency and member experience.
• Partner with business owners to understand operational challenges and identify opportunities for automation, process improvement, and enhanced system capabilities.
• Analyze complex business and technical requirements and translate them into scalable Symitar solutions.
• Develop and maintain programs, batch jobs, reports, letter files, custom screens, and automation processes.
• Design and maintain integrations between Symitar and third-party systems using Sym Xchange, batch processing, APIs, and other integration technologies.
• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues involving processing, performance, interfaces, and system functionality.
• Lead technical troubleshooting efforts across multiple departments and vendors.
• Ensure system changes are properly documented, tested, promoted, and supported throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Develop technical standards, coding practices, and documentation for Symitar development.
• Recommend new capabilities, enhancements, and best practices that improve Westerra's use of the Symitar platform.
• Participate in system upgrades, software releases, and vendor implementations.
• Mentor junior developers and provide technical leadership across development initiatives.
• Participate in Dev Ops processes including source control, testing, deployment, and change management.
• Maintain appropriate security, compliance, and audit controls within all development activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 8+ years of Symitar development experience supporting a financial institution.
• Expert-level experience developing and supporting:
  • Symitar programming
  • Letter Files
  • Batch processing
  • Job Files
  • Event-driven processing
  • Symitar Quest
  • Sym Xchange
  • Episys/Symitar database structure
• Experience integrating Symitar with digital banking, payment systems, lending platforms, imaging, CRM, and other third-party…