Sr. Systems Manager Job Pasadena area,California USA,Software Development

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Sr. Systems Manager Job Description Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) team, supporting partner onboarding and platform enhancement initiatives. This role will be instrumental in building and supporting scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that enable embedded financial services across a broader partner ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop APIs and microservices that support BaaS onboarding and partner integration.
Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver robust solutions.
Support engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability.
Ensure compliance with SLA standards and contribute to the development of monitoring and alerting systems.
Contribute to incident response and root cause analysis to improve system reliability.
Draft architectural and design documentation to assist design options analysis and decision-making.
Evaluate emerging technologies from applicability to feasibility and adoption paths.
Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features/functionality.
Create systems that are durable and flexible by developing for change, favoring configurability over customization.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 1 year in a technical leadership role.
Strong portfolio of work showing experience developing secure and standards-compliant code across multiple platforms.
Proficiency in C#, .NET, SQL, and hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (Azure native services such as APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Key Vault), container technologies, and caching frameworks.
Solid understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI specifications.
Familiarity with event‑driven (Service Bus, Event Hubs) and microservice‑based architecture patterns.
Hands‑on experience leveraging and implementing observability dashboards and platforms (e.g., Datadog, Grafana).
Ability to handle a fast‑paced environment for iterative project turnarounds on mission‑critical, customer‑facing applications.
Deep knowledge of Git, Dev Ops, Agile Scrum, and security best practices in financial services and compliance standards (e.g., PCI DSS, SOC
2).

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience in fintech or embedded finance platforms.
Familiarity with partner onboarding workflows and SLA management.
Contributions to open‑source projects or technical publications.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Job Responsibilities

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop APIs and microservices that support BaaS onboarding and partner integration.
Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver robust solutions.
Support engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability.
Ensure compliance with SLA standards and contribute to the development of monitoring and alerting systems.
Contribute to incident response and root cause analysis to improve system reliability.
Draft architectural and design documentation to assist design options analysis and decision‑making.
Evaluate emerging technologies from applicability to feasibility and adoption paths.
Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features/functionality.
Create systems that are durable and flexible by developing for change, favoring configurability over customization.