Staff Engineer, Backend Developer

Location:

San Antonio, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, or Houston (Hybrid)

We are seeking a Staff Engineer to serve as the technical lead for a consumer banking application team focused on delivering new digital payment capabilities. This individual will provide hands-on technical leadership across Java back-end and mobile banking teams, mentor engineers, and drive software quality. In this role, you will be responsible for owning development efforts and ensuring high-quality software delivery while partnering with product and engineering leaders.

• Lead development efforts for consumer banking and payment applications.
• Design and deliver new payment capabilities, including consumer wire functionality.
• Review code and mentor engineers, promoting best practices and engineering excellence.
• Act as the primary technical escalation point for the team.
• Collaborate across Java, iOS, and Android development teams.
• Participate in architecture and design decisions.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

• A minimum of 6 years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Java development experience.
• Experience serving as a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer, or Staff Engineer.
• Experience with APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Prior experience in banking, payments, financial services, or fintech environments.
• Demonstrated experience with code reviews and mentoring developers.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

• Experience with React.
• Experience with iOS (Swift) and/or Android development.
• Familiarity with Kafka or event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of consumer banking or digital payment systems.
• Knowledge of container orchestration platforms like Open Shift and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.

This is a hybrid position. Travel to San Antonio will be required a few times per quarter for planning sessions and team events. Travel expenses will be reimbursed.

Applicants must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

• medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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