Senior Software Engineer - Digital Assets

Early Warning® Chicago, IL $118,000 - $183,000
Full Time Senior Level 5+ years

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About This Role

As a Sr. Software Engineer focusing on Digital Assets, you will design, develop, and maintain software applications for cross-border money movement and digital asset-enabled payment flows, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability within regulated environments. You will collaborate with the team to deliver on backlog items and contribute to core product enhancements.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement backend services supporting cross-border transaction processing, settlement workflows, and partner integrations.
  • Develop and maintain software that meets security, resiliency, and compliance requirements for global payment systems.
  • Collaborate with senior engineers to implement scalable solutions for high-volume, distributed financial systems.
  • Participate in the discussion and implementation around complex capabilities.
  • Develop complex features and capabilities to enhance Early Warning core product offerings.
  • Manage source code using Git and approve pull requests to ensure code quality.
  • Query platform data using SQL-based databases.
  • Work on complex Java Web Services using Spring Boot and document details in Confluence.
  • Build automated tests alongside sprint work, integrating them into the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Troubleshoot complex bugs that may arise during development.

Requirements

  • 5+ years direct experience in software engineering
  • Experience building or supporting payment systems, financial services platforms, or highly available, regulated distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with cross-border payment flows, digital assets, or blockchain-enabled technologies.
  • Proficient with Git source control and Git flow branching model.
  • Spring / Spring Boot framework.
  • Familiarity with modern DevOps practices.
  • Familiarity writing automated tests.
  • Proficient with SQL.
  • Proficient in RESTful service design.
  • Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.
  • Experience with Kafka.
  • Excellent written and spoken communication.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • Minimum 5 years direct experience in Software Engineering or related experience.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with SOAP services.
  • Familiarity working with common data format standards like XML, JSON, YAML.
  • NoSQL experience (Redis, HBASE, AeroSpike, etc.).
  • FinTech experience.

Skills

SQL * Java * Spring Boot * Kubernetes * Docker * XML * Yaml * SOAP * Confluence * JSON * Git * CI/CD * Kafka * Redis * RESTful * Aerospike * HBASE *

* Required skills

Benefits

Dental Insurance
HSA contributions
Paid volunteer day
FSA for commuting, health & dependent care
Vision Insurance
11 paid company holidays
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Unlimited Time Off
Maven Family Planning support
Medical Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan with 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on first 6% deferral

About Early Warning®

Early Warning has powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with solutions like Zelle® and Paze℠, partnering with institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions.

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