Staff Software Engineer

📋 Description

• • Alkami Technology, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our dynamic team in Gurugram, India. As a leading provider of cloud-based digital banking solutions for financial institutions in the United States, Alkami empowers clients to transform their digital offerings, enhance customer engagement, and drive growth through innovative retail and business banking, digital account opening, loan origination, payment fraud prevention, and data analytics solutions. Our commitment to excellence has been recognized with prestigious accolades, including J.D. Power's certification for our outstanding Mobile App Platform Experience, and numerous 'Best Place to Work' awards, highlighting our intentional culture, tremendous growth, and exceptional engineering team.
• • In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of our digital banking platform. You will lead significant technical initiatives, contribute to the design and development of high-quality, scalable computer software systems, and take ownership of product features from conception through to deployment and ongoing maintenance. This position demands a deep technical understanding and the ability to drive strategic product goals, ensuring our solutions remain at the forefront of the financial technology landscape.
• • Your responsibilities will encompass the full software development lifecycle, with a strong emphasis on writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code. You will actively participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding, debugging, and ensuring the functionality and performance of web applications. A key aspect of this role involves advanced troubleshooting and debugging to resolve complex technical challenges, ensuring the stability and reliability of our systems.
• • You will be a key contributor to ensuring optimal performance through rigorous UI testing and performance tuning. Collaboration is essential; you will liaise closely with developers, designers, and system administrators to identify and implement new features, and to gather and address technical and design requirements. This role also involves managing and integrating cutting-edge technologies to enhance our existing legacy applications, ensuring they remain competitive and efficient.
• • Building reusable code and libraries for future use is a core expectation, promoting efficiency and consistency across our development efforts. You will also play a crucial role in mentoring and providing technical support to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development within the team. This leadership aspect extends to establishing and maintaining high development standards within the team, ensuring best practices are consistently applied.
• • A significant part of this role involves championing an API-first approach to software projects, ensuring seamless integration, scalability, and extensibility of our services. You will be responsible for setting up and maintaining environment configurations, monitoring system health, and proactively identifying potential issues before they impact users.
• • As part of a critical on-call rotation, you will respond promptly to incidents, performing advanced troubleshooting and resolving critical disruptions to ensure minimal downtime and maintain service continuity. Clear and proactive communication with customers and vendors is vital to foster positive and collaborative relationships.
• • This position requires exemplary self-sufficiency, enabling you to independently manage tasks, solve complex problems, and meet deadlines while adapting to new challenges without direct supervision. You will be expected to enhance development tools, improve test coverage, and refine code structure to drive continuous improvement in our development processes.
• • You will be deeply involved in the design and architecture of scalable software systems, making critical technical decisions that align with our strategic product objectives. This includes a strong focus on security, performance, and maintainability, ensuring our solutions meet the highest industry standards.
• • The role demands a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks, ensuring the robustness and resilience of our platform. You will contribute to the strategic roadmap by providing technical insights and feasibility assessments for new product initiatives. Your expertise will be crucial in driving innovation and ensuring Alkami remains a leader in digital banking solutions.