Senior Engineer, Core Banking

Nymbus (https://nymbus.com/) isn't just a leader in fintech; we're a community of innovators passionate about reimagining banking. Our award-winning modern core platform and cloud-based technology serve as the backbone for financial institutions eager to modernize and excel.

Here, you won't just be part of a tech revolution; you'll be at the helm, driving change. You'll fit right in if you're a creative thinker eager to lessen technical debt and elevate agility for banks and credit unions. Our culture thrives on collaboration, integrity, and a client-first approach.

We operate with an AI-first mindset across all aspects of our business, continuously improving our efficiency and increasing the value we deliver to clients. We're looking for individuals who are intensely curious about emerging technologies and passionate about innovation.

Your journey with us won't simply advance your career; it will offer the chance to shape an industry alongside like-minded professionals. We're excited to consider you a key player in this transformative chapter. Thank you for contemplating a role with Nymbus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

We are a remote first company with the exception of a few positions being onsite in our designated locations. The positions which are remote you will need to be able to travel a few times a year. You may be required at times to visit client sites or attend meetings at designated locations with your team members.

Nymbus helps banks and global financial services organizations transform their capabilities and drive value in today's digital marketplace.

At Nymbus, we believe when you set off on the path to innovation you should feel excitement and confidence, not fear and dread. With Nymbus we are bringing delight back into the banking process. We want our partners to be thrilled about the possibilities we are creating together and the lasting impact our collaboration will bring to the industry and consumers.

The journey to growth begins with doing something different. And that journey starts with the great people that make Nymbus. Thank you for considering and entrusting Nymbus to be the catalyst that helps take your career through your next chapter.

POSITION SUMMARY:

As a Senior Engineer at Nymbus you will leverage your deep technical abilities to plan and deliver functionality start to finish, using an AI-first approach, while also contributing to the architectural vision of our products. Additionally you will build up the team's abilities by mentoring other software engineers to improve code quality, leverage AI for development and also working with them to organize their work.

We use Kiro (kiro.dev) as our standard AI-powered IDE, leveraging the latest Claude models from Anthropic to support design, development, and testing. In this role, engineers are expected to take an AI-first approach to their work and have experience crafting effective prompts, iterating with AI on design and specifications, managing context files, integrating with MCP servers, and reviewing AI-generated code and selected libraries.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop highly complex and integrated enterprise applications that meet the highest security and legal compliance standards. This includes all non-functional requirements such as scalability, resilience, configurability, and upgradeability.
• Embrace an AI-first approach to engineering and demonstrate ownership of learning and leveraging new technologies throughout our service delivery lifecycle.
• Be a resource for your team for architectural and code related questions and decisions.
• Create and review software architecture designs and architectural standards including visual representations.
• Identify and drive potential areas of improvement for your team and applications.
• Work with other teams to align project plans and deliverables that span multiple teams with the goal of ensuring the highest quality deliverable.
• Define the usage of 3rd party libraries and drive the adoption of shared code across teams.
• Support developers in translating business requirements into technical specifications and provide effort estimates
• Drive fast root cause analysis of mission-critical issues with time constraints and provide rapid mitigations.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience as a full stack developer using Java 11 or newer, Java frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, etc), and Javascript (Angular or React experience preferred)
• Experience in developing large, complex enterprise applications.
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and proficiency in writing SQL.
• In-depth knowledge of RESTful API design principles, Swagger/OpenAPI specifications, and handling of data formats like JSON/XML.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.) and version control (Git).
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito).
• Proven expertise in caching strategies and in-memory data stores (especially Redis) to improve latency, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Experience working with messaging systems such as Kafka Streams
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
• Experience with AI-assisted development, including using AI to create design specifications and implementation plans prior to code generation.

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience in financial technology, banking, or payment systems.
• Exposure to observability tools like Grafana, Logz.io, Splunk.
• Familiarity with AWS services.
• Experience implementing scalable caching architectures.

INTERVIEW PROCESS:

• Candidates will typically progress through up to four interviews, each lasting 30 to 60 minutes, with various members of our team.
• One technical interview will require a demonstration of development using your preferred IDE. It will focus on how you've incorporated AI into your development activities, including the services you've used, the features you like and dislike, and how AI has supported your debugging, feature design, code review, and code generation.

SALARY & BENEFITS:

• $100,000 - $120,000 Annual Salary
• Annual Cash Bonus and Equity Options commensurate with the role level and experience
• 100% Remote
• 401(k) plan
• Insurance - Health, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Paid Time Off