Software Engineer

Alkami is a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the United States that helps clients to transform through retail and business banking, digital account opening and loan origination, payment fraud prevention, and data analytics and engagement solutions. Alkami’s Mobile App Platform has been certified by J.D. Power for providing clients with “An Outstanding Mobile Banking Platform Experience.”

Founded in 2009, we continue to be recognized for our intentional culture and tremendous growth (Best Place to Work in Fintech; Best & Brightest to Work For Nationally; and Comparably’s Best Company Culture, Best Career Growth, Best Engineering Team, and Best Places to Work in Dallas, among others). Through our bold investments in technology and people, we empower our clients to grow confidently, adapt quickly, and build thriving digital banking communities through tailored experiences for over 19.5M users.

As a remote-first company, most of our positions can be remote in the US, except for key roles, which will be indicated in the Job Title.

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Key Responsibilities & Duties:

•  Write clean code to develop functional web applications using object-oriented design, design patterns, data structures, relational databases 

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging

• Troubleshoot and debug applications 

• Perform UI tests to optimize performance 

• Build reusable code and libraries for future use 

• Gather and address technical and design requirements with little assistance

• Follow development standards set within the team 

• Collaborates effectively within the agile framework with a problem-solving attitude and willing to take a variety of approaches 

• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills within the team 

• Respond promptly to on-call incidents, including troubleshooting and resolving critical disruptions to ensure minimal downtime 

• Adhere and uphold Alkami’s core values.

Recommended Experience & Education
Minimum Years of Experience:

Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced
degree without experience

Education Level Bachelor’s degree in engineering,or another related field or equivalent work

experience

Knowledge, Skills, & Qualifications
Required

● 2-4 years of experience in software development or a related field.
● Ability to show programming skills in an object-oriented language such as Java or C#, with proven work experience as a full-stack developer
● Experience with database frameworks such as NoSQL, SQL Databases, Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks
● Understanding the entire software development process (design, development and deployment)
● Experience developing and deploying applications for Cloud Native Infrastructure
● Experience working within Agile framework
● Good analytical and time management skills, with a proven ability to deliver value with some assistance
● Familiarity with monitoring and supporting production systems, proficiency in identifying and resolving issues, implementing proactive measures, and tracking measurements.
● Knowledge of performance measurements of applications
● Understanding and some practical application of REST API best practices. Proficiency in adhering to standards, ensuring security, scalability, and optimal performance
● Developing tests, including unit tests, UI automation tests, integration tests
● Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude and willing to take a variety of approaches
● Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience providing technical input
● Ability to participate in on call rotation
 

Preferred

● Experience working with SaaS offerings in the technology and financial industries
● Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services
● Experience in Open telemetry
● Knowledge in cross-platform mobile development frameworks like Flutte
 

Physical Demands
● Ability to lift a minimum of 5 pounds to a maximum of 10 pounds unassisted
● Ability to stand, sit, stoop, walk, stretch, reach, and use full range of body motions
● Manual dexterity as required for specific equipment

Not Just Any Company: Alkami has an awesome diverse and inclusive environment. We have a FUN culture and offer great benefits, including remote-first environment, unlimited paid time off, 401(k) with employer match, and more.

Work Authorization: We cannot offer employment sponsorship at this time. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US for full-time employment.

Recruiters: We are not looking for outside recruiting firms to help us in this search. Thank you for understanding.

Pay Transparency: As of January 1, 2023, new states and locales have enacted pay equity laws that require more pay transparency by employers in the following states: California, Colorado (effective January 1, 2021), Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington.

Alkami Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Alkami is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Alkami are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Alkami will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Alkami encourages applicants of all ages.

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J.D. Power 2024 Mobile App Platform Certification ProgramSM recognition is based on successful completion of an audit and exceeding a customer experience benchmark through a survey of recent servicing interactions. For more information, visit jdpower.com/awards.