Software Engineer

Overview

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself.

Responsibilities

• Write code and tests, build prototypes, resolve issues, and profile and analyze bottlenecks.
• Design robust APIs to support mobile and desktop clients.
• Manage and optimize scalable distributed systems in the cloud.
• Optimize web applications for performance and scalability.
• Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met and allow for regression testing.
  
  

• 2 - 4 years of strong back-end engineering experience in Java.
• Proficiency in Java, with a good understanding of its ecosystems.
• Strong experience in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, REST API, Jenkins.
• In-depth knowledge of code versioning tools, for instance, Git.
• Understanding building tools like Ant, Maven, Gradle, etc.,
• Exposure towards: Oracle PL /SQL, JIRA, Swagger Hub.
• Experience with core AWS web-enabling technologies.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Legacy Technologies like Pro*C, Oracle Forms.
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Familiarity with different design and architectural patterns.
• Skill for writing reusable Java libraries.
• Know-how of Java concurrency patterns.
• Sound knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming Patterns and Concepts.
• Growth mindset that challenges the status quo and focuses on outside-the-box ideas and solutions.
• Good Understanding of MVC Pattern, JDBC and RESTful web services.
• Ability to write clean, readable Java code.
• Experience in handling external and embedded databases.
• Basic knowledge of JVM (Java Virtual Machine).
• Expertise in continuous integration.
  
  

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description. You may be required perform other duties that are not included on this job description. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason, as per terms and conditions of your employment contract.

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.