Principal Software Engineer
Green Dot Corporation
About the role
We’re looking for talented professionals to join us in bringing smart money management and payment solutions to everyone’s fingertips.
<<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>>
JOB DESCRIPTION
Location Requirement
This position is open only to candidates who currently reside in one of the following approved locations:
West Los Angeles, CA
Job Summary
Principal Engineer: Rearchitect Green Dot Corporation’s Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform for the future using cloud native techniques. Build the next generation banking and payments platform. Contribute towards moving the team forward in continuous integration, continuous delivery, cloud migration, and test-driven development practices. Design highly scalable distributed solutions to handle large amounts of data. Work on complex integration projects by working out API contracts, identifying gaps, and working out optimal solutions. Document and demonstrate solutions by developing flowcharts, sequence diagrams and business process flow diagrams. Organize and run working sessions by setting up agendas, driving discussions towards resolutions, and delegating actions to participants. Own a component or capability during a project delivery stage and be on point for fulfilling the responsibility. Ensure software is designed and built with quality, maintainability, scalability, availability, extensibility, security, portability, and testability. Partner with product teams to shape the future state of products. Actively identify technical debt and work with internal stakeholders to address debt on an ongoing basis. Understand evolving industry trends and identify new technologies and patterns which should be adopted, and old technologies which should be deprecated. Participate in code reviews, coach team members, and learn from receiving feedback.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the design and development of APIs and microservices that support BaaS onboarding and partner integration.
Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver robust solutions.
Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability.
Ensure compliance with SLA standards and contribute to the development of monitoring and alerting systems.
Lead incident response and root cause analysis to improve system reliability.
Drive architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy for BaaS platform, including generating documentation around architectural and design options analysis and decisions.
Champion emerging technologies evaluation and adoption.
Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features/functionality
Create systems that are durable and flexible by developing for change – favor configurability over customization.
Required Qualifications
Education and experience
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, or a related field, plus six (6) years of experience as a Principal Engineer, Software Engineer, or related occupation.
A strong portfolio showing secure, standards-compliant code across multiple platforms, including the Microsoft stack and open-source technologies.
Experience must include:
Languages and frameworks: C#, .NET, ASP.NET, and SQL Server.
Cloud: Designing, developing, and hosting cloud-native applications in Azure or AWS. This includes Azure native services such as APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Key Vault, plus container technologies and caching frameworks.
APIs and web services: RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI specifications. Also, SOAP and XML/JSON business object representations.
Architecture: Designing and building microservices frameworks, event-driven patterns (Service Bus, Event Hubs), and software design patterns and anti-patterns. Writing code for scalable, reliable systems.
DevOps and delivery: Git and GitHub, CI/CD processes, build tools (TeamCity), pipelines, and blue-green deployments.
Observability: Implementing and using observability dashboards and platforms (Datadog, Grafana).
Methodology: Agile development, including Scrum and Extreme Programming.
Security and compliance: Security best practices in financial services and compliance standards (PCI DSS, SOC 2).
Work environment
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with iterative project turnarounds on mission- and revenue-critical, customer-facing applications.
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience in fintech or embedded finance platforms.
Familiarity with partner onboarding workflows and SLA management.
Contributions to open-source projects or technical publications.
**Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship**
**Ability to meet the location requirement outlined above**
PAY RANGE
The targeted base salary for this position is $160,000 to $230,000 per year. The final compensation will be determined by a number of factors such as qualifications, expertise, and the candidate’s geographical location.
POSITION TYPE
Regular
PAY RANGE
The targeted base salary for this position is $159,400 to $229,300 per year. The final compensation will be determined by a number of factors such as qualifications, expertise, and the candidate’s geographical location.
<<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>>
We’re Here to Support You—Accommodations Upon Request
Green Dot is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, we encourage you to let us know. We will work with you to meet your needs in a way that respects your privacy and ensures equal opportunity. Our goal is to support every applicant in showcasing their talents and potential.
Work Authorization Requirement
At Green Dot Corporation, we value diversity and strive for fair and inclusive hiring practices. However, we are currently unable to offer visa sponsorship. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment, without the need for current or future sponsorship.
Important Notice on Application Accuracy
We value integrity in our hiring process. Please ensure that all information provided in your resume and application is accurate and authentic. Submissions found to be fraudulent or misleading will result in disqualification from consideration, and any offers extended may be rescinded.
Responsibilities
- Lead design and development of APIs and microservices for BaaS onboarding and partner integration.
- Collaborate with product, architecture, and engineering teams to define requirements and deliver solutions.
- Drive engineering practices in code review, mentoring, CI/CD, testing, and observability.
- Contribute to SLA compliance, monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.
- Guide BaaS platform architecture and long-term technical strategy.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and improve the existing codebase.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, or a related field.
- Six years of experience as a Principal Engineer, Software Engineer, or in a related occupation.
- Experience with C#, .NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, and cloud-native application development in Azure or AWS.
- Experience with REST APIs, OAuth2, OpenAPI, microservices, event-driven architecture, and scalable systems.
- Experience with Git, GitHub, CI/CD, TeamCity, blue-green deployments, and observability platforms such as Datadog or Grafana.
- Knowledge of Agile development, financial-services security practices, PCI DSS, and SOC 2.
- Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship and meet the West Los Angeles location requirement.
- Fintech or embedded finance experience, partner onboarding familiarity, and open-source contributions are preferred.
Skills mentioned
About Green Dot Corporation
About Green Dot Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) is a financial technology platform and registered bank holding company that builds banking and payment solutions to create value, retain and reward customers, and accelerate growth for businesses of all sizes. For more than two decades, Green Dot has delivered financial tools and services that address the most pressing financial needs of consumers and businesses, and that transform the way people and businesses manage and move money. Green Dot delivers a broad spectrum of financial products to consumers and businesses through its portfolio of brands, including: GO2bank, a leading digital and mobile bank account offering simple, secure and useful banking for Americans living paycheck to paycheck; the Green Dot Network (“GDN”) of more than 95,000 retail distribution and cash access locations nationwide; Arc by Green Dot, the single-source embedded finance platform combining all of Green Dot’s secure banking and money processing capabilities to power businesses at all stages of growth; rapid! wage and disbursements solutions, providing pay card and earned wage access services to more than 7,000 businesses and their employees; and Santa Barbara Tax Products Group (“SBTPG”), the company’s tax division, which processes more than 14 million tax refunds annually. Founded in 1999, Green Dot has managed more than 80 million accounts to date both directly and through its partners. Green Dot Bank4 is a subsidiary of Green Dot Corporation and member of the FDIC. For more information about Green Dot’s products and services, please visit www.greendot.com. +++ The Commissioner of Financial Regulation for the State of Maryland will accept all questions or complaints from Maryland residents regarding Green Dot Corporation, NMLS ID #914924 at 1100 North Eutaw Street, Suite 611; Baltimore, MD 21201, phone 888-784-0136. NMLS Consumer Access: https://nmlsconsumeraccess.org/
H-1B sponsorship history
Historical employer filing data was found for Green Dot Corporation. The employer record includes 150 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.