Principal System Support Engineer

We are a hybrid, remote-office company dedicated to growing our talent anywhere!

We have onsite locations in: Sioux Falls, SD,  Scottsdale, AZ,  Louisville, KY,  Troy, MI,  Franklin, TN,  Easton, PA.

At Pathward, we take tremendous pride in our purpose to create financial inclusion for all™. We are a financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all.  We strive to remove barriers that traditional institutions put in the way of financial access, and promote economic mobility by providing responsible, secure, high quality financial products.

We are a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger and well-positioned for success.  We celebrate, and embrace, our team members through our *HUMBLE*HUNGRY*SMART approach, and we believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve. 

About the Role:

The Principal System Support Engineer is the technical authority and strategic leader, responsible for shaping the overall production support strategy and ensuring enterprise-level system reliability and performance.

What You Will Do:

• Act as the ultimate escalation point for critical issues.
• Partner with senior leadership to align support strategies with business goals.
• Develop and enforce best practices for production support operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance system scalability and performance.

What You Will Need:

•   Bachelor's degree in technical field or equivalent education and work experience. Master's degree preferred. 
•  Typically, requires a minimum of 8 years professional IT development or support experience or in an IT development internship.
• General knowledge of the software development lifecycle, preferably Agile/Lean.
• Experience with any of the following technologies: AWS, Windows Server environments, General knowledge of .NET, SSIS, IIS, Power BI, SQL, SQL Server.
• Experience with Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Git, or other source control tools preferred
• Successful team members possess a combination of three virtues — they are humble, hungry, and smart.
  
  • Humble is a lack of excessive ego or concerns about status.
  • Hungry is always looking for more; intrinsically motivated, diligent, with a strong desire to do more by going 
    above and beyond.
  • Smart is emotional intelligence and interpersonal awareness; capability to conduct oneself in a group 
    situation and deal with others in the most effective way.

The responsibilities listed above are not all inclusive and may be changed at any time.

Salary range: $86,259.86 – $159,308.33

The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this role. Individual pay within the range will be determined by multiple factors which can include but are not limited to a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your location during the hiring process. Ranges may be modified in the future.
This role is also eligible for an annual performance-based incentive opportunity.  Pathward offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees, including health insurance, 401(k) retirement benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid time off, and more.

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Don’t have everything listed under qualifications? If you’re excited about this role but your experiences don’t match exactly to everything in the posting, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other Pathward roles. Pathward is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers candidates for roles without regard to their race, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability or any other category protected by law.

Who we are: 

Our commitment to inclusion is woven into our DNA. We believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve. 

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, pregnancy, national origin, age (age 40 and over), disability, genetic informat