Principal Software Engineer
Q2About the role
As passionate about our people as we are about our mission.
What We’re All About:
Q2 is proud of delivering our mobile banking platform and technology solutions, globally, to more than 22 million end users across our 1,300 financial institutions and fintech clients. At Q2, our mission is simple: Build strong, diverse communities by strengthening their financial institutions. We accomplish that by investing in the communities where both our customers and employees serve and live.
What Makes Q2 Special?
Being as passionate about our people as we are about our mission. We celebrate our employees in many ways, including our “Circle of Awesomeness” award ceremony and day of employee celebration among others! We invest in the growth and development of our team members through ongoing learning opportunities, mentorship programs, internal mobility, and meaningful leadership relationships. We also know that nothing builds trust and collaboration like having fun. We hold an annual Dodgeball for Charity event at our Q2 Stadium in Austin, inviting other local companies to play, and community organizations we support to raise money and awareness together.
The Job At-A-Glance:
Q2 is seeking a Principal Engineer to join our growing Digital Banking engineering organization in Austin, TX. As a PE, you will wear multiple hats; you will scale across the team to provide architectural direction and guidance; you will advise Sr. Leadership on technical direction, vision and best practices; you will mentor Software Engineers across multiple teams and disciplines; you will dive deep and solve the hardest technical problems while setting templates for others to follow.
Responsibilities and Expectations:
Lead architecture, design, implementation and deployment of large-scale critical and complex financial applications, being responsible for all aspects of solutions end-to-end, through full stack software development
Skilled in design of technology solutions focused on simplicity, sustainability, scalability, and performance. Ability to dive deep into code and solve the toughest problems. Technically fearless.
Fluent in the latest technologies including cloud, frameworks and data engines. Able to acquire knowledge as needed.
Is a recognized leader and mentor. Is routinely sought out to conduct design and code reviews. Provides training and guidance for best practices. Understands technical and behavioral requirements/expectations to grow in an engineer’s career.
Possess and insists on the highest standards for herself/himself and others. Does not settle for half-baked solutions. Sets standards for development practices including quality of code, architecture, testing among others.
Leads through change. Solves complicated problems without organizational barriers.
Provides input and direction to the implementation of technology solutions. Able to review and provide candid yet effective feedback. Disseminates system knowledge to others. Empowers others to succeed. Gives credit when credit is due.
Ability to influence decision making within and across consumers of primary technical responsibility. Participates in definition, planning and execution of strategic technology direction
Ability to lead ad hoc teams composed of individuals from different departments, disciplines, or areas of expertise within an organization. It involves collaborating across functional boundaries to achieve shared goals and deliver organizational outcomes that require diverse skill sets and perspectives.
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