Engineer, Software

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Job Overview
Are you ready to join the Un-carrier movement
This Software Engineer role supports the design implementation and deployment of scalable software solutions for a fintech platform that powers digital banking payments account management transaction processing and financial services capabilities. The engineer will collaborate with senior engineers product QA operations and partner teams to develop backend services APIs and integrations that meet customer requirements and support reliable secure and high-availability environments.

This is a hands-on software development role for an engineer with strong software engineering fundamentals and interest in backend development APIs cloud-based services and financial technology. Direct fintech experience is preferred but not required. Experience working with critical data sensitive information or systems with compliance expectations is relevant to the role.

Success is measured by the ability to deliver quality software solutions write maintainable code produce clear documentation collaborate optimally with technical teams and contribute to systems that support business goals and customer needs.
We are a team that encourages innovation and advocates an agile and open approach truly working and playing in the Un-carrier way!

Job Responsibilities

• Develop software solutions that support engineering projects and meet customer requirements.
• Develop enhance and maintain backend services and APIs supporting financial products such as payments accounts transactions and digital banking capabilities.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and technical teams to implement scalable secure and maintainable software components within established architecture and design patterns.
• Build and support integrations with internal platforms and external partners including banking APIs payment processors and financial services providers.
• Write clean maintainable and well-tested code following software engineering standard processes.
• Participate in code reviews unit testing integration testing debugging and defect resolution.
• Assist with application monitoring log review solving and resolution of production or production-like issues in accordance with team processes.
• Support CI/CD deployment and release processes as needed for assigned features and services.
• Work closely with product QA operations and partner teams to deliver features aligned with business and customer needs.
• Create clear documentation for software code APIs workflows system behavior technical designs and business requirements.
• Apply secure development practices when working with customer data financial transactions and critical systems.
• Continuously learn new technologies tools and financial services concepts to support platform growth and reliability.
• Contribute to technology strategy by understanding current technologies and supporting business goals.
• Present innovative ideas to improve systems processes or services based on industry research.
• Also responsible for other duties/projects as assigned by business management as needed.

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelors Degree plus 3 years of related work experience OR advanced degree with 1 year of related work experience OR combination of education and experience deemed equivalent (Required). Acceptable areas of study include Computer Science or Engineering (Required)
• 2-4 years Technical engineering experience. (Required)

Required Qualifications

• Experience developing backend applications APIs services or web-based software systems.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Java Kotlin Python Go JavaScript or .
• Basic understanding of REST APIs web services and backend application development.
• Familiarity with relational or NoSQL databases including basic querying data modeling or persistence concepts.
• Understanding of software development fundamentals including data structures algorithms debugging object-oriented or modular programming and clean code practices.
• Experience using Git or similar version control tools in a team-based development environment.
• Ability to write maintainable code and participate in unit testing code reviews debugging and defect resolution.
• Ability to create or maintain technical documentation for code APIs workflows or system behavior.
• Basic understanding of secure coding practices when working with customer account transaction or sensitive data.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS GCP or Azure.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture or distributed systems concepts.
• Exposure to event-driven systems Kafka messaging queues or asynchronous processing.
• Knowledge of containerization using Docker or basic Kubernetes concepts.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines deployment automation or release processes.
• Familiarity with monitoring logging or observability tools such as Splunk Datadog CloudWatch Grafana or similar platforms.
• Understanding of security concepts such as authentication authorization encryption secrets management or secure API design.
• Experience working in regulated compliance-driven or sensitive-data environments such as healthcare banking credit card payments insurance telecom billing or financial services.
• Exposure to fintech payments digital banking cards transaction processing or banking partner integrations.
• Basic understanding of PCI data security principles auditability or compliance-related software practices.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Communication (Required)
• Customer Service (Required)
• Analytics (Required)
• Technical Writing (Required)
• Backend software development
• API development and integration
• Database fundamentals
• Debugging and problem solving
• Secure coding fundamentals
• Technical documentation
• Collaboration with engineering product QA operations and partner teams
• Attention to detail when working with customer account transaction or financial data
• Customer-focused engineering attitude
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Ownership of assigned features and work within established team standards and guidance
• Interest in financial systems digital banking and scalable platform development

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No): Yes

DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No

Base Pay Range: $92500 - $166800

Corporate Bonus Target: 15%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidates actual pay will be based on various factors such as work location qualifications and experience so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

At T-Mobile employees in regular non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employees eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location T-Mobile our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases offering medical dental and vision insurance a flexible spending account 401(k) employee stock grants employee stock purchase plan paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave family building benefits back-up care enhanced family support childcare subsidy tuition assistance college coaching short- and long-term disability voluntary AD&D coverage voluntary accident coverage voluntary life insurance voluntary disability insurance and voluntary long-term care insurance. We dont stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts pet insurance and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobiles amazing benefits check out.

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