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Green Dot Corporation · 1 day ago

Lead Software Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $199K/yr

7+ years exp

Green Dot Corporation is evolving to a new and permanent “Work from Anywhere” model designed to maximize the benefits of remote work. They are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Software Engineer to join their BaaS team, where the role will focus on building and supporting scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that enable embedded financial services across the partner ecosystem.

FinanceFinancial Services

No H1B

Hiring Manager

Hong Tran Park

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

Qualification

C#.NETSQLRESTful API designAzureDevOpsAgile ScrumGitOAuth2OpenAPI specificationsMicroservicesObservability toolsEvent-driven architectureContainer technologiesSecurity best practicesFintech experienceOpen-source contributions

Required

7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role

Strong portfolio of work showing experience developing secure and standards-compliant code across multiple platforms

Fluent in several of the following languages/platforms/libraries: C#, .NET, SQL, and hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure native services such as APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB and Key Vault), container technologies, and caching frameworks

Deep understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI specifications

Familiarity with event-driven (Service Bus, Event Hubs) and microservice based architecture patterns

Hands-on experience with leveraging and implementing observability dashboards and platforms (Datadog, Grafana)

Ability to handle a fast-paced environment for iterative project turnarounds on mission & revenue critical, customer-facing applications

Deep knowledge in Git, DevOps, Agile Scrum, and security best practices in financial services and compliance standards (PCI DSS, SOC 2)

Preferred

Prior experience in fintech or embedded finance platforms

Familiarity with partner onboarding workflows and SLA management

Contributions to open-source projects or technical publications

Company

Green Dot Corporation

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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.

Founded in 1999

Austin, Texas, USA

1001-5000 employees