Who We Are
Cross River builds the infrastructure behind the world’s most innovative financial products. Our technology and capital solutions power payments, cards, lending, and digital asset capabilities that move money safely, instantly, and inclusively — trusted by leading fintechs, enterprises, and disruptors across the globe.
Our mission is simple: to build the financial infrastructure that expands access and opportunity for all. Guided by a culture of collaboration, curiosity, and purpose, Cross River has been named one of American Banker’s Best Places to Work in Fintech year after year. Whether you’re designing code, solving regulatory puzzles, or developing strategy, you’ll join a team where innovation and integrity drive everything we do — and where your work helps shape the future of finance.
What We're Looking For
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a key player in designing and building scalable data solutions using Palantir Foundry, and interacting with our AWS-based data lake. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, deploy, and maintain software that supports both batch and real-time decisioning and analytics in the Fraud and AML space within a growing financial institution. If you thrive in complex data environments and have a passion for strong software development practices and cloud computing, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain Palantir Foundry code bases for both batch and analytical processing
- Advise on and participate in the governance and maintenance of a suite of Palantir-based ontologies and workflows
- Interact with the Cross River data lake using AWS services and technologies including Lake Formation, Glue, Iceberg, Hive, ECS, and Managed Airflow
- Work with Python to develop both in Palantir and in data pipelines feeding data into the lake
- Implement or advise on infrastructure-as-code using Terraform
- Collaborate with teams made up of Palantir personnel, Cloud Infrastructure Engineers, Data Engineers, and various business personnel to ensure business, security, and operational needs are met
- Manage code and versioning effectively using code and data branching in Palantir, backed by Git
- Participate in architectural discussions on workflow designs
- Ensure best practices around development and documentation
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, with a strong focus in the data engineering space
- Proven experience with Palantir Foundry, Ontologies, applications, and workflows
- Strong background working in AWS cloud environments (Lake Formation, Glue, ECR, ECS, EMR, IAM, S3, Cloud Watch, and others)
- Experience using Git for version control and review processes
- Strong programming skills, with Python preferred
- Experience with Terraform for IaC
- Very strong problem-solving skills and an enthusiasm around delivering working, performant, and operationally-stable solutions
Preferred Skills:
- Big Data skills centered around Spark
- Familiarity with table partitioning best practices
- Experience working with containers as part of your DevX
- Agile experience in either a Scrum or Kanban setting
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Salary Range: $150,000.00 - $180,000.00
Cross River is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cross River does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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