Sr Software Engineer - Front End

Alkami is a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the United States that helps clients to transform through retail and business banking, digital account opening and loan origination, payment fraud prevention, and data analytics and engagement solutions. Alkami’s Mobile App Platform has been certified by J.D. Power for providing clients with “An Outstanding Mobile Banking Platform Experience.”

Founded in 2009, we continue to be recognized for our intentional culture and tremendous growth (Best Place to Work in Fintech; Best & Brightest to Work For Nationally; and Comparably’s Best Company Culture, Best Career Growth, Best Engineering Team, and Best Places to Work in Dallas, among others). Through our bold investments in technology and people, we empower our clients to grow confidently, adapt quickly, and build thriving digital banking communities through tailored experiences for over 19.5M users.

As a remote-first company, most of our positions can be remote in the US, except for key roles, which will be indicated in the Job Title.

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The Sr. Software Engineer, Front-End will drive efforts and contribute to building high quality scalable front-end UI/UX features, mainly using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Involved in architectural design patterns and decisions to achieve our strategic product goals. Demonstrates deep technical domain knowledge and ownership of specific front-end product features end-to-end. A key strategic player in maintenance of product features, including on-call escalations, triaging, and resolution.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

● Drive delivery of the entire application development lifecycle of product features, including coding, debugging, architecture strategy, and product improvements 

● Lead code/design reviews to ensure smooth project execution and accurate planning

● Ensure proper level of testing coverage across features and functions with a test first mindset

● Collaborates across engineering, product, and design to gather and address technical and design requirements 

● Liaise with developers, designers, and product managers to identify new areas for improving product features 

● Mindset of learning and curiosity, including staying up to date with new technologies to constantly innovate our front-end platform 

● Build reusable code and libraries for future use 

● Provide documentation, coaching, training, and support to internal teams where needed

● Enhance development tools and test coverage to improve the overall efficiency of our front-end platform 

● Accountable for overall application health and monitoring of our platform including escalating to proactively address customer facing issues 

● Own, troubleshoot, and drive client issues to resolution, including new and existing features

● Participate in on-call rotation as part of a defined support structure 

● Conduct interviews with potential candidates 

● Optimize user experiences by considering performance, accessibility, and responsiveness in the development process

Required 

● At least 5 years of experience in software development or a related field 

● Strong programming skills in front-end languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript), with experience as a front-end developer 

● Strong programming skills in modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue)

● In-depth understanding of the entire front-end feature development process (design, development, deployment, maintenance, and strategy) 

● Experience working with CI/CD frameworks 

● Experience with front-end A-B testing, test-driven development, and/or automation

● Collaborative problem solving attitude and willing to take a variety of approaches ● Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience providing technical input

● Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, product, design and customers to build and maintain quality product features 

● Analytical and time management skills, with the ability to deliver value independently

● Ability to participate in on-call rotation 

Preferred 

● Master’s degree in engineering, technology or related field 

● Experience building products in micro frontend frameworks 

● Experience analyzing metrics for micro frontend frameworks 

● Experience working on a product with dynamic configuration and/or layout capabilities

● Experience migrating from one JavaScript framework to another 

● Experience migrating from Vue 2 to Vue 3

● Experience with AWS and/or Azure 

● Experience with Gitlab

The salary range for this position is: $115,000 - $132,900Cool Things to Know

Not Just Any Company: Alkami has an awesome diverse and inclusive environment. We have a FUN culture and offer great benefits, including remote-first environment, unlimited paid time off, 401(k) with employer match, and more.

Work Authorization: We cannot offer employment sponsorship at this time. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US for full-time employment.

Recruiters: We are not looking for outside recruiting firms to help us in this search. Thank you for understanding.

Pay Transparency: As of January 1, 2023, new states and locales have enacted pay equity laws that require more pay transparency by employers in the following states: California, Colorado (effective January 1, 2021), Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington.

The Important Stuff

Alkami Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Alkami is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Alkami are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Alkami will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Alkami encourages applicants of all ages.

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J.D. Power 2024 Mobile App Platform Certification ProgramSM recognition is based on successful completion of an audit and exceeding a customer experience benchmark through a survey of recent servicing interactions. For more information, visit jdpower.com/awards.