Lead Software Engineer

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.

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

Requirements:

• 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)
• Prior experience in fintech or embedded finance platforms
• Familiarity with partner onboarding workflows and SLA management
• Contributions to open-source projects or technical publications