Staff Engineer - Platform Engineering

Location: Scottsdale, Chicago, San Francisco

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

The Staff Engineer, CI/CD Platform, defines and drives the technical strategy, architecture, and evolution of CI/CD capabilities within the Platform team. This role designs, builds, automates, secures, and improves shared software delivery systems and tooling, including source control integration, pipeline orchestration, secrets management, artifact management, and release automation. The role enables engineering teams to build, test, and deploy software reliably, securely, and efficiently, and serves as a senior technical leader for high-impact initiatives that strengthen enterprise software delivery.

Essential Functions

• Define and lead the technical strategy, roadmap, and execution for CI/CD platforms, tooling, and automation, including large-scale upgrades, migrations, integrations, and modernization efforts.
• Design, build, and enhance scalable, secure, and resilient CI/CD capabilities using tools such as GitLab, Harness, Vault, Artifactory, and related technologies.
• Develop and maintain standardized build, test, release, and deployment patterns that improve software delivery speed, quality, and consistency.
• Create reusable templates, guardrails, and self-service capabilities that enable secure and efficient adoption of CI/CD services.
• Automate core software delivery functions, including pipeline provisioning, secrets injection, artifact lifecycle management, policy enforcement, and deployment controls.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex issues affecting build systems, deployment pipelines, and related delivery tooling.
• Drive platform performance, reliability, scalability, and security improvements that strengthen operational efficiency and service resilience.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation for architecture, standards, operational procedures, pipeline patterns, and support models.
• Mentor engineers and partners with security, infrastructure, developer experience, and application teams to advance secure, scalable, and developer-friendly software delivery practices.
• Support the company's commitment to risk management and the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data.

This job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications and may be updated as business needs evolve.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Typically 8 or more years of related experience in Software engineering, Platform engineering, DevOps engineering, Infrastructure engineering, Build and Release engineering, or similar technical roles.
• Strong experience with on-premises infrastructure and AWS Cloud environments.
• Strong experience designing, building, and supporting enterprise CI/CD platforms and developer tooling, including GitLab, Harness, Vault, Artifactory, or similar technologies.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including platform integration, workload orchestration, and operational support for CI/CD tooling and related delivery services.
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, deployment automation, release governance, and environment promotion strategies.
• Strong experience with container technologies such as Docker and Podman.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code development using tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience with one or more major programming or scripting languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, or Shell.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent cross-team collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated ability to make critical technical tradeoff decisions with cross-team impact.
• Successful completion of background and drug screening requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a related field.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification.
• Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional certification.
• Experience with GitLab, Harness, Vault, or Artifactory at enterprise scale.
• FinTech experience is a plus.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer, including sitting for extended periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to occasionally lift up to 10 pounds and/or exert negligible force frequently. Requires visual acuity and manual dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment, including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers. Employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation

 

The base pay scale for this position in:
Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL in USD per year is: $145,000 - $186,000.
San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $174,000 - $223,000.
Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate’s education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness 

•  Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.

• Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.

• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave

• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process!

Early Warning Services, LLC (“Early Warning”) considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees. 

Early Warning Services LLC is a proud participant in E-Verify, a federal program to help ensure a legal and authorized workforce. As part of our hiring process, we electronically verify the employment eligibility of all new hires through E-Verify. For more information on your rights and responsibilities under E-Verify please visit Home | E-Verify.