Engineer Software

Grow your career with a growing organization

Whether they’re helping people reach their long-term financial goals or providing personal wealth management strategies, every associate contributes to changing the lives of those we serve for the better. When it comes to job satisfaction, that’s hard to beat. And from a personal satisfaction perspective, you’ll enjoy the freedom to support causes that matter to you and experience a truly inclusive work environment. Your future starts now.

We are looking for a very curious Java Engineer. You need to be a thinker and a doer. You need to be smart and build smart products. You need to be ambitious. This will be your finest work and creation, and an amazing engineering team is there to collaborate with you and support you.

The Work: As a server side engineer you will work on many initiatives, integrations, innovations, while always trying to scale it more, improve performance and keep the system secure.

• Design, implement, deploy and support new web-based applications and web services using server technologies stacks that include Java, MySQL and AWS services.
• Define and implement REST Web Services for exposing personal financial services for managing financial accounts, payments, investment portfolios, credit products
• Execute end-to-end software development and deployment in an agile environment  that greatly values CI/CD.
• Define and develop cloud-native distributed systems and container orchestration platforms using micro service and serverless architectures.
• Assist with peer code evaluations  

Desired Skills and Experience:

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Desire to grow professionally with a small, focused, development team in a fast-paced team.
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills.
• Experience with standard server-side software technologies, including Java, MySQL, Spring, Hibernate, etc.
• Experience with REST and API design
• Experience in Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/OOD) with appropriate use of design patterns.
• Bachelor's degree or higher, in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with AWS Cloud Computing infrastructure and APIs is a big plus.
• Experience with Git, Java, Maven, and or Hudson/Jenkins are a plus.

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity.  All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law. 

COVID

COVID vaccinations are required for all individuals working in any Empower office location or who participate in in-person meetings and/or business activities, subject to state and local laws. Most Empower positions may require on-site presence on an occasional or regular basis and associates will need to provide proof of COVID vaccination, subject to state and local laws.  Associates unable to comply with the COVID vaccination requirement due to medical reasons may request an accommodation.