Principal Software Engineer

What you’ll be doing

• Building secure and compliant platform products that solve customer needs
• Writing high quality and robustly tested code, mostly in Java
• Understanding customer problems to build the right solutions
• Documenting your work to support our rapidly-scaling company
• Interfacing with a variety of the company’s domains to strengthen our platform

What we are looking for

• 12+ years experience building production software systems
• A history of writing scalable, performant and maintainable code. We strongly believe languages can be learned and care more about your engineering skill over frameworks
• Excitement about shipping customer centric software
• Experience with Java >= 11, JPA ORM mapping, Crafting SQLs, unit and integration testing
• Experience contributing to Card Acquiring platforms
• Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS
• SpringBoot, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Experience with big data technologies such as BigQuery and RedShift
• A background in the fin-tech space
• Experience building AI agents for financial or payment platforms
• Familiarity with AI agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, CrewAI, or AutoGen)
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Equity in Highnote
• Stipend to build out your home office; internet reimbursement
• At Highnote we have built a total rewards philosophy that includes fair, equitable, geo-based compensation that is performance and potential based. Our compensation packages are competitive based on robust market research and are a combination of a cash salary, equity, and benefits. In compliance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the annual salary range for applicants is $190,000-$240,000.