Early Warning Services, LLC
Principal Front End Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, USA · Principal · full-time
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About the role
- 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Advanced knowledge of SDLC best practices, software development methodologies, DevOps practices, and automated testing approaches.
- Strong experience with modern web technologies, front-end frameworks, API integration, CI/CD, source control, and cloud-aligned delivery models.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence all levels of the organization.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical field.
- Experience leading major modernization efforts involving cloud migration, platform transformation, or large-scale architecture redesign.
- Broad exposure to related technologies such as monitoring, orchestration, and cloud infrastructure, consistent with the Principal source profile's preferred qualifications.
- Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours.
- Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching.
- Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently.
- Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.
Compensation
- AZ/ Chicago, IL / Washington, DC in USD per year is:
- $172,000 - $215,000.
- New York, NY/ San Francisco, CA in USD per year is:
- $206,000 - $258,000.
- 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.
Benefits
- 401(k) Retirement Plan -Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
- We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest.
- 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.
Company info
- 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.
- Represents the organization in high-impact technical discussions with senior stakeholders, customers, or executive leadership as appropriate.
- Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.
Visa & Work Authorization
- This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.
This listing is sourced directly from Early Warning Services, LLC's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.