Principal Engineer I - Full Stack Developer

About the role

Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving cl

Responsibilities

• Lead front-end development using AngularJS, HTML, CSS, ensuring responsive, efficient, and intuitive user interfaces.
• Implement advanced .NET backend development concepts, including asynchronous programming, multithreading, dependency injection, and API optimizations.
• Design and manage RESTful and GraphQL APIs, ensuring rate limiting, authentication, authorization, observability, and efficient data processing.
• Develop and manage microservices architecture, implementing event-driven patterns, API gateways, service discovery, and containerization.
• Ensure application performance optimization, including caching strategies, database indexing, and load balancing.
• Manage and optimize Azure SQL and Azure Cosmos DB, ensuring efficient data modeling, partitioning strategies, and query performance tuning.
• Implement DevSecOps best practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated security testing, and infrastructure-as-code deployment.
• Integrate advanced SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) practices to ensure high-quality code, test-driven development (TDD), and continuous integration.
• Strengthen application security through OWASP best practices, API security mechanisms, secure coding principles, and identity management.
• Work in a fast-paced, agile environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and deliver payment solutions.
• Implement observability tools (such as AppDynamics, ELK, and Grafana) to monitor application performance and troubleshoot issues proactively.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the overall technical excellence of the team.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in full-stack development, with expertise in AngularJS and .NET.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required; Masters or MBA in related field preferred.
• Proven experience in developing high-volume, high-performance applications for payment channels or financial services.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure SQL and Azure Cosmos DB, including query optimization and partitioning strategies.
• Expertise in designing and managing APIs and microservices architecture with advanced security and scalability considerations.
• Deep understanding of application security, DevSecOps, and secure coding practices.
• Experience with modern SDLC and Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment strategies.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills, with expertise in performance monitoring and tuning.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor engineers and drive innovation.
• Advanced to expert knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
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Job Title: Principal Engineer I - Full Stack Developer Location: TX - Dallas/Irving

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