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Principal Software Engineer, Fintech

T-MOBILE USA, Inc.
$133,500 - $240,700Corporate Bonus Target: 20%
life insurance, vision insurance, flexible benefit account, paid time off, paid holidays, tuition assistance, 401(k)
United States, Texas, Frisco
3560 Dallas Parkway (Show on map)
Nov 08, 2025
At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That's how we're UNSTOPPABLE for our employees! Are you ready to shape the future of financial technology at the Un-carrier? We're building the next generation of payments, money movement, and digital financial services that serve millions of customers every day. As a Principal Software Engineer in Fintech, you'll be a hands-on technical leader driving architecture, scalability, and innovation across real-time payment systems, data pipelines, and compliance-ready financial platforms. You'll mentor engineers, influence architecture across multiple domains, and ensure our systems are resilient, observable, and secure. You'll partner with Product, Compliance, and Risk teams to deliver financial experiences that are fast, transparent, and trustworthy - all while embodying the bold, innovative spirit of the Un-carrier. What You'll Do Technical Leadership Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable, event-driven financial systems supporting payments, settlements, and reconciliations. Drive adoption of modern Java microservice patterns using Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and contract-first design (OpenAPI). Champion observability and production excellence - ensuring deep traceability, resilience, and performance across distributed systems. Mentor engineers across teams, establish best practices in design reviews, testing, and secure development. Partner with cross-functional leaders in Product, Compliance, and Security to align technology with business and regulatory needs. Serve as an expert resource in Fintech system design, security, and cloud-native delivery. Technology Strategy Define and evolve the Fintech engineering roadmap - balancing innovation with compliance, scalability, and reliability. Evaluate emerging financial technologies and guide adoption of event streaming, data analytics, and automation frameworks. Quantify technical decisions with clear ROI, cost, and risk trade-offs; align architecture with long-term platform objectives. Contribute to engineering standards, API governance, and rollout/rollback strategies across the organization. Innovation & Delivery Design and optimize batch and streaming data pipelines for settlements, reporting, and reconciliation using AWS Glue, Snowflake, and Kafka/EventBridge. Automate infrastructure delivery via Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, Helm, Terraform, and enforce strong pod and IAM security policies. Implement robust CI/CD and quality frameworks with Maven, SonarQube, and progressive delivery (blue/green, canary). Lead incident response and RCA processes for complex production issues; codify learnings into reusable automations and runbooks. Contribute to intellectual property creation through innovative financial system design. Documentation & Communication Produce high-quality documentation of system architecture, APIs, and operational processes. Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both engineering and executive stakeholders. Foster a learning culture through brown-bags, technical workshops, and mentoring. What You Bring Must-Have - Technology & Fintech Knowledge Java Microservices: Java 11+, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, OpenAPI, backward-compatible versioning. Eventing & Schemas: Kafka or AWS EventBridge; schema registry with compatibility rules. Data & Caching: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, S3; clear transaction boundaries; performance-minded SQL/NoSQL design. Batch & Scheduling: Spring Batch / AWS Batch / Quartz; resilient, retryable, restartable jobs. ETL / ELT: AWS Glue (Jobs, Workflows, Crawlers, Data Catalog); Snowflake (Snowpipe, Streams & Tasks, RBAC, masking, performance tuning). Kubernetes Delivery: Docker/Helm on EKS; HPA, pod security, Terraform automation. CI/CD & Quality: Maven, SonarQube; unit/integration/performance testing; SAST/DAST; dependency governance; blue/green and canary deployment. Observability: OpenTelemetry traces/metrics/logs; Splunk dashboards and alerts; end-to-end correlation across services. Production Excellence: On-call leadership; JVM debugging (jstack, jmap); RCA facilitation and preventive automation. Cybersecurity (hands-on): OAuth2/OIDC, JWT hardening, mTLS; IAM least-privilege; secrets rotation (KMS/Secrets Manager); OWASP Top 10/CWE mitigations; Kubernetes hardening. Engineering Practices: Rigorous code and design reviews, pair/mob programming, API governance, rollout and rollback strategies. Fintech Domain Experience (Required): Strong experience with Payments and Money Movement (e.g., ledgers, settlements, reconciliation, disputes). Exposure to Risk & Compliance workflows such as KYC/KYB/AML orchestration, sanctions screening, or fraud prevention. Understanding of financial data handling and auditability (retention, masking, observability). Nice-to-Have - Broader Fintech Domain Open Banking: Financial-grade API (FAPI), Financial Data Exchange (FDX), account opening and management. Regulatory Reporting & Data Residency: Data retention and auditability patterns. Ecosystem Familiarity: Processors, identity and fraud vendors, and partner integration models. Education & Experience Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (required). 7-10+ years of software engineering experience with increasing scope and technical leadership. Demonstrated experience leading architecture or platform modernization in regulated or financial systems. Why Join Us At T-Mobile, innovation isn't optional - it's our identity. You'll join a team where engineering excellence meets financial transformation. We're redefining what's possible in Fintech by combining carrier-scale systems, modern cloud architecture, and a culture built on transparency, ownership, and customer obsession. Be part of something bold. Be Un-carrier. At least 18 years of age Legally authorized to work in the United States Travel: Travel Required (Yes/No): Yes DOT Regulated: DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No Base Pay Range: $133,500 - $240,700 Corporate Bonus Target: 20% The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range. At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee's eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, click here. At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile's amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com. Never stop growing! As part of the T-Mobile team, you know the Un-carrier doesn't have a corporate ladder-it's more like a jungle gym of possibilities! We love helping our employees grow in their careers, because it's that shared drive to aim high that drives our business and our culture forward. By applying for this career opportunity, you're living our values while investing in your career growth-and we applaud it. You're unstoppable! T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. 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