Principal Software Engineer

Federal Reserve Board

Principal Software Engineer designing, developing, and implementing solutions for FedNow initiative using Java and cloud technologies. Collaborating with analysts and Agile teams to ensure high-quality software solutions.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeBoston • Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $173,400 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheAWSCloudGradleJavaJavaScriptJUnitLinuxMavenNoSQLOraclePythonSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQLTerraformUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serves as a Principal Software Engineer: to design, develop and implement new complex solutions in accordance with FedNow and Fed Standards
Develop software solutions in Java, Spring, Terraform, NoSQL and RDS in the Cloud
Develop end to end Infrastructure-as-Code solutions in Cloud
Provides input into strategic and tactical planning of software solutions and software development lifecycle changes
Collaborates with analysts as part of an integrated Agile team to define user requirements and conduct design review
Ensures that the quality of software developed, maintained and enhanced in-house and installed into production is sufficient to prevent the occurrence of catastrophic defects
Provides primary or backup production support for applications and components, including but not limited to timely resolution to production problems

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of Java Development
4+ years working with AWS cloud-based platforms in an enterprise environment.
Demonstrated experience engineering software with cloud-first architectures
10+ years software engineering experience in a team-based environment
Experience with building and deploying solutions in Cloud
Experience with Serverless architecture for building software solutions in Cloud
Experience with CI/CD build tools, and DevOps processes
Experience developing high performance, high volume, highly available (24/7/365) environments
Experience with Agile software engineering (Scrum, Kanban, Lean etc)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Logistics
Deep expertise in Java and proficient knowledge of programming languages (JavaScript, XML, JSON, HTML, CSS etc. Python a bonus)
Understanding of object-oriented design principles (ex: SOLID)
Comprehensive knowledge of Spring Boot's core fundamentals
Understanding of dependency injection, the IoC container, bean lifecycle management
Expertise in building RESTful APIs with Spring Boot
Understand data access patterns using Spring Data JPA
Experience using JUnit 5+ to write integration and unit tests
Experience with a build automation tool like Apache Maven or Gradle
Proficient knowledge of operating systems (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Proficient knowledge of database development (SQL, Oracle, DB2)
Ideally, you’ll have experience with AWS services
Proficient knowledge of cloud security for application development and delivery
Infrastructure as Code (IAC); Terraform

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service.
FBI fingerprint/ criminal background and Patriot Act/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.
Satisfactory completion of a physical examination (including a drug screening), reference checks, and a security investigation consisting of credit and criminal history checks.
Risk-based security screening determined by the risk rating of the position.

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaSpringTerraformNoSQLRDSCI/CDAgileRESTful APIsJUnitInfrastructure as Code

Soft Skills

collaborationstrategic planningtactical planningproblem resolutionquality assuranceteamworkcommunicationdesign reviewuser requirements definitionproduction support

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Information SystemsBachelor's degree in Logistics