Staff Software Engineer

At Jack Henry, we’re more than a technology company, we’re a force for good in financial services. We’re redefining how community banks and credit unions connect with the people they serve. Our mission is rooted in people inspired innovation, empowering financial institutions to deliver seamless, secure, and human centered experiences. We deliver cutting-edge solutions that are paving the way for the next generation of digital banking and payments, but our true impact begins with our associates. If you're ready to help transform an industry and grow with a company that values purpose, collaboration, and excellence then we’d love to meet you. 

You will be joining our Digital Solutions Custom Development team that enhances and customizes several Digital Solution applications. We listen to the desires and request of our customers to find the most professional and efficient solution. The Digital Solutions team is committed to creativity, thoughtfulness, culture, and openness. As a Staff Engineer for the Custom Development team, you will work on a cross functional/disciplined team supporting our application. Our team is highly distributed, meaning you will work with kind, talented engineers from across various locations within the U.S. You’ll get the chance to contribute to products that are used by hundreds of thousands of people. 

This position may be worked remotely within the United States, with the exception of California. 

This position is ineligible for immigration sponsorship and support. Please do not apply if at any time you will need immigration support now or in the future (i.e., H-1B, PERM). 

All positions, regardless of location, may require an onsite interview or in-person onboarding requirement to verify your identity. 

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Establish and review business and technical requirements and overall project plans to define or refine standards with the newest development and deployment practices as well as facilitate the transfer of knowledge throughout the development staff.
• Collaborate with developers from other teams, QA/BA, operations, and management to provide technical direction in requirements analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Perform complex product technical designs, prototyping, software development, bug verification and resolution.
• Collaborate with other engineers to propose and execute strategies, ideas, technologies, and coding standards to ensure enterprise level products.
• Adequately establish yourself as a technical leader through building strong relationships based on open communication that can be recognized as a thought leader both internally and externally of your team.
• Act as lead on projects related to Treasury Management (TM), custom Single Sign-Ons (SSO), Plugins (stand-alone web servers/services) and internal/external APIs to provide our customers and vendors with custom functionality as well as look and feel within our online and mobile banking products.
• Support custom applications and frameworks including incident response, log analysis, metric, and alert monitoring.
• May perform other job duties as assigned.

What you’ll need to have:

• Minimum 9 years of professional/educational technical experience in full life cycle software development/engineering.
• Minimum 4 years of experience with C# to include project creation, testing, and deployment.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with API’s/Web Services.
• Experience with design patterns and/or SOLID principles.
• Experience with analysis/design at multiple project/multiple environment level.
• Experience in providing technical guidance to other developers.

What would be nice for you to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science.
• Experience with GCP (Google Cloud Platform) or other cloud technologies.
• Experience with Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub, and Node.js/Typescript.
• Experience tracing a request through the network stack and logs in various other systems.
• Experience with APIs and Middleware.
• Experience with SSOs, Encryption, or Plugins.
• Experience with security and systems that handle sensitive data.

If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this opportunity. Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement on this posting, we still encourage you to apply. We’re looking for passionate, driven individuals who align with our mission and can bring unique perspectives to our team.

Why Jack Henry?

At Jack Henry, we live by the motto: “Do the right thing, do whatever it takes, and have fun.” It’s more than a tagline, it’s the foundation of our culture. We recognize that our associates are the key to our success, and we’re deeply committed to their wellbeing. That’s why we offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your physical, mental, and financial health so you can thrive both personally and professionally.

We’re also leading the way in technology modernization, helping financial institutions evolve with speed, security, and flexibility. Our strategy focuses on delivering secure data access, mitigating fraud, and enabling seamless integration. Empowering our teams to build innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of accountholders.

Culture of Commitment

Ask our associates why they love Jack Henry, and many will tell you it is because our culture is exceptional. We do great things together. Our culture empowers us to rise to challenges, seek new opportunities, and support one another through change. It’s this shared commitment that drives our success. We’re proud to foster an environment where inclusion, sustainability, and community impact are more than values, they’re how we operate. Visit our Corporate Sustainability site to learn more about our culture and commitment to our people, customers, community, environment, and shareholders.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Jack Henry, we know we are better together. We value, respect, and protect the uniqueness each of us brings. Innovation flourishes by including all voices and makes our business - and our society - stronger. Jack Henry is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, performance management, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, education, training, social, and recreational activities to all persons regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, pregnancy, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, and military and veteran status, or any other protected status protected by local, state or federal law.

No one will be subject to, and Jack Henry prohibits, any form of discipline, reprisal, intimidation, or retaliation for good faith reports or complaints of discrimination of any kind, pursuing any discrimination claim, or cooperating in related investigations.

Requests for full corporate job descriptions may be requested through the interview process at any time.