Candescent is a forward-thinking technology company transforming how financial institutions deliver Intelligent Banking experiences. We unite digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions that power and connect digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions—creating seamless engagement across digital, remote, and in-person channels.
Our Experience-Led, Intelligence-Driven approach combines human-centered design with data, automation, and cloud-based innovation. Built on an API-first architecture, our extensible ecosystem enables institutions to adapt quickly, integrate easily, and unlock new opportunities for growth—turning every customer interaction into a moment of clarity, confidence, and connection.
Position Summary
We are seeking skilled Engineers passionate about delivering exceptional software experiences. As part of the Digital Banking team, this individual will design and build features that improve our clients’ customer experience, owning services end-to-end and collaborating closely with product managers and designers to create intuitive, impactful solutions.
The Engineer will simplify complex problems into scalable designs, uphold engineering best practices, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. Operating in a fast-paced Agile environment, they will consistently deliver high-quality, production-ready code and embrace continuous delivery. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented, driven to solve real problems, eager to learn, and committed to mentoring and excellence—striving for perfection while knowing when to ship.
Product Mission
Our mission is to deliver a leading, end-to-end consumer banking experience through a mobile-first, intuitive, and secure digital platform that enables financial institutions to personalize and scale services to meet their customers' evolving needs
Product Vision
Our vision is to design and evolve a leading digital banking experience that simplifies financial tasks, empowers users with insights and control, and gives financial institutions the flexibility to launch, manage, and grow. With personalized experiences, a best-in-class feature set, and continuous innovation, we future-proof users through emerging technologies and ecosystem advancements.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Implement features and deliver production-ready code
Create technical documentation, system diagrams, and debugging reports
Conduct performance optimizations and monitor key metrics
Product Strategy, Vision, and Planning
Participate in agile planning events by providing technical insights and feasibility analysis
Collaborate with Product Owners, Designers, and Engineers to translate business needs into features and technical solutions
Offer input on technology enhancements, emerging tools, and product gaps to inform the roadmap and backlog
Support definition of acceptance criteria to guide development and testing
Product Design and Development
Design, develop, deploy, and maintain software solutions in an agile environment
Write clean, scalable code aligned with best practices and engineering standards
Collaborate with peers to implement user stories, resolve issues, and improve product functionality
Engage in agile events such as daily scrums and product demos
Create proof-of-concepts and run experiments to inform technical decisions
Conduct peer code reviews for quality and knowledge sharing
Continuously improve team processes and development workflows
Stay current with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry practices
Performance Measurement and Optimization
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent, software engineering or proven work experience in related fields
9 + years of experience developing and designing software applications using Java
API First Mindset
Expert understanding of core computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and concurrent programming
Expert in analyzing, designing, implementing and troubleshooting software solutions for highly transactional systems.
Expert in OOAD and design principals, implementing micro services architecture using JEE, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, NestJS, Spring webflux, Hibernate, Oracle, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Git, IntelliJ IDEA.
Experience in ReactJS
Experience working in Native & Hybrid Cloud environment.
Experience in Container Management including Docker and Kubernetes, on any cloud technologies.
Experience with Agile development methodology.
Excellent communication and team player with can-do attitude.
Ability to analyze user and business requirements to create technical design requirements and software architecture
Experience must also include:
Java
Java IDE like Eclipse or IntelliJ
Java EE Application servers like Apache Tomcat
Object-oriented design, Git, Maven, and a popular scripting language
Apigee API Gateway
Experience Agile Scrum methodologies
Experience continuous integration systems like Jenkins or GitLab CI
Experience with SAFe methodologies
Deep knowledge and understanding to create secure solutions by design
Multi-threaded backend environments with concurrent users
Preferred Qualifications
Champion of Agile Scrum methodologies and SAFe frameworks
Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or GitHub CI
Deep understanding of secure solution design principles
Familiarity with concurrent backend environments and multithreading
Experience with test-driven development frameworks or automated testing tools for mobile.
Possesses cross functional expertise to implement DevOps, CI/CD practices.
Exposure to AI IDE like Cursor, Github Co-Pilot.
Statement to Third Party Agencies
To ALL recruitment agencies: Candescent only accepts resumes from agencies on the preferred supplier list. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Candescent employees, or any Candescent facility. Candescent is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.
