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Staff Implementation Engineer

Staff Implementation Engineer owning end-to-end delivery of complex SaaS implementations for large credit union customers. Leads cross-functional triage, builds efficiency tools/processes, mentors the team, and feeds learnings back to Product/Engineering. Requires 5+ years technical delivery experience, strong API/coding skills, and comfort in ambiguity.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Directly own end-to-end delivery for 2-3 of the largest and most strategic customer implementations, including build, testing, and go-live processes.
  • Lead cross-functional triage of issues surfaced during implementations — translate customer-facing problems into well-scoped tickets, partner with Product and Engineering to diagnose root cause, and drive them to resolution.
  • Serve as a technical resource for the team's most challenging problems, partnering on escalations and complex integration work.
  • Increase implementation efficiency across the team by identifying bottlenecks, designing processes, tooling, and standards.
  • Feed implementation learnings back into the product by surfacing recurring pain points and feature gaps to Product and Engineering.
  • Support teammates' growth through mentorship and knowledge-sharing.
  • Act as a knowledgeable resource on the platform capabilities and design patterns across products.
  • Define where AI can expand implementation capabilities and help build AI-enabled workflows and standards.
  • Communicate plans, progress, and risk clearly to internal partners and senior customer stakeholders.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in implementation, solutions/technical consulting, or comparable technical delivery role, ideally with complex enterprise or SaaS implementations.
  • Proven track record owning complex, high-stakes technical delivery end-to-end, from architecture through go-live.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity, bringing structure and clear point of view to cross-team problems.
  • Experience translating customer issues into actionable work for product and engineering partners and driving resolution across teams.
  • Experience mentoring others, setting technical standards, and building tooling or processes.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable leading meetings with senior stakeholders.
  • Background in Computer Science or equivalent strong technical training.
  • Deep experience integrating with web APIs; familiarity with modern web frameworks (React, Node.js, etc.).
  • Proven ability to quickly learn new technologies and understand complex systems (APIs, databases, SDKs).
  • Ability to read, write, and understand code in multiple programming languages; working knowledge of Python, JSON, GitHub, and the terminal; JavaScript/TypeScript a plus.
  • Self-starter who can decompose ambiguous, high-stakes problems.
  • Superior time management to run multiple large external customers simultaneously.
  • Passion for working with people and explaining complex technical issues.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Fintech, financial services, or credit union domain experience.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Remote Flexibility: Work from anywhere.
  • Unforgettable Off-Sites: Twice a year in exciting destinations.
  • Flexible PTO.
  • Stock Options.
  • Home Office Setup budget.
  • Work Trip Budget.
  • Comprehensive health and dental insurance.

Skills

API Integrations, React, Node.js, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, GitHub, Web Frameworks, Databases, SDKs, AI Workflows

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